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 # Freeport-McMoRan Publishes 2017 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report “Powered By Copper”

 


 

 Aug 9, 2018 8:50 AM ET

  Campaign:  [Freeport-McMoRan: Annual Report on Sustainability](/news/campaign/freeport-mcmoran-annual-report-sustainability)  ![](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/wtsd_2017_cover_image.jpg) 

August 9, 2018 /3BL Media/ - Freeport-McMoRan’s [2017 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report](https://www.fcx.com/sites/fcx/files/documents/sustainability/wtsd_2017.pdf) now is available online.

Titled "Powered by Copper," the report provides information on the company's sustainability programs – including approach, focus areas and performance targets – and highlights the company's progress made on key issues affecting the company and stakeholders.

This report includes information on:

- Freeport-McMoRan’s key sustainability [focus areas](https://www.fcx.com/sites/fcx/files/documents/sustainability/wtsd_2017.pdf#page=12) as well as policies, management systems and performance
- Sustainability programs that help maintain Freeport-McMoRan’s social license to operate
- Operational improvements and efficiencies Freeport-McMoRan has executed to reduce the company's carbon footprint
- How maintaining a high level of sustainability performance helps safeguard the company's ability to place product into the global marketplace
- Ways the company is helping to advance the [United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals](https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs).

Freeport-McMoRan’s [2017 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report](https://www.fcx.com/sites/fcx/files/documents/sustainability/wtsd_2017.pdf) also includes some of the company's sustainability programs and initiatives worldwide, with photos throughout the report showing these efforts in action.

For additional information on Freeport-McMoRan's sustainability programs, please visit the [Sustainability section of fcx.com](https://www.fcx.com/sustainability).



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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