Developing Industry Based Voluntary InitiativeTowards
Sustainable Mining
Improve Mining Industry’s Reputation
Eurasia MeNa MiningSummit Turkey
16-17 May 2012
Sustainable MiningCorporate Social Responsibility
“Reputation Drives Value”
Mining impacts our everyday lives not only from economic and employment
perspective, but in our day-to-day living.
From mining come the highways, electrical and communications networks, clean-
energy technologies, housing, automobiles, consumer electronics and
other products and infrastructure essential to modern life.
Nature of the Mining Industry
Mining, by its very nature, disturbs land, air and water systems to some
degree. People expect the mining industry to operate in a way that
respects the environment and society.
The challenge for mining companies is to find, extract and process metals and minerals while disrupting these
systems as little as possible.
Challenges
The industry must therefore be responsible for more than finding and extracting ore at a profit.
We believe that the industry and the people share a common interest in making sure mining takes place responsibly, in a way that creates economic opportunities, respects community interests, protects the
environment and ensures public heath and safety.
Challenges
Protecting the environment and workers are key goals of today’s modern mining industry and the health and safety of its workers is a core value.
It is important for mining facilities to apply sustainabilty principles, adhere to strict regulatory standards and socially responsible mining practices while continually develop new technologies.
Mining companies want their operations to do more than just follow the letter of the law.
Develop and continually improve Industry standards and ahere to them
Goals
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Global Reporting Initiative ICMM Sustainable Development Framework IFC Performance Standards on Social and
Environmental Sustainability OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises United Nations Global Compact Voluntary Principles on Security and Human
Rights MAC – TSM Voluntary Initiative
International CSR Standards
Mining companies follow many voluntary standards and frameworks as part of their
international corporate social responsibility:
It is foreseen as best: mining association of the country establish
voluntary based industry standards and Mining companies should participate,
measure their performance and publicly report
In Turkey :Miners’ Association of Turkey
should take this task to develop and manage the initiative
How to Achieve
The leading mining association of the country establishes a system
Set industry CSR standards to comply with Develop guidance, principles and decleration Establish key performance indicators Set targets Companies Measure their performance and
report scores Periodical external verification Recognize best performers The mining association manage and maintain
the system Mandotary for member companies to
participate
How to Achieve - Mechanism
A voluntary initiative:Towards Sustainable Mining
spearheaded by MAC to help the industry improve its performance.
The initiative helps member companies manage their corporate responsibilities for social and environmental sustainability.
As a condition of membership in MAC, members must participate in TSM. Members must subscribe to a set of guiding principles backed by specific performance indicators that member companies report on annually.
The reported results are externally verified every three years and reviewed by the TSM Community of Interest Advisory Panel
Example(Mining Association of Canada)
A voluntary initiative
Peformance of member companies are measured
against defined KPI’s
ExamplePerformance Measures & Protocols
Community of interest Advisory Panel
Under development
Future
current
TSM Principles
Policy Formwork
Defining Performance Indicators
Tailings Management
Crisis Management and Planning
Safety and health
Water and Mining
Energy & GHG Emissions Management
Committies Outreach
Biodiversity conservation Management
Mine Closure
Performance Reporting
Reporting Guides
Performance Measurement System
Verification System
Assessment Protocols
Technical Guidelines
TSM Architecture
TSM Performance Element
Measures a Company’s Management Systems for ...
Tailings Management Dealing with tailings, the materials left over after valuable minerals and metals have been separated from ore
Energy Use and GHGEmissions Management Using less energy and releasing less greenhouse gas
Community Outreach Maintaining dialogue with communities affected by the company’s operations
Crisis Management Planning Being prepared for all potential crises
Biodiversity Conservation Management Conserving wildlife in and around the facility
Safety and Health Protecting the safety and health of the company’s workers, contractors and visitors
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