BHP Billiton: The End of the Pipe - Policies into Practice?

ECCR's report on the policies and practices of BHP Billiton, one of the world’s largest mining and resource companies. Key findings and issues:

• relatively advanced corporate responsibility policies
• the need for greater transparency regarding lobbying and royalty payments to governments
• concerns raised regarding company responses in South Africa to implementation of transformation legislation and to the HIV/AIDS pandemic
• the need for better community consultation around the closure of mine sites
• health and safety implications of redundancies for remaining workers
• analysis based on the Bench Marks
  
• a written response from the company to issues raised is included.