ESG in Mining and Minerals (eBook)

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2025
271 Seiten
Globe Law and Business (Verlag)
978-1-83723-041-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book will be an invaluable guide for directors and management in mining and minerals companies, investors and financiers, as well as sustainability professionals, in-house and external counsel and anyone else who is concerned with the ESG impacts of extractive industries.

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New demand from energy transition technologies will require the acceleration of mine development for a range of minerals, including lithium, copper, graphite and cobalt. This, combined with concerns about security of supply, have thrust mining under the spotlight. For this mining boom to have a broad positive impact, the industry must learn from the mistakes of the past and put ESG factors at the heart of its business model.

Edited by Ted Rhodes, head of the mining and minerals group at international law firm CMS, ESG in Mining and Minerals provides a wide-ranging analysis of the ESG risks, challenges and opportunities facing mining companies and the wider minerals supply chain. It considers the specific ESG challenges facing companies in the mining and minerals sector – from reducing carbon intensity, protecting biodiversity, community engagement and human rights, to ensuring transparency in government relations – while guiding readers through regulation, risks and new approaches to mining to reduce its negative impact on the environment and its inhabitants.

ESG in Mining and Minerals combines legal analysis with an understanding of the commercial imperatives and practical realities of the mining and minerals sector, which can be particularly challenging from an ESG perspective. Its holistic approach to the ESG context of the sector is intended to help in the preparation of risk analyses and comprehensive ESG policies, which must be tailored to each individual mining business in a way that reinforces competitiveness, rather than detracts from it.

This book is an essential resource for directors and management in mining and minerals companies, investors and financiers, as well as sustainability professionals, in-house and external counsel and anyone else concerned with the ESG impacts of extractive industries.

Inhalt

Introduction: environmental, social and governance in mining and minerals 5
Ted Rhodes
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Part I: Environmental

Measuring, minimising and mitigating the carbon footprint of minerals 19
Dalia Majumder-Russell
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Protecting ecosystems and biodiversity in the mining industry 39
María Cristina Alva
CMS Grau
Daniela Vergel-Riascos
CMS Rodríguez-Azuero

ESG litigation trends: emerging risks for international mining companies 55
Sarah Grenfell
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Mine closure, land reclamation and legacy projects 71
Jeff Parshley
SRK Consulting (US) Inc

Part II: Social

Socio-economic impacts of mining and mineral development 85
Neal Brewster
Elemental Economics

Progressing beyond a social licence to operate 103
Kevin PCJ D’Souza
KD Consulting

Extractive industries and human rights in Africa – the Democratic Republic of Congo as a case study 119
Yasmin Batliwala
Advocates for International Development (A4ID)

Indigenous rights in resource development: an UNDRIP perspective 133
Sandra Gogal
David How
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Part III: Governance

Anti-bribery and corruption considerations and transparency in dealing with governments 143
Eoin O’Shea
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Corporate governance, disclosure and reporting considerations 159
Ben Lepley
SLR Consulting

Part IV: General

The origins, evolution and direction of ESG regulation in mining 179
Tatiana Londoño Camargo
Daniela Vergel-Riascos
CMS Rodríguez-Azuero

Leveraging effective ESG due diligence to unlock value in mining investment 193
Kevin PCJ D’Souza
KD Consulting

Mining, minerals and the circular economy in the European Union and the United Kingdom 209
Kamen Stoilov
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

New mineral frontiers and their ESG challenges 221
Nabil Abrahams
Ted Rhodes
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

ESG and innovation 235
Andrew Sullivan
Stantec

Risk and opportunity in tailings management 249
Chris Meikle
David Walker
SLR Consulting

About the authors 265

About Globe Law and Business 271

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2025
• Mitarbeit: Berater: Ted Rhodes
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Schlagworte: ESG, Mining and minerals, Energy transition, Extractive industries
• ISBN-10: 1-83723-041-2 / 1837230412
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83723-041-9 / 9781837230419