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Australia’s fuel tax break slowing BHP’s decarbonisation, mining giant’s investors warned
A briefing document circulated to BHP investors has warned that the federal government’s fuel tax break is acting as a handbrake on the decarbonisation of the miner’s Australian operations.
Earlier this year, a leaked cache of documents obtained by Guardian Australia and the ABC’s Four Corners revealed BHP had halted or delayed key emissions reductions projects, just years after describing climate change as an “existential” threat that required the greatest mobilisation since the second world war.
A briefing document distributed this week to BHP investors cited the Guardian and ABC revelations and said they posed serious questions about the transparency and accountability of the company’s decarbonisation program.
The briefing document encouraged investors to ask BHP whether it would set a medium-term emissions reductions target, saying its absence meant “there is no clear imperative to decarbonise in the medium-term”.
A BHP spokesperson said the company had been transparent about its plan to reach its goals with shareholders, and had indicated it was “reliant on third party technologies the industry needs to electrify equipment”. The delays to its decarbonisation program had been explained publicly in its 2025 annual report and elsewhere, the spokesperson said.