Corporate Social Responsibility
BHP Billiton is a signatory participant of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
In June 2011 BHP Billiton agreed to donate A$10 million to fund the establishment of two energy institutes at University College London - the Energy Policy Institute, based in Adelaide, and the Institute for Sustainable Resources, based in London.
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