WWF has welcomed a move by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to launch RSPO Next, a voluntary add-on to the RSPO standard that provides a platform for innovative growers to demonstrate best practice in sustainable palm oil and help buyers deliver on their “no deforestation” commitments.
Deadline for comment: 7 November 2015
Tom Butler, CEO of ICMM, today wrote to Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to offer support for an international climate change agreement. The letter included the following statement on climate change, endorsed by the CEOs of the 23 ICMM member companies which collaborate to promote responsible mining.
ICMM CEO Tom Butler shares insights into resettlement with Oxfam’s Chris Madden. The intrerview featured at Oxfam’s Sustainable Mining Symposium in Melbourne on 13 October 2015 and includes insights from Jon on Samuel, Group Head of Government and Social Affairs at Anglo American. View the video on YouTube.
How, and how actively, has IFC been engaged in the natural resources sector? Many poor countries depend on natural resource development to fuel social and economic investments. As such IFC promotes tangible benefit-sharing across all stakeholders groups. Read the full story here.
Will recent natural gas discoveries help Tanzania become an economic powerhouse? The answer to this question isn’t quite simple. The gas and oil wealth will require a commitment from all the country’s stakeholders.
Where: Lima, Peru
When: Tuesday October 6, 2015
5:00-7:00 pm (Lima) | 6:00-8:00 pm (EST)
Join us for an inspirational sequence of talks, performance and films, which features presenters drawn from a range of disciplines and who are creative and original in their presentations. Watch live and join the conversation on Twitter: #InclusionMatters #SocialInclusion #wblive
The EITI process is proving to be magnet for information gathering and heated discussion about the management of the oil, gas and mining sectors in the DR Congo. With an improved process, comes increased expectations.
When: Monday, October 5, 2015 – 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Where: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036
At this roundtable meeting, Brandon Brockmyer and Jonathan Fox will present their findings. Kathrin Frauscher, program director for the Open Contracting Partnership, will offer comments. The session will bring together a select group of persons with a strong interest in this domain, and will seek to generate a focused, searching discussion. The event is being co-sponsored by the School of International Service of American University and the Transparency and Accountability Initiative.
Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) was ranked by the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) as the mining industry’s leader in overall sustainability, marking the ninth consecutive year the company has been included on the index.
