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Mining and Sustainability- Working Together. Euro Mine Expo Skellefteå, Sweden , June 8 - 10, 2010 . www.icmm.com. Key Challenges. People Environment Partnership for Sustainable Outcomes . www.icmm.com. 2. Key challenges: People.
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Mining and Sustainability-Working Together Euro Mine Expo Skellefteå, Sweden, June 8 - 10, 2010 www.icmm.com
Key Challenges • People • Environment • Partnership for Sustainable Outcomes www.icmm.com 2
Key challenges: People • pressing need to address poverty, nutrition and health, particularly in emerging nations • rising expectations of local communities • increased demand for transparency • growing emphasis to respect human rights, including indigenous peoples’ values and concerns • ASM: 100+ million people, often unregulated, close to large-scale mining www.icmm.com 3
Key Challenges - Environment • growing concerns about maintaining ecosystem integrity • growing emphasis on water, energy, biodiversity • continuing concerns about climate change www.icmm.com 4
Key Challenges: Partnerships What are the critical success factors that have enabled some countries to benefit from substantial resource endowments and avoid the so-called resource curse? What practical steps might be taken by the industry, governments, local communities and aid agencies to build these success factors? www.icmm.com 5
Setting the scene for partnership:the governance framework and capacity building… www.icmm.com 6
Fostering economic development in remote areas Mining: Partnerships for Development ICMM member companies have committed, at a CEO-level, to work in partnership in six priority areas Poverty reduction Revenue management Regional development planning Local content Social investment Dispute resolution www.icmm.com 7
Publications www.icmm.com 8
For further information please e-mail us at info@icmm.com www.icmm.com www.icmm.com