Responsible gold blog

All actors in the supply chain have responsibility for ensuring that gold has been responsibly mined and responsibly sourced. Gold mining should contribute to the development of producer countries and to local communities and to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. 

In January 2020, Van Eck, which manages the International Investors Gold Fund, announced that it ‘would expect all of the gold producers in which we invest to adopt the RGMPs’.  

The World Gold Council has long supported a position that responsible gold mining can support sustained socio-economic development for the communities and countries that host gold mining operations.

World Gold Council member companies have embarked on the three year implementation phase of the Responsible Gold Mining Principles. It’s been a year since the launch in September 2019 and three members describe their experience thus far.  

We recently hosted a webinar for assurance providers on the Responsible Gold Mining Principles. In this article, you can find and download resources from the event.

Earlier this year we caught up with stakeholders to hear their thoughts about the Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs), and how they expect them to strengthen the gold industry’s ESG credentials.

The World Gold Council published the Responsible Gold Mining Principles in September 2019. It represented the product of two years of intensive engagement with gold mining companies and industry stakeholders to set out an over-arching framework that helps to define what constitutes “responsible” gold mining.

In-depth: Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences are currently all-consuming, attention must not be diverted from ESG performance and commitments to tackle the climate crisis. Any further delays in implementing change will be damaging and costly, suggests John Mulligan.

Leading gold mining companies are committed to addressing historical injustices and ensure that there are opportunities for women at all levels within their organisations.