BHP : Modern Slavery Statement 2022

Modern

Slavery Statement

2022

Bringing people and resources together to build a better world

A message

Organisational

Risks of

Policies and

Due diligence

Assessing

1 Introduction

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3

structure, business

4

modern slavery

5

6

and risk

7 Consultation

8

effectiveness and

9 Appendices

from our CEO

and supply chain

practices

governance

management

looking forward

Modern Slavery Statement 2022

BHP Group Limited. ABN 49 004 028 077. Registered in Australia. Registered office and global headquarters:

171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.

Prior to unification of its corporate structure on 31 January 2022, BHP had a Dual Listed Company structure with two parent companies, BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc (now known as BHP Group (UK) Ltd).1

For all references throughout this publication relating to the part of the financial year ended 30 June 2022 which occurred prior to 31 January 2022, the Boards of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc are referred to collectively as the Board.

This publication is the Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement (UK) and joint modern slavery statement (Australia) (together, Statement) for the financial year ended 30 June 2022. This Statement is made pursuant to the United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 and was approved by the Board of BHP Group Limited on 2 September 2022. For the purposes of the Australian Modern Slavery Act, the 'reporting entities' covered by this joint modern slavery statement are identified in Appendix 1 to this Statement.

In this Statement, the terms 'BHP', the 'Company', the 'Group', 'our business', 'organisation', 'we', 'us', 'our' and 'ourselves' refer to BHP Group Limited and, prior to 31 January 2022, BHP Group Plc and, except where context otherwise requires, their respective subsidiaries as defined in Financial Statements note 28 'Subsidiaries' of our Annual Report 2022 available at bhp.com.

This Statement covers functions and assets that have been wholly owned and/or operated by BHP or owned as a BHP-operated joint venture ('operated assets' or 'operations') from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.2

On 3 May 2022, we completed the divestment of our

80 per cent interest in BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd (BMC), a metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland, Australia operated by BMC, to Stanmore Resources Limited. Separately, on 1 June 2022, the merger of our Petroleum business with Woodside Energy Group Limited was completed. Accordingly, this Statement only applies to BMC operations for the period from 1 July 2021 to 3 May 2022 and to operated assets that were in our Petroleum business for the period from 1 July 2021 until 1 June 2022.

BHP also holds interests in joint venture assets that are not operated by BHP (referred to in this Statement as 'non-operated joint ventures' or 'non-operated' assets). Non-operated assets are not included in the BHP Group and as a result, statements regarding our operations, assets and values apply only to our operated assets, unless stated otherwise. Data for non-operated assets is not presented here. However, this Statement includes a description of how we approach risks, including with respect to modern slavery, in relation to our interests

in non-operated assets and other investments.

More information about how we engage with our non- operated asset partners and operator companies at non-operated assets is available at bhp.com.

• Registration number 3196209. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street London SW1E 5LB,
  United Kingdom.

• References in this Statement to a 'joint venture' are used for convenience to collectively describe assets that are not wholly owned by BHP. Such references are not intended to characterise the legal relationship between the owners of the asset.

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A message

Organisational

Risks of

Policies and

Due diligence

Assessing

1

Introduction

2

3

structure, business

4

modern slavery

5

6

and risk

7 Consultation

8

effectiveness and

9 Appendices

from our CEO

and supply chain

practices

governance

management

looking forward

Introduction

In this Statement:

1	Introduction
	UK and Australian Modern Slavery Act Statement	04
2	A message from our Chief Executive Officer	05
3	Organisational structure, business and supply chain	06
	Structure	06
	Operations and locations	07
	Workforce	08
	Supply chain	08
4	Risks of modern slavery practices	09
	Our operated assets and offices	09
	Our non-operated assets, the BHP Foundation and BHP Ventures	09
	Our supply chain	10
5	Policies and governance	11
	Our Code of Conduct, Human Rights Policy Statement
	and Board oversight	11
	Requirements for suppliers and social investment	11
6	Due diligence and risk management	12
	Due diligence and risk management in our business operations	12
	Due diligence and risk management in our supply chain	12
	Access to remedy	15
	Training and culture	15
7	Consultation	16
8	Assessing effectiveness and looking forward	16
	Assessing effectiveness	16
	Looking forward	16
9	Appendices	17

This is our third Statement under the Australian Modern Slavery Act and our seventh Statement under the UK Modern Slavery Act. It was approved by the Board of BHP Group Limited on 2 September 2022. The Statement outlines our understanding of the modern slavery and human trafficking risks we face, as well as the governance processes, activities and progress we have made throughout our financial year to improve that understanding and manage those risks.

BHP adopts the Australian Modern Slavery Act definition of modern slavery, including the eight types of serious exploitation (which include human trafficking), each of which has a clear definition in international or Australian law.3

• We consider these definitions suitable to align with the intended interpretation of slavery and human trafficking under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.

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A message

Organisational

Risks of

Policies and

Due diligence

Assessing

1

Introduction

2

3

structure, business

4

modern slavery

5

6

and risk

7 Consultation

8

effectiveness and

9 Appendices

from our CEO

and supply chain

practices

governance

management

looking forward

UK and Australian Modern Slavery Act Statement

The sections of the Statement that specifically address what we have done to meet the core mandatory criteria required by the Australian Modern Slavery Act are outlined below. The table also shows the Statement's alignment with recommended reporting criteria for UK Modern Slavery Act statements.

UK Modern Slavery Act	Australian Modern Slavery Act	BHP response:
recommended reporting criteria	mandatory reporting criteria	Section	Detail
Organisation's structure, its	Identify each reporting entity covered by the	Organisational structure, business	- list of the 'reporting entities' (as defined in the Australian Modern Slavery Act) covered by this joint
business and its supply chains	joint statement	and supply chain	modern slavery statement (Australia)
		Appendix 1
	Describe the structure, operations and supply	Organisational structure, business	- major transactions in FY2022
	chains of each reporting entity covered by the	and supply chain	- operations infographic
	joint statement		- map of BHP locations
			- workforce infographic
			- non-operated assets, the BHP Foundation and BHP Ventures
			- supply chain tables

Parts of the organisation's business and supply chains where there is a risk of slavery and human trafficking taking place, and the steps it has taken to assess and manage

that risk

Describe the risks of modern slavery practices in the operations and supply chains of each reporting entity covered by the joint statement and any entities that each of those reporting entities owns or controls

Organisational structure, business	- map of operated assets, non-operated assets and office locations
and supply chain	- supply chain tables
Risks of modern slavery practices	- modern slavery and broader human rights risks
- Human Rights Impact Assessments
Due diligence and
- responsible mining standards
risk management
- Ethical Supply Chain and Transparency program
	- Organisation for Economic Co-ordination and Development (OECD) due diligence alignment activity

Organisation's policies in relation to slavery and human trafficking; its due diligence processes in relation to slavery and human trafficking in its business and supply chains

Training about slavery and human trafficking available to the organisation's staff

Describe the actions taken by each reporting entity covered by the joint statement and any entities that each of those reporting entities owns or controls to assess and address these risks, including due diligence and remediation processes

Policies and governance	- Our Charter, Our Code of Conduct and the Our Requirements standards
Due diligence and	- Human Rights Policy Statement
- Human Rights Impact Assessments
risk management
- responsible mining standards
Training and culture
- Ethical Supply Chain and Transparency program and Ethical Supply Chain and Transparency Guide
	- Supplier audit program
	- OECD due diligence alignment activity
	- local level community complaints and grievance mechanisms and EthicsPoint
	- Our Code of Conduct and human rights training
	- Commercial Academy Masterclass: Sustainable Value Chain

Organisation's effectiveness in ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business or supply chains, measured against such performance indicators as it considers appropriate

Describe how each reporting entity covered by the joint statement assesses the effectiveness of actions being taken to assess and address modern slavery risks

Describe the process of consultation with each reporting entity covered by the joint statement and with any entities that each of those reporting entity owns or controls

Any other relevant information

Policies and governance	- investigation and analysis of complaints and grievances
Due diligence and	- human rights reporting to Board's Sustainability Committee
- material risk reporting to the Board's Risk and Audit Committee and Sustainability Committee
risk management
- internal audit program
Assessing effectiveness
- key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness of Ethical Supply Chain Transparency
and looking forward
program will be considered in FY2023
Consultation	- cross-functional, interdisciplinary approach
	- consultation between the reporting entities and between reporting entities and the entities they own
	or control
Assessing effectiveness	- plans for FY2023
and looking forward

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A message

Organisational

Risks of

Policies and

Due diligence

1

Introduction

2

3

structure, business

4

modern slavery

5

6

and risk

7 Consultation

from our CEO

and supply chain

practices

governance

management

A message from our Chief Executive Officer

Assessing

8 effectiveness and 9 Appendices looking forward

BHP is committed to playing our part in combatting modern slavery and working to ensure it is not present in our supply chain.

Our business is wide-ranging and complex. The risk of modern slavery exists throughout our supply chain and in our operations. We work collaboratively with suppliers, our workforce and other stakeholders to fully understand and manage this risk.

Modern slavery is a challenge within the global resources sector and the impacts of this abuse on vulnerable people is something we must continue to work together to stop.

Since releasing our first Modern Slavery Statement in 2016,4 we have pursued year-on-year improvements in our approach to identifying and responding to modern slavery risks and related human rights and exploitation risks.

• Under UK legislation.

In FY2022, we continued to build on this multi-year effort. The further actions we took include:

• we developed a new 2030 social value framework. It includes a goal to create a sustainable, ethical and transparent supply chain together with our supply chain partners
• we defined our plan to align our minerals and metals supply chain due diligence with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
• we were awarded the Copper Mark, which includes criteria related to ensuring no child labour and forced labour, for our Escondida and Spence operations in Chile, and Olympic Dam in South Australia
• we completed supplier audits focused on modern slavery and labour exploitation issues and engaged with relevant suppliers to address findings
• we conducted training programs dedicated to improving the capacity of our teams to understand, identify and manage the risks of modern slavery in our operations and supply chain

In line with our overarching commitment to human rights, BHP will continue to work to prevent modern slavery.

Mike Henry

Chief Executive Officer

BHP is committed to operating responsibly and playing our part to combat modern slavery. We recognise that risks of modern slavery exist throughout our supply chain and in our operations. Understanding and managing these risks requires a collaborative approach with suppliers, our workforce and other stakeholders and this is the approach we have adopted.

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