COMMUNITY

Local Business Support

HVO supports local businesses wherever possible. Most of its more than 700 suppliers are local. These partnerships help businesses to grow and employ more people.

Three examples are:

• Programmed Services 
• MTEC
• ProMine

We also partner with licensees who farm around 6,000ha of HVO’s buffer and rehabilitated lands. One of those licensees is Peter Nichols who started his own cattle farming business from scratch using 200 ha of HVO land. Another arm of the business provides pump and general duties services in HVO pits.

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Charity Support

HVO and its staff support charities that help people in its community through Workplace Giving, charity partnerships and other fundraising. One Workplace Giving partnership with Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service has raised more than $1.1M over 20 years.

We currently partner with five ‘truck tray’ charities.

• Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service
• Hunter Prostate  Cancer Alliance
• Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation
• Singleton Family Support
• Type 1 Foundation

Each charity has a HVO mine truck, painted in its colours and logo. It receives an annual donation based on its truck’s haulage as well as fundraising support throughout the year. The partnership includes HVO raising awareness of the charity and its services to the community and its staff.

Other charities for which HVO has recently fundraised include Movember and Mark Hughes Foundation.

People and events

HVO’s support is about making people’s lives better. We even contribute to the local housing supply by renting houses and land on our property.

Another way we help people is by supporting local community and industry events including:

• Business Singleton Awards
• Great Australian Cattle Dog Muster

In 2022 our staff made hundreds of toys and wildlife boxes during a training day – which went to people in need through local community and environment organisations.

Our staff and apprentices gain skills and a connection to community when they volunteer for community projects – like the sprucing up the Singleton Community Garden.

Call for nominations – Community Consultative Committee

We are looking for people who reside locally or are a member of a local stakeholder group to join the Hunter Valley Operations Community Consultative Committee (HVO CCC). The HVO CCC is a forum for open discussions and information sharing between HVO and the community.

• Learn more and nominate now.