Getting to a healthier, mor resilient, low carbon world.
“All life depends on natural resources, and responsible mining of those resources is a powerful enabler of human progress. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the world's plan of action for social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic development, and responsible mining is a key lever for achieving each of those goals. In particular, the goals of the Paris Agreement depend on a massive increase in the use of low-carbon technologies, and the essential minerals that enable them. But production of these materials is not without its own carbon footprint — the largest element of which is Scope 3 emissions.
“Scope 3 is inherently complex, particularly for hard-to-abate sectors. Rather than be an excuse for inaction, we see it as our opportunity to be the catalyst for global collective action for the industry, alongside governments and communities around our operations, towards meeting the SDGs.”
Rohitesh Dhawan, President & CEO, ICMM