Today the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released a new draft Standard for Responsible Mining in an effort to develop a global set of best practices for more responsible mining. As one of the world’s largest mining companies, Anglo American wants a future where we make a positive and sustainable contribution to local communities and minimise any impact on land and water, while serving the needs of modern society. We believe that we can best achieve this by working collaboratively across the industry and with partners throughout our supply chains.
The Standard seeks to emulate for industrial-scale mining what has been achieved with certification schemes in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. It is the result of eight years of collaboration between mining companies, organized labour, NGOs, communities and downstream users (those who purchase materials from mines to produce other products).
