Responsible gold blog

Gold’s diverse functions and uses have a diverse range of significant impacts. The sector will be absolutely vital in delivering the applications, technology and infrastructure needed to move towards a cleaner, safer world. 

Investors are increasingly asking if gold can be considered an ESG compliant asset. We believe it certainly should and were delighted to participate in the webinar to highlight what the gold mining sector is doing in the ESG space.

One of the ways gold mining companies are contributing to SDG 10 is by taking steps to ensure that economic and educational opportunities.

Our new research suggests where, over the next decade, we might expect gold mining to be if it continues on its current direction of travel, particularly if the sector is able to extend and accelerate current trends.

An equivalency benchmark, comparing the Responsible Gold Mining Principles and ICMM’s Mining Principles was released today, helping to increase the efficiency of audits.

The Responsible Gold Mining Principles consist of ten ‘umbrella’ Principles and 51 more granular statements that set out expectations of implementing companies. In a series of articles, we will briefly review the key tenets that underlie each of the Principles - this article is on Principle 1.

Globally there’s an increasing shift of funds towards responsible and ethical investments. Contributor Jeff Swinoga explores gold mining as a responsible investment choice.

Today Women in Mining UK recognised women all over the world that are making significant contributions to the mining sector. As part of 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100) many women from our Member companies have been recognised and nominated by their peers for making positive and impactful contributions to the industry.

Earlier this month, Terry Heymann attended the Responsible Asset Owner Symposium as a keynote speaker, presenting on 'Sustainable investing for long-term returns, not short-term gains'. Watch now!

Last week we launched our new report, Gold Mining’s Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. I had the pleasure of holding a panel discussion at the UN Global Compact event Uniting Business, which was held alongside the UN General Assembly.