About us
BHP Foundation is a charitable organization working with others to address the root causes of sustainability challenges relevant to the resources industry. Created and funded by BHP, the Foundation's investments aim to impact the systems that prevent progress towards a more equitable and sustainable future for people and planet.
Bold ambitions
We live at an unprecedented time in the history of humanity. Whilst the last century has delivered extrordinary human progress, more than one billion people continue to live in poverty, and the natural systems our common future depends upon are under unparalled stress. The decisions we make and actions we take now, will have implications for the sustainability of the planet and our shared quality of life for centuries to come.
We therefore have a choice. To lean into solving these unprecedented challenges with bold new solutions, or continue with incremental ‘business as usual’ change knowing this will not deliver the speed and scale of transformation required.
At the BHP Foundation we have made our choice. We are leaning in by pursuing difficult issues; partnering with others to pioneer transformational new solutions; and sharing insights and evidence to enable solutions that are successful to be sustained, scaled and mainstreamed.
Our focus
We focus investments on where we can complement the work of BHP in Australia, Canada and Chile. We partner with others to contribute to:
Greater equity and self-determination for Indigenous peoples and local communities
through investments that intersect governance and leadership, culture and wellbeing, economic equity, and land and sea
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Preparing underrepresented children and young people to participate in the economy of the future
through investments focused on the skills for the future and science, technology, engineering and mathematics
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Our governance and finance
BHP Foundation operates under the governance of its own Board of Directors who define the Foundation’s strategy, areas of focus and activity. This is complementary to, but separate from, BHP's sustainability activities.
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Our donor
BHP is a leading global resources company. It created the BHP Foundation over a decade ago and has generously donated to the Foundation's endowment in that time. It also funds the BHP Foundation's operating costs each year.
Learn more about BHP's social value approach on their website