Emerging lithium-boron producer Ioneer is the first subscriber of Towards Sustainable Mining’s newly launched subscription service for global mining companies to publicly report on key sustainability data.
The Towards Sustainable Mining initiative is a globally recognized sustainability program that helps drive performance improvement at the site level and contributes to securing support for mining activities from the communities where it operates.
“The new TSM subscription service represents a natural evolution for the standard as uptake by mining associations internationally continues to grow alongside individual company interest focused on prioritizing greater transparency on how their mines operate,” said Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada, TSM’s founding member.
“Fourteen mining associations on six continents now incorporate TSM as a mandatory component of their membership and we are proud to welcome companies in our sector, like Ioneer, that are voluntarily opting to hold themselves accountable to the high ESG standards that form the baseline of the program.”
Ioneer has committed to the standard’s implementation. In its next ESG report, set to be released in September, the company will publicly report on its performance on the standard’s eight protocols, including climate change, tailings management, and Indigenous and community relationships.
“Ioneer is proud to utilize TSM’s standards as part of our corporate reporting process. Transparency is key to stewardship, and we are committed to being a leader in the mining industry for both,” said Bernard Rowe, Ioneer CEO and managing director.
“We look forward to sharing our progress as Ioneer works to provide lithium and boron, critical and strategic materials produced at our Rhyolite Ridge site in Nevada, and accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in the United States.”
Source: Mining Association of Canada