BHP Billiton has ranked 12th in the Global Reporters 2006 Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility. Three other Australian companies ranked in the top 50. The other Australians in the top 50 were Rio Tinto, Westpac and financial cooperative mecu.

The reports are built around the SustainAbility/UNEP benchmark methodology. Each company was rated on 29 criteria, including how well it explained its activities and their associated economic, environmental and social impacts; the governance of sustainability performance; and the integration of sustainability into business strategies.

The full report can be found at: http://www.sustainability.com/insight/global_reporters.asp