Sustainable development
The minerals sector is making moves to reduce its
environmental footprint and ensure a sustainable future
This expands across managing discharges to water and air, rehabilitating exploration and mining sites, managing effects on biodiversity, and helping communities plan their future after a mine closes.
Environmental management is core business for the New Zealand minerals sector. Examples can be seen in our case studies.
Industry awards programmes are giving more prominence to innovative environmental initiatives, such as cleaner burning of coal, managing acid mine drainage and ecological restoration of mine sites.
Many mining companies participate in initiatives such as the Business for Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP), the Global Mining Initiative, and other programmes with sustainable development goals.
Through these avenues, companies are improving their reporting on sustainability, their vision for their businesses and best-practice.
Reporting on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives is becoming increasingly important to attract investors.
