Whitehaven coal
Stakeholder Engagement and Community Investment Strategy
Community Highlights
Whitehaven is focused on building local prosperity and community capacity and helping our regional towns thrive, so the benefits of our presence go beyond our workforce.
We believe local communities should be the disproportionate beneficiaries of our presence.
We are committed to quality, meaningful engagement with our community stakeholders and to building strong relationships through open engagement about our operations and projects.
Our dedicated community engagement team is responsible for engaging with our community stakeholders. The team can be contacted here.
We make a positive contribution to our local communities through job creation, by hiring local people wherever possible, partnering with local suppliers, and direct investment in local community organisations. In FY25, we invested more than $2.0 billion across our North West New South Wales and Central Queensland regional communities via procurement, salaries and wages, and community partnerships and donations.
Community highlights
FY24: $462m2
FY24: $206m2
FY24: $1.25m2
FY24: $1.5b
1. Data on 100% joint venture basis. Includes local government areas: NSW includes Gunnedah, Narrabri, Tamworth and Liverpool Plains and Qld includes Isaac, Central Highlands, Rockhampton, Mackay, Livingstone and Gladstone.
2. Excludes Blackwater and Daunia mines.
3. Includes $195 million of employee payroll taxes (PAYG) collected on behalf of the Australian Government.
For more information about how we work with and support our local communities, refer to our Sustainability Report 2025.
Supporting local business
We’re a proud participant in our local business communities.
To find out more about the local business chambers we are members of, click the links below.
Community Investment Strategy
We are committed to respectful and meaningful engagement with all stakeholders and to operating with openness and transparency.
We firmly believe the local community should be the main beneficiary of our presence and are focused on building local prosperity, improving quality of life, and ensuring our regional towns thrive – and our Stakeholder Engagement and Community Investment Strategy 2024-26 is our roadmap to achieving this.
Modelled on the International Association for Public Participation framework, the Strategy brings a new level of commitment to best practice community engagement and incorporates ideas and feedback raised by our stakeholders. Specifically, the Strategy: makes clear our commitment to the local community and region; explains our operations in context; incorporates feedback received over time; and communicates how we are addressing feedback by sharing some of our plans for future community activities and investment.
We’ll review our progress annually and make changes as required, while continuing to check-in regularly with the community. Send us your feedback at [email protected]
