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Our Requirements for Supply –
Non-discrimination and diversity

We ask all of our supply partners and stakeholders to:

Provide a work environment for their teams in
which everyone is treated fairly and equitably
regardless of individual differences such as gender,
age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion,
physical or mental disability, marital status, family
or carer’s responsibility, pregnancy, political
opinion, national extraction or social origin
or other diversity factors.

Offer employment on the basis of merit.

Not base decisions regarding employment on
attributes unrelated to job performance (including
gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
religion, physical or mental disability, marital status,
family or carer’s responsibility, pregnancy, political
opinion, national extraction or social origin).

Base decisions relating to suppliers, customers,
contractors and other stakeholders on merit.

Comply with all anti-discrimination legislation
in delivering the services under their contract
with BHP.

Metrics matter

In 2019, we introduced an online tool to our Australian supply
partners to make it even easier for them to support our
journey to become more inclusive and diverse.
The tool allows BHP to collect and track consistent local
and Indigenous procurement and diversity metrics from
its contracting partners across Australia, including female
employment, local and Indigenous employment, local spend,
number of local/Indigenous vendors in the system.
The data feeds into internal and external reporting, and tracks
against contract incentives, tender evaluation criteria, as
well as BHP’s priorities and its other commitments, such as
the BHP Reconciliation Action Plan. Importantly, the metrics
help to easily recognise and reward supply partners who have
embedded BHP’s values and are making a positive inclusion
and diversity impact in the communities where they operate.

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