Towards Sustainable Mining protocols undergo regular revisions in order to ensure that members are incorporating leading sustainability practices. Below, you will find an explanation of the versions of each protocol to be used in upcoming reporting years.
In 2021, facilities will begin reporting on their performance at the time of reporting, rather than the previous year’s results. This means that facilities will report publicly on 2021 performance using the following protocols:
- Aboriginal and Community Outreach (2017 version)
- Biodiversity Conservation Management (2020 version)
- Crisis Management and Communications Planning (2018 version)
- Energy Use and GHG Emissions Management (2015 version)
- Safety and Health (2016 version)
- Preventing Child and Forced Labour (2019 version)
- Water Stewardship (2018 version)
- Tailings Management (2019 version)
- OMS Guide (2019 version)
- Tailings Guide (2019 version)
- Table of Conformance (2019 version)
Facilities will also produce confidential internal reports as a first step to introducing the following new or revised protocols:
- Indigenous and Community Relationships (2019 version)
In 2022, facilities will report publicly using the following protocols:
- Indigenous and Community Relationships (2019 version)
- Biodiversity Conservation Management (2020 version)
- Crisis Management and Communications Planning (2018 version)
- Energy Use and GHG Emissions Management (2015 version)
- Safety and Health (2020 version)
- Preventing Child and Forced Labour (2019 version)
- Water Stewardship (2018 version)
- Tailings Management (2019 version)
- OMS Guide (2019 version)
- Tailings Guide (2019 version)
- Table of Conformance (2019 version)
Facilities will also produce confidential internal reports as a first step to introducing the following new or revised protocols:
- Climate Change Protocol (2021 version)
