BHP Billiton , the world ’s largest mining company , is developing a workforce that is 50 % female by 2020 . CEO Andrew Mackenzie unveiled the pledge the day before the company ’s annual meeting . Senior staff will receive bonuses linked to a 20 % annual increase in the number of female staff , which currently stands at 17 % . chambers said that performance was 15 % higher at the company ’s most diverse sites . Protests are expected at the London meeting in response to the collapse of the firm ’s Samarco dam in Brazil last year which caused 19 deaths and severe environmental damage .
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, is targeting a workforce that is 50% female by 2025. CEO Andrew Mackenzie unveiled the pledge the day before the company’s annual meeting. Senior staff will see bonuses linked to a 3% annual increase in the number of female staff, which currently stands at 17%. Mackenzie said that performance was 15% higher at the company’s most diverse sites. Protests are expected at the London meeting in relation to the collapse of the firm’s Samarco dam in Brazil last year which caused 19 deaths and severe environmental damage.