12 Mineral Resources Limited Annual Report 2014 For personal use only ENVIRONMENT MRL’s robust environment management systems  ensure legislative compliance at current and future  project sites is maintained along with managing broader  impacts on the environment. The Group is committed to  implementing and maintaining its systems in accordance  with environmental best practice. MRL strives to  continually improve its environmental performance  through research and development, innovation and  adaptive management. To measure its environmental  performance, MRL engages its key stakeholders from  Government, the community and other specific interest  organisations. During the year, MRL partnered with Curtin University  to sponsor a biodiversity research program which uses  predictive modelling to study flora and vegetation. The  program collects data from the Yilgarn region of Western  Australia, and studies the relationship of this data with  regional environmental factors such as topography,  aspect, altitude, soil and climate. This research is the first  of its kind in the Yilgarn region and will enable data to be  extrapolated further afield to benefit all future botanical  studies and provide MRL with an understanding of the  attributes required by various plant species to assist with  mine rehabilitation planning.