Tailings Management
In 2021, facilities reported for the first time on the 2019 version of the Tailings Management Protocol and its associated guidance documents. Despite these enhanced requirements, facilities were able to report slight improvements in Indicators 1, 3, and 4. Minor declines in performance on Indicator 2 and 5 can be attributed to facilities working towards implementation of the new requirements in these indicator areas. Note that performance on all indicators had previously declined in 2019, which was the first year of reporting on enhancements made in a 2017 version the protocol.
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| Last Updated: Dec 23, 2022 (60% Facilities Reporting) | |||
| Tailings management policy and commitment | 46% 2006 | 82% 2021 | 96% 2022 |
| Tailings management system | 40% 2006 | 73% 2021 | 84% 2022 |
| Assigned accountability and responsibility | 60% 2006 | 78% 2021 | 96% 2022 |
| Annual tailings management review | 54% 2006 | 79% 2021 | 94% 2022 |
| Operation, maintenance and surveillance (OMS) manual | 49% 2006 | 77% 2021 | 90% 2022 |
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Biodiversity Conservation Management
In 2021, facilities continued to demonstrate good performance on the Biodiversity Conservation Management Protocol, achieving improvements in performance across all three indicators. Facilities began reporting on a slightly revised version of this protocol in 2021, which includes new requirements related to the mitigation hierarchy and no net loss.
| Level A | Level AA | Level AAA | |
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| Last Updated: Dec 23, 2022 (75% Facilities Reporting) | |||
| Commitment, accountability and communications | 58% 2013 | 87% 2021 | 91% 2022 |
| Conservation planning and implementation | 50% 2013 | 79% 2021 | 78% 2022 |
| Reporting | 53% 2013 | 78% 2021 | 79% 2022 |
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Water Stewardship
In 2021, facilities reported publicly for the first time on the new TSM Water Stewardship Protocol and demonstrated good results.
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| Last Updated: Dec 23, 2022 (66% Facilities Reporting) | ||
| Water governance | 80% 2021 | 93% 2022 |
| Operational water management | 77% 2021 | 90% 2022 |
| Watershed-scale planning | 82% 2021 | 90% 2022 |
| Water reporting and performance | 77% 2021 | 88% 2022 |
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Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management
In 2021, facilities’ performance varied across the three indicators of the Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Protocol. A decline in performance on Indicator 1 is due at least in part to facilities in early stages of TSM implementation. Performance on Indicator 2 remained strong and there was improvement in Indicator 3 as more facilities met Level A and Level AA requirements. In 2022, facilities will begin producing their first internal reports on the new Climate Change Protocol, which will replace the Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Protocol. First facility-level public reporting on the new protocol is scheduled for 2023. The new protocol takes a more hollistic approach to climate change, incorporating mitigation and adaptation measures at both corporate and facility levels.
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| Last Updated: Dec 23, 2022 (62% Facilities Reporting) | |||
| Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions management | 58% 2013 | 72% 2021 | 76% 2022 |
| Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions reporting systems | 84% 2013 | 84% 2021 | 95% 2022 |
| Energy and greenhouse gas emissions performance targets | 34% 2013 | 64% 2021 | 55% 2022 |
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