Sustainable development in miningA complete suite of tools?
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Mark HolmesProgram Officer - Environment, Health & Safety
BHP Billiton
Lihir Gold
MMG
ICMM member companies
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Barrick
Goldcorp
Teck
Vale
Mitsubishi Materials
Nippon Mining & Metals
Sumitomo Metal Mining
African Rainbow Minerals
AngloGold Ashanti
Gold Fields
Xstrata
Anglo American
Lonmin
Rio Tinto
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Newmont
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Japan
South Africa
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Member operations
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Interest at over 700 sites in ~60 countries
ICMM Sustainable Development Framework
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ICMM member commitments
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1. Implement ethical business practices and apply good corporate governance
2. Integrate SD in corporate decision- making
3. Uphold fundamental human rights
4. Manage risks based on sound science
5/6. Improve environment, health and safety performance continuously
7. Conserve biodiversity & conduct integrated land use planning
8. Apply materials and product stewardship
9. Contribute to community development
10. Publicly report, independently assure and engage openly and transparently
Mining and Protected Areas
Mining: Partnerships for Development
Climate Change
Mining and Indigenous Peoples
Mercury Risk Management
Transparency of Mineral Revenues
10 Principles for Sustainable Development 6 Position Statements
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Programs
Reporting & Assurance
Socio-economic Contribution
•Resource Endowment• Community
Environmental Contribution
Health & Safety• Worker• Community
Materials Stewardship
Mining and Metals ContributionAccountability &Continuous Learning
Communications Strategy and Administration
Core services
Associations Coordination Group
Reporting & Assurance:Accountability, Continuous Learning
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Systematic approaches to SD reporting
Robust assurance of SD reports to enhance credibility and trust
How/which SD efforts contribute to value creation/protection
Differentiate between companies SD efforts
Achieving greater transparency and accountability
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Socio-economic contribution (Resource Endowment): Mining: Partnerships for Development, Local Content, Minerals Taxation
Improving stakeholder alignment on strategies
Demonstrating actual and life cycle contribution
Collaboration among ICMM country-based members and other companies
Techniques to understand how investments investments bestcontribute to social & economic development
Socio-economic contribution (Community): Artisanal Small-scale Mining, Community Development, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples
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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
Strategic approach to community development
Human rights issues across operations
Enhancing relationships with Indigenous Peoples
Health & Safety:Zero Harm, Health Risk & Impact Assessment, Benchmarking
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Promoting strong and consistent leadership to eliminate fatalities
Developing a workplace culture that recognises all accidents and work-related illnesses as preventable
Community health issues in partnership with others
Improve health and safety performance and metrics in support of benchmarking
Materials Stewardship:Life Cycle Management, Chemicals Management, Market Access
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Lifecycle approach
Sound chemicals management to address HSE risks of commodities & process chemicals
Considering supply chain/value chain aspects
Ensuring sound science in regulatory decisions affecting market access
Environment:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Land Use, Water, Closure
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Improving environmental performance & enhancedunderstanding of key issues
Enhancing capacity and performance on key environmental challenges
Sharing of information and understanding with the conservation community
Improving alignment between stakeholders
Climate change policy
Environment: Biodiversity
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Section A – Introduction• Why biodiversity is valuable• Why mining companies should consider it• Importance of stakeholder engagement
Section B – Biodiversity Management in Operations • Project Development - Exploration, Pre-feasibility, Feasibility & Construction• Operational Phase - Associated infrastructure, impacts & opportunities• Closure Planning - Rehabilitation
Section C – Management, Assessment, Mitigation & Rehabilitation Systems, Tools & Processes
• EMS• ESIA• Stakeholder engagement• Mitigation, rehabilitation & enhancement tools
Case studiesChecklists
Environment: Biodiversity
• A case study compilation document of mining biodiversity conservation published as part of a dialogue between ICMM and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Dialogue objective to explore different aspects of biodiversity conservation in the mining and metals sector
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Other mining SD systems
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• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) e.g. E3+ – A framework for responsible exploration
• Canadian Mining Association (MAC) e.g.Towards Sustainable Mining
• Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)
Ongoing biodiversity developments
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Discussion about mining’s contribution to conservation including the implications of:
•‘no net loss’ and ‘net positive impact
•Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP)
•Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
•The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
•Biodiversity affected by climate change
Questions
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• How is the mining industry contributing to sustainable development and a shift to a ‘green economy’?
• Are other tools required to help this transition
• What is missing from the current suite?
• Are there any issues that need to be addressed with greater urgency?
• What linkages are missing?
For further information please contact:
Mark [email protected]