The Initiative for
Responsible Mining Assurance

IRMA seeks to build on the an existing foundation of research, tools, and initiatives ranging from the Framework for Responsible Mining, to the ICMM principles, to the findings of the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development project, to the Mining Certification Evaluation Project.

Below is a list of other documents/initiatives that are part of that foundation. To suggest another please drop us a line at info@mail.responsiblemining.net

• Actualizing Sustainable Mining. Ivan Weber, Weber Sustainability Consulting.
   
• Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities. IIED, 2004.
   
• Base Metal and Iron Ore Mining. World Bank, July 1998.
   
• Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals & Sustainable Development. May 2002
   
• Enduring Value, the Australian Minerals Industry Framework for Sustainable Development
   
• Environmental Excellence in Exploration. Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
   
• The Equator Principles
   
• The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
   
• Framework for Responsible Mining. David Chambers, Catherine Coumans and Marta Miranda.
   
• Finding Common Ground: Indigenous peoples and their association with the mining sector . IIED, 2003.
   
• The Global Reporting Initiative
   
• Green Lead Initiative, ISO standards
   
• Guide to Instruments of Corporate Responsibility: an overview of 16 tools for labour fund trustees. Ran Goel and Wesley Cragg, October 2005.
   
• International Council on Mining & Metals Sustainable Development Framework (Principles, Reporting and Assurance)
   
• The International Cyanide Management Code for the Gold Mining Industry
   
• ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards, January 2006
   
• Environmental and Social Standards, International Finance Corporation
   
• Mining Certification Evaluation Project. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
   
• Mining for Closure: Policies and Guidelines for Sustainable Mining Practice and Closure of Mines. UNEP, 2005.
   
• Potential Information Requirements in Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Assessment and Mitigation Work. MEND Report 5.10, January 2005.
   
• Room to Manoeuvre: Mining, biodiversity and protected areas. IIED, 2004.
   
• Towards Sustainable Mining. Mining Association of Canada
   
• The United Nations Global Compact
   
• The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

IRMA is working to create a system that ensures that mining is consistent with healthy communities and environments, and that mine sites leave positive long-term legacies.

Contact IRMA

To find out more about IRMA, including how to join, send a message to info@mail.responsiblemining.net.