Sustainability standard for global mining sector
Sustainability standard for global mining sector A first global standard that addresses the sustainability impacts of the mining sector has been launched. The GRI Mining Standard, GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024, was developed with stakeholders in the industry and enables mining companies to use a common set of metrics to report their impacts. It sheds light on the dual nature of the mining sector – providing essential minerals and metals that society relies on, while having significant impacts on the environment, communities and workers. GRI’s Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) chair Carol Adams says that from a...