Eramet proclaims that its Eramet Grande Côte (EGC) website, specialising in mineral sands mining in Senegal, has achieved the IRMA 50 efficiency stage, turning into the primary website throughout the group to be audited below the IRMA normal.
This analysis is a part of the Eramet Group’s voluntary strategy, initiated in 2022 by way of its CSR roadmap Act for Constructive Mining, and relies on an unbiased exterior audit confirming the robustness of the positioning’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, it says.
The IRMA Customary for Accountable Mining was developed by way of a broad public session course of involving greater than 100 organisations and stakeholders: NGOs, unions, communities, mining firms, shoppers and end-users of mining merchandise. Recognised as probably the most complete and demanding analysis frameworks within the sector, an IRMA Achievement distinguishes 4 efficiency ranges: IRMA Transparency, similar to third-party analysis and the publication of outcomes; IRMA 50, 75 and 100, reflecting the progressive compliance with a set of crucial necessities and a rating of no less than 50%, 75% or 100% in every of the 4 precept space of the usual: social accountability, environmental accountability, enterprise integrity and planning for optimistic legacies.
The audit of Eramet Grande Côte highlights a stable basis of ESG practices, the corporate says, with the next efficiency ranges:
- Enterprise integrity (governance, transparency and moral practices): 74%
- Planning for optimistic legacies: 67%
- Social accountability: 74%
- Environmental accountability: 67%
These outcomes spotlight strong practices, whereas additionally figuring out areas for enchancment addressed by way of devoted motion plans, it added.
The IRMA strategy undertaken by Eramet is voluntary and primarily based on an unbiased exterior analysis, accompanied by the total publication of the audit report. This alternative displays a dedication to transparency relating to the positioning’s practices and to the structuring of a steady enchancment course of, in keeping with the corporate. In accordance with the IRMA normal necessities, the audit can be supplemented by follow-up audits performed each 18 months to confirm the continued upkeep of the extent achieved. The outcomes will proceed to be made publicly accessible on the IRMA web site and the Eramet Grande Côte web site for all stakeholders.
Frédéric Zanklan, Managing Director of Eramet Grande Côte, stated: “Eramet Grande Côte is the primary mine to acquire IRMA in West Africa. This IRMA 50 outcome clearly marks an vital milestone for EGC, its groups and native communities. It’s absolutely aligned with the instructions promoted by the State of Senegal, which seeks to place the mining sector as a lever for financial sovereignty, native worth creation and accountable growth, primarily based on excessive requirements of transparency and good governance. By means of this demanding audit, we reaffirm our dedication to constantly strengthen our practices and anchor our operations in a dynamic of long-term worth creation, in shut collaboration with native stakeholders and in full alignment with Eramet’s Act for Constructive Mining imaginative and prescient.”
By means of the IRMA audit, Eramet Grande Côte has recognized a number of enchancment levers geared toward additional enhancing its efficiency and influence on native territories, it says. These insights are a part of a steady enchancment strategy, supported by the definition of devoted motion plans.
The priorities notably concentrate on consolidating greatest practices and optimising stakeholder engagement, strengthening the effectiveness of the grievance administration mechanism, bettering the monitoring of resettlement processes, and enhance water high quality and amount monitoring of water, together with the evaluation of potential exceedances and the implementation of acceptable actions.
