BHP has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Toyota Australia, strengthening its partnership to improve safety and decarbonisation measures within BHP’s Australian operations.
The collaboration’s major goal is to collaborate across safety, engineering, and product development teams on safety in light vehicle design and future state technologies and challenges.
According to BHP, the collaboration is designed to support the company in meeting its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. Both parties commit to helping BHP reach its goal by utilising their combined experience.
The initiative demonstrates BHP and Toyota’s commitment to embracing solutions for reducing vehicle operation emissions.
Toyota Australia President and CEO Matthew Callachor welcomed the cooperation, highlighting the two companies’ longstanding collaboration.
“BHP is a key player in Australia’s export industry, and Toyota Australia is delighted to announce this collaboration which is designed to enhance safety measures at BHP’s Australian worksites and reduce vehicle operation and other CO2 emissions on BHP sites,” Callachor said.
Through the MOU, BHP will get access to Toyota’s specialist engineering teams’ knowledge and resources in Australia and throughout the world, which will help BHP achieve its larger decarbonisation ambitions.
The two companies will also work together on a decarbonisation journey map, which will examine various possibilities and alternative technologies to establish a complete approach that strives to meet agreed-upon objectives.
BHP President Australia Geraldine Slattery welcomed the collaboration, acknowledging the two companies’ partnership.
“At the heart of our efforts to decarbonise our operations is an ambition to electrify our fleet of 5000 light vehicles in Australia. Collaborating with leading suppliers like Toyota shows our clear commitment to developing shared solutions for a safer and more sustainable future,” Slattery said.
BHP Group Procurement Officer James Agar commented, “Combining our engineering expertise and resources with Toyota is a terrific example of the approach we are taking with major suppliers to develop new technologies that will improve our safety and sustainability. It’s an exciting project and there’s plenty of work to do, but we’re up for the challenge and we look forward to seeing what we can do together.”
Once completed, the skills developed through the collaboration are expected to guide other organisations looking to securely electrify their light-vehicle fleets and aid the decarbonisation process.
