The Initiative for
Responsible Mining Assurance

NOTE: a new IRMA website is in development and will be launched in March 2012. For more information regarding IRMA before then, please email us at info@mail.responsiblemining.net

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is a multi-sector effort, launched in Vancouver, Canada, in June 2006, to develop and establish a voluntary system to independently verify compliance with environmental, human rights and social standards for mining operations.
 
Participants include mining companies, jewelry (or jewellery) retailers, NGOs, organized labor and affected communities.

IRMA seeks to build on the an existing foundation of research, tools, and initiatives ranging from the Framework for Responsible Mining, to the ICMM Sustainable Development Framework, to the findings of the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development project, to the Mining Certification Evaluation Project. Use this site to access these and other documents.

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.