• • Work in partnership with resource sector peers to improve sectoral performance and increase industry’s influence in policy development to deliver effective long-term regulatory responses. Contribute to reducing emissions from the use of fossil fuels through material investments in low emissions technology”63 BHP Billiton recognizes, in an attenuated manner, that climate change may be a human rights issue by stating that, “[t]he commercial teams also inform broader organisational priorities such as our position on climate change. This includes setting global standards for a sustainable and ethical supply chain that takes into account human rights and environmental risks.”64 Statements on Human Rights “Respect for human rights is critical to the sustainability of our business. We take our human rights obligations seriously and demonstrate this by committing to operate in a manner consistent with the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the 10 UN Global Compact principles. Our commitment to operating to the highest standards of business integrity in relation to human rights and our strategy of focusing on the development of large, long-life operations bestows on us both an opportunity to make a positive contribution to the realisation of a wide range of human rights and a responsibility to respect human rights and mitigate human rights related risks.”65 “We commit to operating in a manner consistent with the: • United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights • Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact • International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) Position Statement on Indigenous Peoples and Mining • Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights We must respect, and work to, uphold and advance human rights in everything that we do. We acknowledge that our activities have the potential to impact human rights and we manage this through our core business practices. This includes consideration of workplace health, safety and labour conditions, activities of security forces, land and water access and use, impacts on the rights and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples and other communities that live near our operations, resettlement and local community programs. BHP Billiton (March 2014), Climate Change Position Statement, available at https://www.bhp.com//media/documents/investors/annual-reports/2018/bhpclimatechangepositionstatement.pdf?la=en (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 64 BHP Billiton, Annual Report, supra note 50, p. 68. 65 BHP, Respecting Human Rights and UK Modern Slavery Act Statement, available at https://www.bhp.com/ourapproach/operating-with-integrity/respecting-human-rights (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 63 Annex D: Corporate Statements on Climate Change and Human Rights | 13