Metals & Mining

Driving forces Highlighted criteria & With increasing regulatory and stakeholder pressure, mining dimension weights companies have to solve key environmental and social issues Environmental Dimension..32% inherent to their industry. The mining industry’s environmental – Climate Strategy issues center on land use, mineral waste, and tailing management, – Mineral Waste Management as well as water management. All these issues have the potential to – Operational Eco-Efficiency expand beyond the confines of the mine, severely impacting natural – Water Related Risks ecosystems, biodiversity, and relations with local communities, potentially resulting in social conflicts and jeopardizing operating Social Dimension...... 35% licenses. These are significant risks that can result in high – Occupational Health and remediation costs and operational stoppages. Mining companies Safety must continuously focus on their environmental risks and impacts, – Social Impacts on as well as the safety of their workers and communities. Proactive Communities stakeholder engagement through adequate, inclusive consultation processes and grievance mechanisms are prerequisites. Long-term Governance & Economic challenges faced by companies are accentuated by an increasing Dimension...... 33% demand for resources set against a backdrop of more complicated – Codes of Business Conduct resource extraction, declining ore grades, and the growing volume – Corporate Governance of waste rock and process tailings. Regional water scarcity and – Risk & Crisis Management higher water use in processing ores are increasing the potential for water conflicts with other users.

Sustainability leaders 2021 Industry statistics

S&P Global Gold Class Number of companies assessed 105 Teck Resources Limited Canada Market capitalization of assessed companies S&P Global Bronze Class (in USD billion) 1109.2 Newmont Corporation United States Number of companies in Yearbook 15 Market capitalization of companies in Yearbook Sustainability Yearbook Members (in USD billion) 343.8 Anglo American plc United Kingdom Anglo American Platinum Limited South Africa AngloGold Ashanti Limited South Africa Antofagasta plc United Kingdom Barrick Gold Corporation Canada Gold Fields Limited South Africa Hindustan Zinc Limited India IGO Limited Australia Kinross Gold Corporation Canada Newcrest Mining Limited Australia Polymetal International plc Cyprus Rio Tinto Group United Kingdom Vedanta Limited* India

* S&P Global Industry Mover

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