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Environmental Resilience

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

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Social Performance

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

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Governance and Transparency

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

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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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Climate Change

Climate change is a real and undeniable threat, affecting human wellbeing and environmental health in every country on every continent.

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Nature

Nature has come to the forefront of global attention as the significant risks of ecosystem collapse have become better understood.

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Water

Water is a precious shared resource with high environmental, social, cultural, and economic value.

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Community Resilience

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

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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.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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

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Metrics and Standards

Responsible mining standards and robust ESG reporting are of growing importance to mining-affected communities, customers and investors.

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Mineral Resource Governance

Mineral resource governance is key to mining’s contribution to sustainable development by maximising the benefit citizens receive from natural resources.

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Mine Closure

Mine closure is a significant industry challenge requiring substantial financial provision to manage and address associated environmental and social risks.

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Health and Safety

Health and safety is a primary focus for the mining and metals industry, but we are still short of our goal of zero harm.

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Tailings

Tailings continues to be a key focus for our industry and stakeholders in the wake of the tragedy at Brumadinho in 2019.

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Circular Economy

Moving to a circular economy is a global imperative for a truly sustainable economy, and the mining and metals sector has a critical role to play.

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Amber Rowntree

Meet ICMM senior manager Amber Rowntree.

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Haajarah Ahmed

Meet ICMM manager Haajarah Ahmed.

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Yosuke Hoshino

Meet ICMM manager Yosuke Hoshino.

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Viviana Huerta

Meet ICMM senior programme officer Viviana Huerta.

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