This document summarizes sustainability practices across several mining companies. It discusses Glencore's 4 pillars of sustainability (health, safety, environment, community and governance). It also discusses practices of BHP Billiton such as its ALAS2020 charity initiative and social investment programs. Norilsk Nickel's challenges around pollution are mentioned. Freeport-McMoRan's environmental, social and governance indicators are summarized. Barrick Gold's approaches to the environment, water management, air emissions, tailings waste management and energy use are highlighted. Vedanta's comparison to Indian and global sustainability standards is presented.

1. Xavier Institute of
Management, Bhubaneswar
Sustainabilitypractices across Industries

2. Best Sustainability Practices in Mining industry
Presented By:
Group 4 _Sec F
Neeraj Mann (UM15335)
Nishan Banarjee (UM15336)
Ashish Tiwari (UM15337)
Poorvi Bagrodia (UM15338)
Prashant Punyani (UM15339)

3. Need of Sustainability in Mining Industry
The global mining industry is around US $1250 billion and forecasted
to reach US $1,783 billion by 2017, with a CAGR of 7.4% from 2012 to
2017.
According to a white paper published by Kellogg 45% of world
economic activity is supported by Mining Sector.
infrastructure and pollution from mining have the potential to affect
the health of ecosystems.
Climate change, local employment, biodiversity and regional
development present both risk and opportunity to their business
that’s where sustainable practices comes in to picture.

4. Glencoe's 4 Pillars
Health Safety
Environment Community
Governance
Product
Stewardship
People
In addition to pillars,
few focus areas
Healthy
Workplace
Fit for work
Fir for life
Safe
Work
Initiative
Mine
Closure
plan
Human
Rights

5. BHP billiton
Largest
company in
terms of revenue
ALAS2020
Charity
Material
CommunityEnvironment
Safety
Zero fatalities
in 2015
Implemented
biodiversity
Social
investment
Contract with
Local
suppliers

6. NORLISK NICKEL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES
ABOUT- A Russian nickel and palladium mining and smelting company, largest operations located in the Norilsk–Talnakh area near the Yenisei River,
in northern Russia. Headquartered in Moscow and the world's leading producer of nickel and palladium.
CHALLENGES- The company has a back-catalogue of environmental problems that include Ore smelted on site at Norilsk. The smelting is directly
responsible for severe pollution, including acid rain and smog. By some estimates, 1 percent of the entire global emission of sulfur dioxide originates
here. Heavy metal pollution in the area is so severe that the soil itself has platinum and palladium content which is feasible to mine.
The pollution originating from Kola division of the company is also affecting Norway which since 1990.
The environmental problems at Norilsk stretch back over decades, but in the last 10 years when current NN management came to power it did not
get much better. Back in 2004 M. Prokhorov claimed that NN will be able to resolve most of ecological problems in the area within 5–6 years. By 2008
this timeline moved to 2011 or 2015.
CSR

8. FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER AND GOLD
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., (FMCG) often called Freeport, is a mining company based in the Freeport-McMoRan Center in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
Freeport is the largest copper and molybdenum producer in the world. In 2015, 67% of revenues were from the sale of copper, 11% were from the sale of
petroleum, 10% from the sale of gold, and 5% from the sale of molybdenum. In 2015, sales to Phillips 66 accounted for 7% of the total revenues of the
company.
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY LABOUR PRACTICES
Energy consumption within the organization Percentage of operations with implemented local
community engagement, impact assessments, and
development programs
Total number and rates of new employee hires and
employee turnover by age group, gender and
region
Reduction of energy consumption Number and description of significant disputes
relating to land use, customary rights of local
communities and Indigenous Peoples
Minimum notice periods regarding significant
operational changes, including whether these are
specified in collective agreements
Total water withdrawal by source Total number and percentage of operations
assessed for risks related to corruption and the
significant risks identified
Number of strikes and lock-outs exceeding one
week's duration, by country
Direct greenhouse gas emissions Communication and training on anti-corruption
policies and procedures
Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational
diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total
number of work-related fatalities, by region and by
gender
Energy indirect greenhouse gas Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken Programs for skills management and lifelong learning
that support the continued employability of
employees and assist them in managing career
endings
Greenhouse gas intensity Monetary value of significant fines and total number
of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with
laws and regulations
Composition of governance bodies and breakdown
of employees per category according to gender,
age group, minority group membership, and other
indicators of diversity
Emission of ozone depleting substances Number of grievances about impacts on society
filed, addressed, and resolved through formal
grievance mechanisms
Total water discharge by quality and destination Emergency preparedness
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method Sites where resettlements took place, the number of
households resettled in each, and how their
livelihoods were affected in the process
Total amounts of overburden, rock, tailings, and
sludges and their associated risks
Number and percentage of operations with closure
plans
Total number and volume of significant spills

9. Barrick Gold
 APPROACH TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT
 set up an Environmental Policy that diagrams its dedication to
contamination counteractive action, ecological stewardship,
teaching its representatives and groups about Barrick's natural
duties, and applying demonstrated administration rehearses.
 WATER MANAGEMENT
 Its water use, through all phases of the mine life cycle, is
overseen by Barrick's Water Conservation Standard and
advantages from direction gave by the International Council
on Mining and Metals (ICMM). The Standard underlines water
checking, hazard appraisal and consistent enhancements in
water use effectiveness.
 62% of the water Barrick utilized was reused as a part of 2015.
 Half of Barrick locales don't release water to nature

10. Barrick Gold
•Set up an Environmental Policy that diagrams its dedication to contamination
counteractive action, ecological stewardship, teaching its representatives and
groups about Barrick's natural duties, and applying demonstrated administration
rehearses.
APPROACH TOWARDS THE
ENVIRONMENT
•Its water use, through all phases of the mine life cycle, is overseen by Barrick's
Water Conservation Standard and advantages from direction gave by the
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). The Standard underlines water
checking, hazard appraisal and consistent enhancements in water use
effectiveness.
•62% of the water Barrick utilized was reused as a part of 2015. Half of Barrick
locales don't release water to nature
WATER MANAGEMENT
•All Barrick operations have air-control arrangements and exercises as per nearby
laws, directions, and grant prerequisites.
•Barrick reports its discharges through pertinent government outflows reporting
projects, for example, the National Pollutant Release Inventory in Canada, and the
Toxic Release Inventory in the United States.
AIR EMISSIONS
•It leads every day routine assessments of the eight tailings storerooms at its
operations.
•Barrick has a Tailings and Heap Leach Management Standard to help its locales
consent to material laws and directions and adjust to acknowledged universal
practice.
TAILINGS AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
•Barrick set up a five-year energy arrangement with an objective of lessening
energy costs by no less than 10%.
•Barrick's Energy Management Policy builds up necessities for the viable
organization and control of all energy sitsces
ENERGY USE & CLIMATE
CHANGE

11. Vedanta

12. Comparison between Indian And global standards of Sustainability practices
Environmental Factors:
ISO 14000:Obtained only by BHP and Angelo
American by inclusion of Bio diversity plans
Climate change: All companies measures the
emission of GHG gases & publishes indicators
of their emissions Performance.
Water Management: Only Rio Tinto has both
policy in place and Target were strictly met
.Both Vedanta and Coal India Has policies in
place though there is doubt about strict follow
up of policies
.
Social Factors:
Worker and Community safety: BHP and
Angelo American has written safety policy
and achieved zero accident goal. Rio is
absent in both. Coal India and Vedanta has
just policy in place.
Stakeholder Engagement: Except BHP no
company uses AA100 assurance standard
for stakeholder Management. ROI and
CVRD loses in this factor to Angelo and BHP.
Coal India has clearly identified policy for
engagement. Vedanta policy is not much
clear for this.
Human rights and Community
development: almost all companies has
best practices in human rights.
Economics and Governance:
1. Transparency and Accountability: Only Rio published GRI report as per
GR3 Standards and Published a disclosure policy .All other Companies
are bad performers here.
2. Global Initiatives: BHP and Angelo American were present in all global
initiative factors like ICMM, UN global Initiative etc. Others were absent
in some of them . Indian companies are bad performers in this factor.

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