Coming two years after the first edition of the assessment, the Report continues to track, and encourage improvement in, companies’ policies and practices related to responsible sourcing and public data sharing.
Ce rapport fournit un état des lieux de ce que les grandes entreprises minières font actuellement pour intégrer les ODD dans leurs stratégies commerciales, et des mesures qu’elles prennent de manière proactive afin d’aider à atteindre ces objectifs.
The Responsible Mining Foundation has been tracking gender action by mining companies since 2017 and the latest results are just in. The findings again show striking contrasts in what companies choose to focus on – gender balance in headquarter teams is quite widely addressed while gender in affected communities is largely ignored.
Commendable and important as mining companies’ commitments to become carbon-neutral are, emissions reduction is only one element of a responsible response to climate change. Recent research by RMF reveals that action to assess and address climate-related risks on people and environments impacted by mining – yet essential for a just transition – is conspicuously missing from current efforts by mining companies.
Recent initiatives by ETH and RMF illustrate the potential for mining-affected communities to actively engage with local mining companies on environmental issues.
Recent research by RMF shows that very few of the companies making these trades disclose data about the payments they make. Normalisation of the public disclosure of commodity trading transactions is critically important to support financial integrity and good governance of extractive resources.
Quelle est la situation actuelle des droits humains dans le secteur minier ? Dix ans après l’adoption des Principes Directeurs des Nations Unies relatifs aux entreprises et aux droits de l’homme (PDNU), les données du rapport RMI Report 2020 montrent que les grandes entreprises minières évaluées n’obtiennent en moyenne qu’un score de 19% en ce qui concerne les droits humains.
At the second anniversary of the tailings dam burst in Brumadinho, Brazil that killed at least 270 people and destroyed the livelihoods and environments for many others, the mining industry seems more willing than ever to take the issue of tailings risks seriously.