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Voluntary Mining Initiatives List

World Economic Forum Reports

  • Compilation of Voluntary Principles (World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009: Governors Meeting for Mining & Metals; Davos, Switzerland 29 January)

  • The Global Nature of Mining & Metals - "Deep Dive" on Voluntary Principles (World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009: Governors Meeting for Mining & Metals; Davos, Switzerland 29 January)

  • Voluntary Initiatives: A Review (WEF 2016)

    • List of links to the Voluntary Principles from the WEF Report

    Aspirational or Dialogue

    • Whitehorse Mining Initiative (regional initiative)

    • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)/Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    • OECD Due Dilligance Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

    • Africa Mining Vision

    • Devonshire Initiative 

    • AccountAbility AA 1000 Assurance Standard

    • Responsible Mineral Development Initiative (RMDI) 

      • Issue Focused

      • Kimberley Process

      • Occupational Safety and Health Assessment Series 18001

      • Social Accountability 8000

      • Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (now called GBCHealth)

      • Partnering Against Corruption Initiative

      • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

      • International Cyanide Management Code for the Gold Mining Industry

      • Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP)

      • United Nations Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VP on S &HR)

      • Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Dialogue

      • Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI)/Smelter Program (CFSP)

      • Conflict-Free Tin Initiative

      • Diamond Development Initiative

      • Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)

      • Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade

      • Solutions for Hope 

      • World Gold Council Conflict-Free Tool

        • Large Scale Mining, Multi-Issue or Comprehensive

        Commodity Focused 

        • Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

        • Better Gold Initiative

        • Green Lead

        • Responsible Jewellery Council 

          • Company Focused

          • International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

          • Dow Jones Sustainability Index (August 2012 edition)

          • FTSE 4 Good

          • Responsible Mining Index

          • United Nations Global Compact Profile

          • Global Reporting Initiative - Mining and Metals Supplement

            • Site-Based

            • International Finance Corporation  against AIDS

            • International Finance Corpoeation (IFC) Performance Standards

            • Towards Sustainable Mining (regional initiative)

            • Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance

            • Equitable Origin

            • Equator Principles

            • Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) e3 Plus (regional initiative)

              • Other

              • Business for Social Responsibility

              • Communities and Small-Scale Mining

              • Council for Responsible Jewellry Practices

              • Global Mining Initiative (wrote the Minerals, Mining, and Sustainable Development reports)

              • Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development

              • International Organization for Standardisation 14001

              • Oxfam and ECOWAS- West African Mining Code Project (regional initiative)

              • Transparency International

              • World Business Council on Sustainable Development

              • World Mines Ministries Forum (WMMF website is no longer active)

              • World Steel Association

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