Environmental Resilience and Nature-Positive Approaches to Mining

Issues discussed include:

  • Reviewing successful rehabilitation efforts to offset damage in one area with investments in another
  • What can be done at the small-scale/artisanal mining end?
  • How can nature positive narrative be communicated with shareholders to avoid it being perceived as an oxymoron? Are some ecosystems so fragile that they can never be returned to their former state?
  • Incorporating the impact on local communities into the planning
  • Reviewing the TNFD (Taskforce for Natural Financial Disclosures). What standards and regulations are in place? Are any further required?
  • Why should this matter to investors?
  • Why should this matter to investors?

 

Facilitator: Teresa Steele-Schober, Principal Consultant (ESG), SRK Consulting

Panellists: Philipa Varris, Head of Sustainability, Horizonte Minerals

Panellists: Hayley Zipp, Director of Environment, International Council on Mining and Metals. ICMM

Panellists: Matt Fifield, Managing Partner, Pacific Road Capital

Panellists: Francis Vorhies, Conservation Economist , Earthmind