‘People are sceptical’: why mining giant BHP wants to get to net zero and how it plans to do it
Ben Butler
Fiona Wild knows people don’t believe BHP is serious about taking action on climate change – she gets the letters, some of them in all capitals, accusing the global miner of not doing enough.
Wild is the executive at BHP charged with overseeing the company’s ambitious plan, announced in September, to slash emissions by 30% over the next decade and achieve net zero by 2050.
Over coffee at BHP’s Melbourne headquarters, Wild brims with enthusiasm for the mammoth task ahead. But she understands why Guardian readers – she’s one herself – might not think a company that has made a fortune from fossil fuels is serious when it says it wants to lead the charge towards a decarbonised economy.