Sexual Harassment Persists at BHP After Millions Spent on Women’s Safety
- ‘Unacceptable behavior’ continues to happen, CEO says
- BHP on track to achieve a gender-balanced workforce by 2025
Employees inside a laboratory at the BHP Group Ltd. Kwinana Nickel Refinery in Kwinana, Australia.
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BHP Group Ltd. chief executive Mike Henry said the world’s biggest miner still has “some ways to go” to create a safe environment for all female employees after the company recently saw a 20% increase in reported sexual harassment.
The company, which this year completed a A$300 million ($191 million) project to make its mining villages in Western Australia safer by adding extra CCTV cameras, security lighting, doors and fences, has disclosed cases of sexual harassment reported and established in the 12 months to June rose to 124 from 103 the year before. About a quarter of the 475 reports of harassment were substantiated, the company reported.