Guatemala’s Mining Association Adopts Towards Sustainable Mining
Guatemala (Guatemala City) – Gremial de Recursos Naturales, Minas y Canteras (GRENAT), the national mining association in Guatemala, today announced its adoption of Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM), a made-in-Canada corporate social responsibility performance system that improves environmental and social practices in the mining sector. As a result, GRENAT and its affiliated companies will adopt a […]
Thought Leadership | ESG in Mining: How to Make ESG Meaningful
DISCUSSING MEANINGFUL CHANGES AND TRENDS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY THAT PROMOTE AND IMPROVE ESG PERFORMANCE Moderator: Stephan Theben, Managing Principal and Mining Sector Lead, SLR Consulting Jean-Marie Clouet, Corporate Director, Investor Relations, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Stephen Crozier, Vice President, Sustainability, Noront Resources Kevin D’Souza, Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds Pierre Gratton, President and […]
Panel tackles next iteration of ESG in mining – including Indigenous equity in projects
he future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the mining industry will see Indigenous communities commonly hold equity stakes in projects while companies become fully transparent about all operations, not just information to meet laws. These were just a couple of points to come out of a six-person thought-leadership panel on ESG presented […]
How the Mining Industry Coexists with Nature in Natural Diamond Recovery
Diamond miners have shown it’s possible live in a world where mining is essential without negatively impacting our natural environment.
UN monitors thrust into debate over what to do with 1.4 trillion litres of oilsands wastewater
International scrutiny comes as Canada works toward new rules that could see release of treated water for first time
Canada’s oil sands sector aims to release treated tailings water into river
Canada’s oil sands mining industry on Thursday outlined proposals to release treated water from tailings ponds into northern Alberta’s Athabasca River, a move environmental groups say risks damaging one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas.
We have to do better’: Why Canada’s main mining lobby wants its members to get serious about workplace culture
Failure to do so could exacerbate a chronic shortage of skilled labour, says the Mining Association of Canada
UNESCO team in Alberta to determine if Wood Buffalo National Park should go on endangered list
A United Nations body that monitors some of the world’s greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country’s largest national park, including plans to release treated oil sands tailings into its watershed.
At the core: The people powering the mining transition
Over the past several years, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and Millani have been working together to foster dialogue between mining issuers and Canadian institutional investors on a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics. This report is an outcome of Mining in Transition: People Powering the Transition, a conference and roundtable session […]
ESG 101: A primer
Everyone is still talking about ESG. Companies are producing ESG reports, governments have ESG policies, investors are ranking companies based on their ESG performance, and the list goes on. But that does not mean that everyone gets ESG. To be honest, the ESG field is changing and maturing so fast that there is not necessarily a firm definition or system for […]
