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Five Lessons from BHP Foundation's Natural Resource Governance Program
Wed, June 18, 2025
Natural Resource Governance
In 2016, BHP Foundation launched the Natural Resource Governance (NRG) program with the ambition of making investments and forming partnerships that improve the governance of natural resources. Through this work, the Foundation aimed to establish partnerships that would better enable citizens of resource-rich countries to benefit from their countries’ resource endowment.
Read moreWhere do mining royalties go?
Mon, August 5, 2024
Natural Resource Governance
A new interactive platform to promote a better understanding of the flow of resources from mining royalties, from their collection to their transformation into investment projects, has been launched.
Read more3 online resources to learn about governance and collaborative decision making with Indigenous and local communities
Tue, March 26, 2024
Canada program
Australia program
Natural Resource Governance
Three comprehensive learning resources to help inform, develop, and enhance knowledge on Indigenous governance and consultation and consent mechanisms are available online and are free to access.
Read moreThe global dynamics of consultation and consent
Thu, February 29, 2024
Natural Resource Governance
A new resource to explore what consultation and consent mean in principle and practice in natural resource management, particularly in relation to Indigenous Peoples, has been launched.
Read moreGreater transparency on who ultimately controls and profits from companies is increasing in priority on national agendas
Wed, January 17, 2024
Natural Resource Governance
An independent evaluation of the Opening Extractives (OE) programme conducted by Oxford Insights found that OE has proved key in supporting countries to implement changes for improving the transparency of company ownership structures.
Read moreCollective action critical to address the governance challenges of the energy transition
Thu, November 16, 2023
Natural Resource Governance
Improved governance of natural resources will be a keystone of a successful energy transition over the next decade. That’s why BHP Foundation is supporting Governance Action Hub, a new project designed to empower locally-led coalitions to reduce corruption and improve development outcomes in resource-rich countries.
Read moreOne solution won't end corruption, but many could
Thu, September 7, 2023
Natural Resource Governance
With US$1.5 trillion estimated to be paid in bribes by businesses and individuals each year, transparency and oversight in beneficial ownership and public procurement play a critical role in the fight against corruption in the extractives sector.
Read moreExponential increase in demand for transition minerals: risk and opportunity
Fri, June 30, 2023
Natural Resource Governance
Never has extractive industry transparency been more critical than in shaping the energy transition, as resource rich countries will face an exponential increase in demand which will lead to wealth generation. This presents both huge risk and opportunity.
Read moreIncreasing women's participation in Colombia’s public procurement
Mon, May 8, 2023
Natural Resource Governance
The city of Palmira, in Colombia, has taken crucial steps to use public procurement to empower those who have been historically excluded from the economy, including women businesses and small and microbusinesses.
Read moreFight against corruption builds momentum at Summit for Democracy
Wed, April 12, 2023
Natural Resource Governance
Addressing and fighting corruption was high on the agenda at the second Summit for Democracy held on March 29-30, 2023, co-hosted by United States President Biden with the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Republic of Zambia.
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