Mining principles for sustainable demand

Challenge the practice is addressing: This practice addresses mining principles for a sustainable demand for metals and minerals over the coming decades. The ICMM launched a global public consultation regarding sustainable development to set a standard of ethical performance for ICMM members. The indicators include performance expectations on how to manage a broad range of sustainability issues at the the corporate and operational levels.

Concrete practice to achieve the expected goal: The ten advisory mining principles for ICMM members are: Application of ethical business practices to support sustainable development, Integration of sustainable development in corporate strategy and decision-making, respect human rights including the interests of communities affected, implement effective risk-management strategies based on sound science, improvements in health and safety to ultimately reach zero harm, pursue improvement in environmental performance issues, contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, facilitate the responsible use and recycling of products containing metals and minerals, improvement in social performance and proactively engage key stakeholders on sustainable development.

Expected impact/goal of the practice: The expected impact of the practice is to strengthen social and environmental requirements as they are becoming increasingly complex and essential. All members of ICMM are encourage to incorporate and adopt these mining principles.

Who is the target user group of the practice/intervention or implementing the practice/intervention? This practice is mainly relevant for industry contexts.