BHP Shareholders for Social Responsibility
------------------------------- Concerns & Links

To look into specific issues in more detail follow these links

The Ok Tedi disaster.

Rewriting the law in Papua New Guinea.

The Groote Eylandt Oil Leak.

The Griffin Venture Incident.

Revegetation in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

Gammon Ranges National Park, South Australia.

Gag Island, West Papua, Indonesia.

Coal Mining beneath Sydney's water catchments, NSW.

Olympic Dam, South Australia.

What has been the response of BHP's board to the approaches of the Shareholders for Social Responsibility?

The Australian Conservation Foundation has examined Ok Tedi in some detail.
ACF Ok Tedi report.

Oxfam has been active in examining the performance
of Australian minining companies operating in less affluent countries.
Oxfam on Australian Miners.

The Mineral Policy Institute reports on Australian mining companies.
Mineral Policy Institute.

Look at BHP's own web site for general information about the company,
BHP's Web Site.

at BHP's Environment & Community page for their stated policies in these areas,
BHP's Environment & Community page.

and for BHP's discussion on its problems with Ok Tedi.
BHP's recent material on Ok Tedi.

and for Ok Tedi Mining Ltd's comprehensive information from their viewpoint.
OTML's Environment pages.



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last updated 4/12/2007