WORK PROGRAMS
Climate change
In October 2010, ICMM’s Council of CEOs committed its members towards establishing a comprehensive and rigorous climate change management program of policy principles, leading practice and company commitments.
The program is aimed at ensuring ICMM companies continue to contribute to sustainable development while participating positively in resolution of the climate change challenge, and securing the continued competitiveness of the mining and metals industry in a future low carbon economy.
This initiative seeks a measured transition to a low-carbon future. It advocates the use of an integrated principles based approach to achieve effective and efficient national and sub-national climate change policies. This approach recognizes the reality of nation-specific solutions and is not intended as a means of driving a particular policy mechanism or package of approaches.
Importantly, it recognizes the need for respecting the different cultural, social, political, economic and physical environments around the world and a country’s different priorities (for example, poverty reduction, development, adaptation).
The core of ICMM’s climate change program implementation is provided by:
1) an integrated set of seven principles for climate change policy design that build on those contained in the 2009 policy
2) three focus areas which address the climate change issues which are important to mining and metals companies:
- national climate policies and competitiveness
- land use and adaption to the impacts of climate change
- measurement, reporting and verification of net greenhouse gas activities
3) a set of ICMM member company commitments.
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
Zinc Saves Kids
International Zinc Association,
Cobalt: a sustainable mineral
Cobalt Development Institute,
Gold for good
World Gold Council,
Zinc is for life
International Zinc Association,
MORE CASE STUDIES
- Goldcorp builds community trust through independent monitoring
- Anglo American invest in infrastructure at Barro Alto
- Rio Tinto welcomes tourists to Madagascar
- Mitsubishi pioneers metals recycling scheme in Japan
- Teck saves native Oregon oysters in Coos Bay
- Teck workers sleep easy at Carmen de Andacollo lodge
- Teck helps protect grizzly bears in Canadian foothills
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