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Principle 01: Ethical Business

Apply ethical business practices and sound systems of corporate governance and transparency to support sustainable development.

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Principle 10: Stakeholder Engagement

Proactively engage key stakeholders on sustainable development challenges and opportunities in an open and transparent manner, effectively report and independently verify progress and performance.

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Principle 09: Social Performance

Pursue continual improvement in social performance and contribute to the social, economic, and institutional development of host countries and communities.

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Principle 08: Responsible Production

Facilitate and support the knowledge-base and systems for responsible design, use, re-use, recycling, and disposal of products containing metals and minerals.

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Principle 07: Conservation of Biodiversity

Contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and integrated approaches to land-use planning.

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Principle 02: Decision Making

Integrate sustainable development in corporate strategy and decision-making processes.

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Principle 03: Human Rights

Respect human rights and the interests, cultures, customs, and values of workers and communities affected by our activities.

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Principle 04: Risk Management

Implement effective risk-management strategies and systems based on sound science, and which account for stakeholder perceptions of risk.

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Principle 05: Health and Safety

Pursue continual improvement in physical and psychological health and safety performance with the ultimate goal of zero harm.

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Principle 06: Environmental Performance

Pursue continual improvement in environmental performance issues, such as water stewardship, energy use, and climate change.

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World Gold Council's Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs)

The Responsible Gold Mining Principles is a framework that sets out clear expectations for consumers, investors and the downstream gold supply chain on responsible gold mining.

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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard

The ASI Performance Standard defines environmental, social and governance principles and criteria that address sustainability issues in the aluminium value chain.

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Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM)

TSM requires the assessment and independent validation of distinct performance indicators addressing critical aspects of social and environmental mine, smelter and refinery site-level performance.

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Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA)

The Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA) is a self-assessment and self-reporting tool for minerals and metals producers and processors to communicate their environmental, social and governance performance.

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Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) Code of Practices (COP) 2019 Standard

The Code of Practices (COP) 2019 Standard defines the requirements for establishing responsible business practices throughout the jewellery supply chain, from mine to retail.

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Mining with Principles at Gold Fields’ Damang mine tailings site in Ghana

Gold Fields' Gold Fields’ Damang mine tailings facility was rehabilitated as many animals species had begun using the tailings facility supernatant pond.

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Mining With Principles by using DNA sequencing to monitor plant biodiversity in the Amazon

ICMM Member Vale has conducted inventories of plant biodiversity in Serra dos Carajás, creating a genetic reference library for the region. 

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Mining With Principles by applying the mitigation hierarchy to achieve no net loss of biodiversity 

ICMM member Orano hascommitted to integrated approaches to land-use planning and conservation at its Fanay-Augères site. 

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Mining with Principles at Wonderfontein Colliery

ICMM member Glencore is collaborating with Business for Development to explore the potential for growing wheat on rehabilitated mining land, helping facilitate a just transition.

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The Copper Mark

The Copper Mark is an assurance framework to demonstrate the copper industry’s responsible production practices and industry contribution to the United Nations SDGs.

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