Doubters urge BHP to match bold climate pledge with action

Shareholder advocates demand more, but Greens says major parties should 'take a leaf out of miner's book'

A declaration by the head of BHP that tackling the climate crisis will require "the biggest global mobilisation since World War II" has prompted claims the world's biggest miner is more serious about the problem than the Australian parliament.

But shareholder advocates warned BHP's pledge to do more on climate change, including setting targets for its customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and linking executive pay to pollution reduction, should be viewed sceptically while it remained a member of groups that lobbied against significant action.