Human rights due diligence is an important part of our approach to respecting human rights, assisting us to identify, prevent and mitigate adverse human rights impacts, supporting our dialogue with stakeholders about our potential human rights impacts and identifying opportunities to better respect human rights. The HRPS and Our Requirements standards outline our approach to due diligence. We require human rights impact assessments to be conducted at least every two years (and reviewed whenever there are changes that may affect the impact profile). 

BHP has developed a globally consistent methodology for our human rights impact assessments that is designed to allow us to identify threats to and potential adverse impacts on, as well as opportunities to promote, human rights throughout our activities. The methodology is designed to begin with a comprehensive view of all applicable human rights, the legal and regulatory context and stakeholders, and focus on the most relevant human rights so that issues that present the most significant threats or opportunities associated with human rights can be prioritised. It allows for local customisation but also enables a global view of human rights risks and potential opportunities for company-wide collaborations. All assessments must include engagement with rights holders and stakeholders to enable a more complete understanding of any actual or potential human rights risks and impacts.

Results of the human rights impact assessments are being integrated into BHP’s material risk profile in order to    strengthen our approach to managing and monitoring human rights risks and potential impacts. The results are also included as key inputs into our operated assets’ business planning through their social value plans.  

Human rights are discussed in Our Code and associated guidance, which is reviewed annually by all employees and also shared when new employees join BHP. These materials are designed to prompt consideration of human rights both professionally and personally and understanding of the business case for respecting human rights and the processes designed to implement human rights commitments across our activities.

We also provide a video for human rights training for our workforce that can be taken at any time. This video is publicly available to provide the opportunity for our business partners and stakeholders to reflect on the responsibility of business to respect human rights.

Issue-specific human rights training is currently mandated for our Corporate Affairs team and our Commercial Compliance team, as these teams lead our human rights due diligence.