Resources

Learn how ICMM is promoting leading environmental and social practices to encourage better industry performance.

Stakeholder Research Toolkit

Providing a methodology for understanding, measuring and monitoring key drivers of reputation among and between stakeholder groups.

Guidance & toolkits

Research on Company–Community Conflict

This research looks at reported incidents of company-community conflict between 2002 and 2013 to deepen our understanding of trends related to the conflict between companies and communities.

Research & briefings

A Practical Guide to Catchment-Based Water Management for the Mining and Metals Industry

Provides a comprehensive and systematic approach for identifying, evaluating and responding to catchment-based water-related risks.

Guidance & toolkits

Role of Mining in National Economies: Mining's Contribution to Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

This edition shows the significant contribution of mining and metals to national economies and provides an update to ICMM's Mining Contribution Index.

Research & briefings

Benchmarking Safety Data: Progress of ICMM Company Members (2012-2013)

ICMM is committed to strengthening health and safety performance to reduce operational fatalities to zero. As part of this commitment ICMM produces an annual safety data report.

Research & briefings

Water Stewardship Framework

Outline of a standardised approach to water stewardship that recognises that water connects an operation to the surrounding landscape and communities.

Guidance & toolkits

Annual Report, 2013

Read our Annual Report for 2013.

Organisational communications

Timeline Tool: Coordinating Project Schedules for Biodiversity Management

Roadmap for identifying milestones and key interdependencies between project development schedules, financing timelines and the application of the mitigation hierarchy.

Guidance & toolkits

Community Health Programs in the Mining and Metals Industry

Captures a snapshot of practice in the area of community health, addressing issues ranging from communicable and non-communicable diseases to nutritional deficiencies.

Guidance & toolkits

Approaches to Understanding Development Outcomes from Mining

This report sets out methods available to measure human and social development impacts and how they might be applied to mining project investments.

Research & briefings

Indigenous Peoples and Mining: Position Statement

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

Organisational communications

Annual Report, 2012

Read our Annual Report for 2012.

Organisational communications

Independent Report on Biodiversity Offsets

Provides an overview of the business case, principles, methods and challenges relating to biodiversity offsets.

Research & briefings

Overview of Leading Indicators for Occupational Health and Safety in Mining

Provides companies with a way of understanding their impacts and making plans to contribute positively to the health outcomes of stakeholders.

Guidance & toolkits

Role of Mining in National Economies: Mining's Contribution to Sustainable Development (1st Edition)

This report looks at the contribution of mining and metals to national economies.

Research & briefings

Community Development Toolkit

This toolkit sets out how mining can contribute to community development, and provides 20 practical tools for all stages of the community development process across the mine life.

Guidance & toolkits

Annual Report, 2011

Read our Annual Report for 2011.

Organisational communications

Measurement, Reporting and Verification and the Mining and Metals Industry

Analyses different mandatory and voluntary measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) regimes and outlines the different challenges the sector face in estimating GHG emissions.

Guidance & toolkits

Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: Implementation Guidance Tools

Helping companies operating in areas of geographical conflict and weak governance to implement the Voluntary Principles (VP) on Security and Human Rights.

Guidance & toolkits

Mining Partnerships for Development: Toolkit

Provides a useful methodology for evaluating the positive and negative economic and social effects of mining at local, regional and national levels.

Guidance & toolkits