BHP Billiton is a mining, metals and petroleum company based out of Melbourne, Australia. BHP Billiton is considered amongst the largest mining companies in the world. It is in BHP Billiton’s values to put health and safety first, being environmentally responsible and supporting the communities in which it operates. BHP Billiton is a registered Organizational Stakeholder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
BHP Billiton practices its sustainability initiatives around the four major areas:
1. Minimizing environmental incidents resulting out of any of its operations
2. Maintaining greenhouse gas emissions below Financial Year 2006 levels while continuing to grow their operations
3. Having systems in place to develop dedicated management …show more content…
Biodiversity and Land Management: BHP Billiton’s Iron ore mines in Western Australia have implemented two projects to manage biodiversity in the region. A survey was carried over 5 years on subterranean fauna covering around 900000 hectares. As a result, the company has developed the largest database on subterranean fauna information in Western Australia. Data collected as part of this being survey is being used in impact assessment processes and is also helping the company take better decisions with respect to the effect of its mining operations on subterranean fauna. Additionally, the company has optimized the use of native seeds on rehabilitation projects. To achieve the same, BHP Billiton has delivered a seed store, with project-specific seeds and the Pilbara Seed Atlas. This has resulted in major improvements in knowledge, practices and seed management in general. The Pilbara Seed Atlas will be made available as a reference to seed collectors, industry members, researchers and the general …show more content…
Water Stewardship: The communities within which BHP Billiton operates depend on clean and safe drinking water to survive. As such, the successful management of water resources around the company’s operational areas is an imperative for successful and successful operations of the company. For example, the company’s iron ore operations in Western Australia are located within three water catchment management areas – Central Pilbara, Northern Pilbara and Eastern Pilbara covering a total area of around 15,000 square meters. The Pilbara Water Resource Management Strategy (PWRMS) was constituted to ensure the safe development and operation of mines in these areas. The PWRMS aims to address and mitigate any fallout resulting out of the mine operations which affect water resources, the surrounding environment, local communities and third party operations. The strategy includes a set feasible and time-tested of water management practices which is backed by 40 years of monitoring data which measures the impact on various stakeholders including the environment and the community during and post the mining operations. These management and mitigation measures are defied around water end-use and include the return of excess water to the environment as an indicator of the impact of BHP Billiton’s mining
BHP Billiton practices its sustainability initiatives around the four major areas:
1. Minimizing environmental incidents resulting out of any of its operations
2. Maintaining greenhouse gas emissions below Financial Year 2006 levels while continuing to grow their operations
3. Having systems in place to develop dedicated management …show more content…
Biodiversity and Land Management: BHP Billiton’s Iron ore mines in Western Australia have implemented two projects to manage biodiversity in the region. A survey was carried over 5 years on subterranean fauna covering around 900000 hectares. As a result, the company has developed the largest database on subterranean fauna information in Western Australia. Data collected as part of this being survey is being used in impact assessment processes and is also helping the company take better decisions with respect to the effect of its mining operations on subterranean fauna. Additionally, the company has optimized the use of native seeds on rehabilitation projects. To achieve the same, BHP Billiton has delivered a seed store, with project-specific seeds and the Pilbara Seed Atlas. This has resulted in major improvements in knowledge, practices and seed management in general. The Pilbara Seed Atlas will be made available as a reference to seed collectors, industry members, researchers and the general …show more content…
Water Stewardship: The communities within which BHP Billiton operates depend on clean and safe drinking water to survive. As such, the successful management of water resources around the company’s operational areas is an imperative for successful and successful operations of the company. For example, the company’s iron ore operations in Western Australia are located within three water catchment management areas – Central Pilbara, Northern Pilbara and Eastern Pilbara covering a total area of around 15,000 square meters. The Pilbara Water Resource Management Strategy (PWRMS) was constituted to ensure the safe development and operation of mines in these areas. The PWRMS aims to address and mitigate any fallout resulting out of the mine operations which affect water resources, the surrounding environment, local communities and third party operations. The strategy includes a set feasible and time-tested of water management practices which is backed by 40 years of monitoring data which measures the impact on various stakeholders including the environment and the community during and post the mining operations. These management and mitigation measures are defied around water end-use and include the return of excess water to the environment as an indicator of the impact of BHP Billiton’s mining