Social Performance

Seeking beneficial outcomes for communities and wider society from our activities, engagements, and commitments that affect stakeholders and our relationships with them.

Social performance is the outcome of a company’s engagement, activities and commitments that can directly and indirectly impact stakeholders or affect the quality of its relationships with them. Critical to a mining and metals company’s social performance is how well a company fulfils its commitments, interactions and activities as they relate to local communities. Broader societal aspects include revenue and contract transparency, mineral resource governance, and engagement with partners across the value chain on social risks.

Focus Areas

Community Resilience

Disruptions from climate change, automation, and the footprint of mining are changing communities' ability to benefit from opportunities in and from mining.

Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

Indigenous Peoples and human rights ought to occupy the highest levels of focus for any industry, particularly one with the impact and reach of ours.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, equity and inclusion remain enduring challenges for the mining and metals sector and society at large.

Social Performance Commitments

Indigenous Peoples: Position Statement

Building positive relationships between mining companies and Indigenous Peoples through respect, meaningful engagement and mutual benefit.

Nature: Position Statement

Nature loss is a critical global challenge, placing the survival, health, wellbeing and livelihoods of people, ecosystems, and our global economy at significant risk.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Position Statement

This Position Statement sets out ICMM Members’ collective commitment to improving diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry and positively influencing the communities that we are a part of.

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Latest Social Performance News

We cannot ignore the tension between the need to mine for critical minerals and respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights

Half of the world’s supply of critical minerals is located on or near Indigenous Peoples’ lands. Danielle Martin explores the tensions between mining these resources and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Why sustainable tax principles must be at the centre of the energy transition ↗

Sustainable tax principles are a key ingredient to encourage mining investment, argues ICMM and EY in an article for Mining Journal.

In conversation with Rohitesh Dhawan at Melbourne Mining Club

A responsible industry ensures no one is collateral damage in the rush for critical minerals, shares Rohitesh Dhawan in a conversation with Rhiannon Hoyle at Melbourne Mining Club.

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Other Programmes

Environmental Resilience

Demonstrating and promoting leading environmental practices that enable better industry‐wide performance.

Governance and Transparency

Our goal is the promotion of governance norms and systems that help realise the benefits of natural resources.

Innovation for Sustainability

Our goal is the creation of new products, processes or approaches that enable significant progress on key mining sustainability challenges.

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