Page 125 - Annual Report 2020

Investor engagement in FY2020
Topic Led by Purpose FY2020 activity
Strategy, Group Chair Discuss Board Meetings with institutional investors in Australia, the UK and the US. Strategic Report
governance and priorities and seek In addition, the Chair participated in the remuneration consultation
remuneration shareholder feedback meetings in Australia and the UK in July 2019.

Meetings with retail shareholders in Australia held in conjunction
with the Australian Shareholders’ Association and in the UK with the
UK Shareholders’ Association and Sharesoc.
Remuneration Chair of the Remuneration Meetings held in Australia and the UK in July 2019.
Remuneration policy consultation
Committee, Vice 2
President Reward
and Vice President,
Group Governance
Climate change Board Direct feedback Direct engagement between a panel of institutional investors and the
and environmental, Board at the virtual Board meeting in June 2020. Governance at BHP
social and
governance (ESG)
Strategy, finance CEO, CFO, senior Update shareholders Live webcasts of key announcements.
and operating management and on results or other
performance Investor Relations key announcements. Face-to-face investor meetings held in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong
We also engage SAR (China), Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the
with other capital US. Virtual meetings were held with investors in Australia, Hong Kong
providers, for example, SAR (China), Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Arab
through meetings Emirates, the UK and the US.
with bondholders Remuneration Report
Debt investor meetings held in London in October 2019 with investors
from the Netherlands, Singapore, the UK and the US, along with ad
hoc meetings.
Debt investor teleconferences held in August 2019 and February 2020
with investors in the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
Management led engagement with retail investors in Australia in
September 2019, and the Investor Relations team conducted retail
broker briefings.
Industry CEO, External Engaged with investors Multiple calls and face-to-face meetings were held between September Directors’ Report
associations Affairs, Group on shareholder 2019 and March 2020 with investors globally. This included face-to-face
Governance resolutions, the 2019 engagement between the CEO and certain investors in December 2019.
Industry Association In January 2020, briefings were held in Sydney, Melbourne, London,
Review and a new Edinburgh and Amsterdam. In March 2020, BHP commenced a global
approach to industry engagement and dialogue process with stakeholders to explore how the
association membership Group could improve its approach to industry associations, including
to address issues raised by investors in our engagement on the 2019
shareholder resolutions.
Social value Head of External Update investors Meetings held in Australia in September 2019, the UK and Europe in
and HSEC Affairs and Head on key HSEC issues October 2019, and the US in December 2019 about BHP’s approach
of Health, Safety to social value.
and Environment Financial Statements
Corporate ESG, Group Provides a conduit to Multiple forms of engagement with investors throughout the year
Governance Governance and enable the Board and on a wide range of topics. For example, responded to enquiries on
and ESG matters Investor Relations its Committees to be topics including diversity and inclusion, cultural heritage, tailings dams,
up to date with investor Samarco, non-operated joint ventures, industry associations, climate
expectations and to risk, biodiversity, water stewardship, COVID-19, workforce mental health
continuously improve and thermal coal.
the governance
processes of BHP
Climate change Vice President, Update investors on our Ad hoc meetings held in Australia, Europe and the US, including
Sustainability and climate change strategy engagement with Climate Action 100+ regarding our climate change
Climate Change response (e.g. offsets, Scope 3 goals, medium-term target, portfolio Additional information
analysis and industry associations).
Annual General Board and Senior Respond to Information on our AGMs is available at bhp.com/meetings.
Meetings Management, and investor queries
external auditor Shareholder information

BHP Annual Report 2020 123