DIVERSITY
BHP Billiton seeks to bring women to the table
The leading mining company is taking diversity lessons from banks and law enforcement to achieve a gender-balanced workforce by 2025
BHP Billiton, the leading mining company, is taking diversity lessons from banks and law enforcement to achieve a gender-balanced workforce by 2025 and to promote women into top executive roles. The miner has held talks with companies including Australia & New Zealand Banking Group on policies to boost female recruitment and retention, according to BHP chief of staff and head of geoscience Laura Tyler in an interview on Wednesday. "Banking had also been seen as a boys’ club and the high street banks, the retail banking sector, has made a huge turnaround," says Tyler, who was appointed in 2016 to BHP’s 10-strong executive team, one of three women to hold a top leadership post. "We are talking with them about how did they change things." Financial companies in the Bloomberg world index have an average of about 52% female staff, the highest among all industries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Materials producers, including BHP and competitor Rio Tinto Group, have the lowest s...
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