La inversión social es una de las herramientas de nuestro enfoque global para contribuir a la creación de valor social. Consideramos que tenemos éxito cuando trabajamos en colaboración con las comunidades para lograr resultados sociales, medioambientales y económicos a largo plazo.
Ya sea que brindemos apoyo a agricultores locales en Chile o nos asociemos con AFL Women's en toda Australia, la "inversión social" es nuestra contribución voluntaria hacia iniciativas que tienen el propósito principal de contribuir a resultados beneficiosos fuera de la huella de BHP.
En cuanto al rendimiento de la inversión social en los últimos cinco años, BHP ha financiado proyectos y donaciones por un valor de 754 millones de dólares estadounidenses con un enfoque continuo en la capacidad humana, el desarrollo económico, la inclusión social y la restauración del medioambiente.
Después de alcanzar nuestros objetivos públicos de sostenibilidad previos a cinco años en el año fiscal 2022, BHP desarrolló nuevos objetivos para 2030 a fin de aumentar nuestras ambiciones de cara al final de la década. Estos objetivos representan un cambio de nuestra estrategia de inversión social hacia la asociación, la escucha y la creación conjunta, y reconocen que abordar desafíos como la resiliencia de la comunidad y el medioambiente requiere una estrecha colaboración de la comunidad y las partes interesadas.
Los objetivos de 2030 ayudarán a guiar a BHP para ampliar el compromiso con los socios, crear capacidad y codiseñar enfoques para obtener resultados positivos y prosperidad compartida para las personas y nuestro planeta.
Nuestro enfoque y postura
Nuestro enfoque de la realización de proyectos de inversión social, donaciones, subvenciones y asociaciones se ajusta a los pilares del marco de valor social y se describe en nuestra Estrategia de Inversión Social. En la estrategia se enmarca el enfoque de BHP respecto de la inversión social voluntaria en todos los niveles de la organización y se basa en 4 principios rectores, por los que las inversiones sociales son: Integradas y coherentes, duraderas, basadas en el riesgo y orientadas al valor social, y centradas en las soluciones y los resultados.
Mediante la estrategia se pretende contribuir a abordar los desafíos globales de desarrollo sostenible, conforme a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas (ODS), regidos por las Convenciones Globales de las Naciones Unidas más relevantes y comprometiéndonos a trabajar en colaboración con otros para alcanzar objetivos compartidos.
Nos asociamos con una amplia gama de grupos comunitarios, institutos nacionales y mundiales, organismos gubernamentales y organizaciones sin fines de lucro para comprender los desafíos compartidos del desarrollo sostenible en cada uno de nuestros pilares de valor social y áreas de interés asociadas. Las áreas de interés (figura 2) son los temas en los que se centrará cada pilar de valor social para alcanzar los objetivos de 2030 fuera de nuestras zonas de actividad.
Utilizamos la información recopilada en colaboración con nuestros socios y la combinamos con la investigación para planificar y priorizar nuestro gasto en inversión social. Los cuatro principios rectores descriptos anteriormente ayudan a nuestros equipos a garantizar que las oportunidades de inversión se diseñen e implementen de forma conjunta y equitativa, respetando las costumbres locales y contribuyendo a un cambio significativo y duradero.
El avance de nuestras inversiones sociales se supervisa en función de los resultados previstos para cada uno de los pilares de valor social. Los resultados (figura 2) son aquellos específicos que cada pilar pretende conseguir al utilizar los fondos de inversión social.
Los resultados y el desempeño se comunican públicamente a través del Informe Anual de BHP 2023 y las divulgaciones asociadas.
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GovernanceFor information on the role of the BHP Board in overseeing our approach to and delivery on sustainability refer to the Sustainability approach webpage.
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Engagement
As a global company, we operate in diverse jurisdictions and interact with various community and non-government organisations, government bodies and research institutions. Through regular engagement with our stakeholders and research into environmental, workforce, community and supply chain concerns, we seek to understand, manage and respond to the expectations, priorities and risks faced in each of these areas.
At the local and regional scale, our Community and Indigenous Engagement team members are closely connected with our partners in the communities where we operate and engage to understand their priorities and challenges. At the national and global scale, the Sustainability and Social Value function and subject matter focused technical functions connect with industry bodies, think tanks and research organisations to understand challenges related to our industry that often transcend national boundaries, such as climate change, human rights and public health crises. We recognise the significance of two-way dialogue in highlighting concerns and perspectives and considering stakeholder perspectives is a core element of our approach. For more information on our engagement refer to the Local communities webpage. -
Disclosure
Monitoring and evaluation are fundamental to our global social investment approach. We use a suite of metrics designed to aggregate and report performance against our social investment focus areas aligned to each social value framework pillar. We consistently assess and quantify the outcomes and impact of our Group-wide social investment.
Our total social investment is internally monitored and verified each quarter, then externally assured annually and publicly disclosed in our Annual Report and Economic Contribution Report, and as relevant in our Modern Slavery Statement and Australian Indigenous Social Investment Report. -
Performance
In FY2025, our voluntary social investment totalled US$127.8 million and resulted in the accomplishments shown below1. This investment consisted of US$92.5 million in direct funding for initiatives in line with our social value framework, US$19.7 million to non-operated joint venture social investment programs and US$1.3 million under the BHP Matched Giving Program. Administrative costs to facilitate social investment activities2 totalled US$8.6 million and US$5.7 million supported the operations of the BHP Foundation3.
Of the US$92.5 million in direct funding, US$70.1 million was in support of our host communities and Indigenous partners, and we provided US$13.9 million towards training and skills programs.Social value pillars FY2025 Decarbonisation
- Our partner organisations contributed to 5 decarbonisation-related data records being shared in the public domain or databases, and held or sponsored 5 education and knowledge-share events.
- Our partner organisations published 10 scientific or thought leadership papers on decarbonisation initiatives and promoted or adopted 1 new technology, methodology, standard or practice.
Healthy environment
- We invested in 51 initiatives with nature-based solutions.
- Our partner organisations held or sponsored 157 environment or nature-related education and knowledge-share events, and published 56 scientific or thought leadership papers.
Indigenous partnerships
- We supported 205 co-created initiatives under the Indigenous partnerships pillar. Of these initiatives, 83 were environment-focused and delivered in collaboration with Indigenous peoples.
- Our partner organisations held or sponsored 322 education and knowledge-share events and published 25 Indigenous-led research papers.
Safe, inclusive and future ready workforce
- We supported 43 partnerships with childcare providers to increase accessibility and employment in local communities where we operate.
- We supported 216 educational institutions to develop or align course content to help people prepare for work readiness in industries related to the resources sector or to the needs of the communities where we operate.
- Our partner organisations helped 19,238 participants to complete training or education courses designed to develop skills in health and wellbeing, future of work and capability, diversity and inclusion, or skills that support community career pathways. Over 5,209 of these participants were Indigenous peoples, and 8,254 were women or girls. 522 participants reported finding paid employment following completion of their training or upskilling.
- Our partner organisations held or sponsored 287 education and knowledge-share events and published 10 scientific or thought-leadership papers related to the Safe, inclusive and future-ready workforce pillar.
Thriving, empowered communities
- We supported 1,045 councils or organisations to enhance community resilience by improving infrastructure, the use of technology or the use of resources.
- We supported 1,074 councils or organisations to improve internal capability in building more efficient and sustainable communities.
- 2,323 of the initiatives that we supported were community-led or co-designed. Our partner organisations estimated that approximately 807,412 people were supported through programs that aim to address community issues.
- Our partner organisations helped 195,053 participants to complete training or education courses that develop skills in regional economic development and participation; community health and wellbeing; cultural preservation and cohesiveness; and early childhood education, training and employment. Over 14,911 of these participants were Indigenous people, and 98,490 were women or girls.
Responsible supply chains
- Our partner organisations held or sponsored 71 education and knowledge-share events, and promoted or adopted 10 new technologies, methodologies, standards or practices. Our partner organisations published 20 scientific or thought-leadership papers under responsible supply chains initiatives.
- 6 of the responsible supply chain initiatives were co-created.
Footnotes:
1 Social investment outcomes indicator reporting is sought for project and donations >US$100,000 annually and are reported to us by our partner organisations.
2 The direct costs associated with implementing social investment activities, including labour, travel, research and development and communications.
3 The BHP Foundation is a charitable organisation established and funded by BHP, which works in partnership with internationally recognised institutions, think tanks and non-government organisations to address some of the most critical sustainable development challenges facing society that are directly relevant to the resources sector. -
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Matched Giving Program
We are proud to support the organisations that are important to our employees. Through our Matched Giving Program, BHP matches personal donations made by our employees to eligible not-for-profit organisations at a ratio of 2:1, meaning that for every dollar donated by our employees BHP donates two dollars.
Our Matched Giving Program currently features over 100 eligible organisations around the world.
Riesgo
Nuestras inversiones sociales están sujetas a unos requisitos de desempeño mínimos obligatorios basados en el riesgo, así como a una revisión de su adecuación a los planes de inversión social y de valor social específicos del Grupo y de los Assets. Los controles y equilibrios adecuados que aplicamos contribuyen a garantizar que los fondos se utilicen donde sean más beneficiosos, que las transacciones financieras se realicen de forma ética y que se controle el riesgo de conducta financiera indebida o fraude.
Para obtener más información sobre la gestión del riesgo, consulte el Informe Anual 2023 de BHP, Revisión Operativa y Financiera, sección 8 - Cómo gestionamos el riesgo.
Estudios de casos de sostenibilidad, límites organizacionales, definiciones y descargos de responsabilidad, y descargas
Prior year versions of some of the listed documents are available on the Past reports page.-
BHP Annual Report 2025
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Sustainability reporting organisational boundary, definitions and disclaimers
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170075
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Límite organizativo de los informes de sostenibilidad, definiciones y descargos de responsabilidad
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234993
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BHP ESG Standards and Databook 2025
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2539492
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BHP Group Modern Slavery Statement 2025
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7308735
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BHP GHG Emissions Calculation Methodology 2025
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1124687
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BHP Climate Transition Action Plan 2024, subject to updates of certain aspects of our assumptions and plans in the BHP Annual Report 2025, Operating and Financial Review 9.8 – Climate change
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8480121
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Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management - Public Disclosure 2025
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25537144
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Tailings Storage Facility Policy Statement 2023
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73457
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Information for social investment partners
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26113
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Estudios de caso