Press releases

RMI Report 2022 reveals little ESG action at mine sites

22.02.2022

disconnect between corporate commitments and mine site action on critically important ESG issues. Commitments are now commonplace, yet basic actions at mine sites – to inform and engage with communities and workers on for example safety issues or environmental impacts – are rarely evident. Some 94% of the mine sites score an average of less than 20% on the fifteen basic ESG issues assessed.

Why is gender still off the agenda of mining companies?

10.02.2022

The Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) has been tracking gender action by mining companies since 2016 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 and the fundamental rights of women mine workers are largely ignored.

Just transition for mining requires more than net-zero

02.12.2021

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.

Harmful impacts of mining: new report calls for the normalisation of prevention

10.11.2021

A new report by RMF calls for the normalisation of prevention of harmful impacts across the industry. Based on public domain information, this report shows that harmful impacts are not inevitable, and yet they happen across the world, not only in jurisdictions with limited regulatory oversight.

Commodity trading: Transactions with governments are still largely opaque

18.06.2021

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.

Statement on Deep-Sea Mining

18.06.2021

The Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) supports the calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining, in alignment with recommendations by numerous individuals and organisations around the world.

Limited ESG due diligence among extractive commodity trading companies – new report reveals

08.03.2021

A new report, The ESG Due Diligence and Transparency Report on Extractive Commodity Trading, assesses 25 companies that have significant activities in the trade of oil, gas, metals or minerals. The companies score on average only 23% on ESG due diligence systems and 28% on disclosure of public-interest information.

Time to normalise respect and remedy for Human Rights in mining

18.02.2021

Human Rights crosscut a wide range of issues, and mining activities by their nature can impinge on many of them. Ten years after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), data from the RMI Report 2020 shows that the large mining companies assessed score on average a low 19% on human rights-related issues.