Learning in Practice Series

Sharing our key lessons with the wider social investment community including practical tips, case studies and tools grounded in our experience, for practitioners navigating similar terrains and common challenges.

Real systems change only happens when we're honest about the journey, not just the outcomes.

Since 2014, the BHP Foundation has worked alongside partners across Australia, Canada and Chile on projects spanning Indigenous rights and self-determination through to education equity, with a determined focus on translating ambition to real-world change - connecting intent to impact.

Across that time, we've learned as much from what didn't work well as from what did, and much of that learning has stayed inside our own teams.

Our new knowledge-sharing series supports design and implementation at every stage of the social investment cycle – built on real examples and the tools our teams use day to day.

Rather than a technical, step-by-step guide, these resources will reflect what worked for us, what didn’t, and what we’d do differently – to help practitioners working across different contexts, priorities and investments.

The series includes:

In-depth webinars: Strategy & Design, Measuring Impact: A Framework and Partnering for Lasting Impact
Bitesize modules: Corporate Philanthropy Approaches, Using Risk to Build Resilience and Financial Sustainability
Practical toolkits and templates: accompanying frameworks, guidance and examples of Country Plans, Roadmap to Impact templates, Impact Frameworks, Pipeline Assessment, Grant Agreements and Risk Frameworks.

Thank you to all our partners who shared their insights and experiences with us through the development of the series, and enabled us to bring our collective learnings to life.

While we know we don’t have all the answers, sharing our learnings is one of the most valuable things we can do for our partners and peers, to deepen collaboration and contribute to new thinking.