Mining sector needs to be ready to comply with ESG obligations
Perceived non-compliance with ESG regulations and best practices have engendered activist shareholder protests against global mining groups
05 February 2020 - 14:14
The metals and mining sector is increasingly exposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, including concerns around emissions, water use, deforestation and community relations. ESG reporting obligations, and institutional and other investor interest in what resource companies are doing in this space, are rapidly multiplying.
Alongside these developments, actual and perceived non-compliance with ESG regulations and best practices have engendered activist shareholder protests and action against the parent companies of global mining groups. ..
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