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Article

9 Jan 2020

Author:
Yoana Cholteeva, Mining Technology

BMW joins Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance as first auto sector member

8 Jan 2020

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), a certification programme which ensures ecologically and socially responsible mining products, has partnered with BMW, its first member in the auto sector.

IRMA works with industrial-scale mine sites and as a member, BMW will be participating in responsible mining programmes...

IRMA measures performance of mine sites against their Standard for Responsible Mining...

IRMA Executive Director Aimee Boulanger said: “The auto sector is a powerful purchaser of materials that come from mines...

The Standard for Responsible Mining’s best practice requirements for mining include: health and safety for workers, human rights, community engagement, pollution control, mining in conflict-affected areas, rights of indigenous peoples, transparency in revenue payments from companies to governments, and land reclamation once mining is done.

The standard is intended to complement strong laws and regulations without replacing them. However, the IRMA Standard can fill gaps where policy or regulation is lacking and in some cases it strengthens government regulations, helping to increase transparency in the mining sector.

Members in IRMA include stakeholders in the mining supply chain or people affected by mining, such as purchasers of mined materials – Microsoft and Tiffany & Co. and labour unions such as IndustriALL Global Union...