Webinars

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February 2022

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Moderator:
Ed O’Keefe, Synergy Global

Speakers:
Hélène Piaget, Responsible Mining Foundation
Glen Mpufane, IndustriALL Global Union
Rohitesh Dhawan, ICMM
Elisa Peter, PWYP
Tania Tchedaeva, Polymetal
Luc Zandvliet, Triple R Alliance

Context & Focus:
Responding to the results of the RMI Report 2022, experts will share their perspectives on how the mining industry is doing on issues like climate, human rights, gender, working conditions, community wellbeing and environmental care.

An evidence-based assessment of 40 large-scale mining companies and 250 mine sites operating in more than 50 countries, this third RMI Report provides a snapshot of how the industry is progressing on the management of economic, environmental, social and governance (EESG) issues… and the gaps that still require more effort, both at the corporate level and at mine sites where harm prevention and risk limitation are essential to responsible mining.


November 2021

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Moderator:
Luc Zandvliet, Triple R Alliance

Speakers:
Hélène Piaget, Responsible Mining Foundation
Rohitesh Dhawan, ICMM
Glen Mpufane, IndustriALL Global Union
Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada
Jamie Williamson, ICoCA
Gaurav Sarup, Vedanta Resources

Context & Focus:
In the context of ESG, SDG, and the energy transition, RMF has conducted research on the persistance of the harmful impacts of mining, to raise awareness about the importance of prevention and responsible mining.

This webinar will be a forward-looking discussion on what needs to happen, within the mining industry and among other actors, for the prevention of harm to be addressed as a top priority.


October 2021

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ORGANISERS: CCCMC & Responsible Mining Foundation

Moderator:
Jaime DE BOURBON DE PARME, Chairman, RMF Advisory Council & Envoy for Climate, the Netherlands

Opening Remarks:
LIU Zhonghui, Vice President, CCCMC

Speakers:
Prof. TENG Fei, Deputy Director of the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University
Hélène PIAGET, CEO, RMF
SUN Lihui, Director, CCCMC; Chairman, Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI)
Alan BRYDEN, Head of the Business and Security Division, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
XIE Xionghui, Vice President, Zijin Mining Group


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This workshop is part of the World Resources Forum 2021. To access the full programme, go to: https://wrf2021.wrforum.org/programme/

Organisers: ETH-NADEL and Responsible Mining Foundation

Moderator:
Dr. Fritz Brugger, ETH-NADEL

Speakers:
Felicitas Fischer, ETH-NADEL
Désirée Ruppen, ETH-ISTP
Pierre De Pasquale, RMF


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ORGANISERS: The Copper Mark & Responsible Mining Foundation

Speakers:
Rachael Davis, Rio Tinto
John Drexhage, Climate-Smart Mining
Peter Kindt, ING Bank
Kate Southwell, Pala Investments
Michèle Brülhart, The Copper Mark
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation

This session is intended especially for investors, banks, asset managers, and finance representatives. It will be moderated by Sonia Balcazar, mining consultant specialized in ESG risk management (RMF board and Expert Review Committee member, ex-manager at Rio Tinto in Peru).


September 2021

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SESSION: RESPONSIBLE MINER

Moderator:
Veronica Martinez, ICMM

Speakers:
Kate Southwell, Pala Investements
Pierre De Pasquale, RMF
Ignacio De Calonje, IFC


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Interpretation will be provided for participants in English, French, and Spanish.
Interpretación disponible en inglés, francés y español.
L’interprétation sera assurée pour les participants en anglais, français et espagnol.

Moderator:
Ege Tekinbas, IGF

Speakers:
Hermien Botes, Anglo American
Aubrey Menard, Extractive Industries at Oxfam America
Marie Paz Rodríguez Mier, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Colombia
Minh On, Natural Resources Canada
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, RMF


August 2021

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Chair:
Sara Turnbull

Speakers:
T Marshall
Sarah Gordon (Responsible Raw Materials)
Kathryn Campbell (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP)
Jennifer Rietbergen‐McCracken (RMF)
Jeff Killeen (PDAC)
Alistair McFarlane (SAIMM)
Teresa Steel‐Schober (Uvuna Sustainability)
Ken Lomberg (CRIRSCO)
Annalie de Bruyn (JSE)
Sunday Mabaso (Vahlengwe)
Bruce Williamson (IASSA)
Kevin Davies
James Campbell
Andy McDonald (SRK Consulting)
Keith Raine (Botswana Diamonds)


July 2021

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Moderator:
Dr. Fritz Brugger, ETH-NADEL (Switzerland)

Speakers:
Felicitas Fischer, ETH-NADEL (Switzerland)
João Salavessa, Lurio University (Mozambique)
Pierre De Pasquale, RMF (Switzerland)
Robert Ali Tanti, Centre for Social Impact Studies (Ghana)

Context and focus:
As the need for independent and non-corporate ESG data keeps growing, this interactive discussion will reflect on two recent tools that enable collaborative impact monitoring and engagement with mining companies, at the mine-site level. Most of mining impacts and challenges are indeed local, happening at site level.

ETH-​NADEL recently launched the Resource Impact Dashboard (RID), a policy instrument that enables evidence-​​based monitoring and deliberation about local resource governance for all stakeholders at the mine site level – based on data from household surveys, public sources, and from mining companies.

Last year, RMF publicly launched the Mine Site Assessment Tool (MSAT), an engagement tool designed by and for local stakeholders. The tool has been actively used in several countries, including Ghana and this event will offer an opportunity to share some experience from the ground.


April 2021

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Moderator: Ed O’Keefe, Synergy Global

Speakers:
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, RMF
Benjamin Katz, OECD
Inês Schjølberg Marques, EITI
Juhani Grossmann, Basel Institute on Governance
Camille Maurs, ING Bank
Olle Ostensson, Independent expert

Context and focus:
Published in April 2021, the ESG Due Diligence and Transparency Report on Extractive Commodity Trading shows the results of a pilot study that assesses policies and practices among a sample of 25 companies that have significant activities in the trade of oil, gas, metals or minerals.

In this session RMF will briefly present the results and learnings of this report; to provide an initial sectorial baseline by highlighting gaps and good practices seen across the industry. The session will then be open for discussion, with a panel of speakers representing different stakeholder groups commenting on the progress and the challenges of implementation of ESG standards and norms for extractive commodity trading companies.


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Moderator: Masuma Farooki, MineHutte

Speakers:
Lisl Pullinger, SRK Consulting
Pamela Lesser, University of Lapland
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation
Rebecca Burton, IRMA


March 2021

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Moderator: Ambika Jindal, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL)

Speakers:
May Hermanus, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Emmanuel Peni, Project Sepik (PNG)
Helena Taliberti and Vagner Diniz, Instituto Camila e Luiz Taliberti (Brazil)
Peter Kindt, ING Bank (NL)
Hélène Piaget, Responsible Mining Foundation (CH)
Ambika Jindal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL)

Context:
This year’s World Water Day on 22nd March 2021 will focus on the theme ‘Valuing Water’. This focus extends beyond issues of pricing to include the environmental, social and cultural value people place on water. The mining sector has a key role to play in contributing to good global water management and supporting the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by working collaboratively with stakeholders.

By integrating broad water risks into their business model and by pro-actively collaborating with local communities, companies can demonstrate to investors their management of water risks, build trust among all stakeholders, and show respect for other water users and the ecosystems in which they operate.


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We are pleased to announce Pierre De Pasquale, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Responsible Mining Foundation, speaking at MINREX – Middle East Mining and Resources is a Virtual Expo and Summit taking place from 16 – 17 March 2021.


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Session organized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and Mines, Minerals and PEOPLE.

Moderator: Patrick Earle, Executive Director, Diplomacy Training Program

Speakers:
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Senior Advisor, Responsible Mining Foundation
Deme Oram, Tribal Rights Activist
Prabindra Shakya, Founder/Chair, Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ)
Helena Talang, Associate National Coordinator, Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders (IPHRDs) Network
Fiona Cessford, Human Rights Activist


December 2020

Responsible Mining: How Effective Community Consent & Tailings Management Strategies can Reduce Risk

Moderator:
Andrew Howell, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (USA)

Speakers:
Rene Aguilar Saez, Antofagasta (Chile)
Stewart Bailey, AngloGold Ashanti (South Africa)
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation (Switzerland)
Patrick O’Connell, AllianceBernstein (USA)


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Legitimidad social en la minería: desafíos en América Latina // Social legitimacy in the mining sector: challenges in Latin America

Moderator:
Ingrid Koch, Centro Vincular-PUCV (Chile)

Speakers:
Bo Krogvig, LKAB (Sweden)
Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Albemarle (Chile)
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation (Switzerland)
Doug Aitken, SMI-ICE Chile (Chile)


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Responsible Extractives in the Pacific: realities and challenges

Session organised by the Responsible Mining Foundation

Moderator:
Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato (New Zealand)

Speakers:
Catherine Coumans, Mining Watch Canada (Canada)
Cressida Kuala, Porgera Red Wara (River) Women’s Association (Papua New Guina)
Val Madsen, St Barbara Ltd, (Australia)
Jonathan Mesulam, Alliance of Solwara Warriors (Papua New Guinea)
Gavin Mudd, RMIT University (Australia)
Tevita Naikasowalu, Commission of Ecological and Social Justice, (Fiji)
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation (Switzerland)
Emmanuel Peni, Project Sepik (Papua New Guinea)
Alanna Smith, Te Ipukarea Society (Cook Islands)




The seminar is organized as an accompanying event of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (COP-11, Geneva and online, 7-9 December 2020)

Session 3: Experiences, lessons learned and proposed actions for safe management of mine tailings from stakeholders and countries in and beyond the UNECE region
(Translation available in English and Russian)

Moderator:
Michael Struckl, UNECE

Speakers:
B. Otgonbayar, Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry of Mongolia
Diane Tang-Lee, ICMM
Guy Halpern, OECD
Pierre De Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation


November 2020

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Moderator:
Johannes van de Ven, Good Energies Foundation

Speakers:
Timer Manurung, Auriga (Indonesia)
John Howchin, Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds (Sweden)
Mirna Cunningham, FILAC (Nicaragua)
Estelle Levin-Nally, Levin Sources (UK)
Carmen Hagenaars, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
Hélène de Villiers-Piaget, Responsible Mining Foundation (Switzerland)
John Mulligan, World Gold Council (UK)


October 2020

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“Leveraging Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM) and Large-Scale Mining (LSM) to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals”

Organisers: RMF (Responsible Mining Foundation), CCSI (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment), Pact, University of Delaware, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

Moderated by Antonio Pedro, UNECA (Director, Subregional Office, Central Africa)

Speakers:
Jorden de Haan, Programme Officer Artisanal Gold. Pact
James McQuilken, Programme Officer Mines to Markets, Pact
Kirsten Dales, Independent industrial ecologist
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Senior Advisor, Responsible Mining Foundation
Perrine Toledo, Head of Extractive Industries, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Dr. Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
Brian Chicksen, Adjunct Professor, University of Cape Town


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PROGRAMME
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alexandre Fasel, Ambassador of Switzerland
Hanno Würzner, Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Moderator: Sir Richard Shirreff, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Strategia Worldwide

Keynote / Presentation of the RMI Report 2020
Hélène De Villiers-Piaget, CEO of the Responsible Mining Foundation

Panel Discussion followed by audience questions
Daniele La Porta, Senior Mining Specialist, The World Bank
Eric Rasmussen, Director, EBRD Natural Resources Team
Mirjam Staub-Bisang, CEO, BlackRock Switzerland


September 2020

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The general use of materials is already increasing at an alarming rate and this effect is enhanced by the transition to renewable energy sources.

Responsible Mining Session

Moderator: Charlotte Andersson, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

Speakers:
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Responsible Mining Foundation
Anthony Hodge, Queen’s University in Kingston, University of Queensland
Maria Sunér Fleming, Swedish Mining Association


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Parte del programa del V Foro Regional de La Naciones Unidades (ONU) sobre las Empresas y Derechos Humanos para América Latina y El Caribe

Sesión organizada por el Centro Vincular – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) de Chile (http://www.vincular.cl/)

Moderación: Carolina Hoyl, Gerente Desarrollo, Centro Vincular-PUCV

Con:
Jvan Gaffuri, Director, ESG Benchmarking, S&P Global Switzerland SA
Ingrid Koch, Gerente Operaciones Centro Vincular-PUCV
Pierre de Pasquale, Responsible Mining Foundation, Suiza
Laura Espinach, Global Reporting Initiative


July 2020


PLENARY SESSION: ESG in European Mining – the world is watching

Moderator: Edward O’Keefe,Director, Synergy Global Consulting

Speakers:
Dr Bruno Oberle, Chair, Global Tailings Review
Hélène Piaget, CEO, Responsible Mining Foundation
Gavin Serkin, Managing Editor, New Markets Media & Intelligence
Aldo Pennini, Associate Director, Strategia Wordwide
Fiona Cessford, Corporate Consultant (ESG), SRK Consulting (UK)


June 2020

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Moderator:
Prof. Surya Deva, Associate Prof. at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong & Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Speakers:
Lydia Nkopane, National Union of Mineworkers NUM (South Africa)
Prabindra Shakya, Indigenous Human Rights Defender – CEMSOJ (Nepal)
Vanessa Baudin, Development Gateway (Senegal)
Daria Goncharova, Polymetal (Russia)
Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Responsible Mining Foundation (Switzerland)


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Moderador: Dante Pesce, Director Ejecutivo Centro Vincular-PUCV & Miembro del Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos.

Keynote oradores:
Pierre De Pasquale, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Responsible Mining Foundation (Suiza)
Ingrid Koch, Gerente de Operaciones, Centro Vincular-PUCV (Chile)

Representantes de distintas partes interesadas compartieron reflexiones sobre la realidad de la minería en la región:
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Director del PNUD para América Latina y el Caribe
Ana Maria Vidal Cobian, Past-Coordinadora del Grupo de Dialogo Minería y Desarrollo Sostenible (Perú)
Igor Díaz López, Presidente del Sindicato Nacional de trabajadores de la Industria del Carbón SINTRACARBÓN (Colombia)
Joaquín Villarino, Presidente Ejecutivo del Consejo Minero (Chile)


May 2020


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Speakers:
Christopher Reeves, Our current global shared experience of the pandemic has increased the focus on our natural capital.
Ludivine Wouters, Mapping the Mineral Resource System
Andy Churr , Sharing the benefits – Reducing Operating Risk and Closure Liabilities
Susan Joyce, From Managing Impacts to Respecting Rights: Changing the criteria for decisions
Pierre De Pasquale , Embedding ESG and the SDGs in corporate culture, not just in reporting
Hugo Brodie , London Metal Exchange responsible sourcing –
Andrew Thake , Mines and Money Spotlight


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