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Finance, Mining & Sustainability Workshop

FINANCE, MINING & SUSTAINABILITY: EXPLORING SOUND INVESTMENT DECISION PROCESSES

Paris, France
14-15 January 2002

The Workshop Report is available in a PDF format.

The third in a series of Financing, Mining and Sustainability workshops explored the role of financial institutions in funding mining/minerals projects and was based on the five following themes:

Sustainability performance in mining and its influence on the bottom line,
Understanding, measuring and ensuring performance of sustainability in mining,
Reputational issues and stakeholder perspectives,
Moving ahead: what the finance sector needs from the mining industry, and
Framing a plan of action: effective sustainability reporting which meets the needs of the financial community.

The programme and slide presentations that were given during the workshop are available below in PDF format.

Moderator: Aidan Davy, Director, Corporate Services, International Business Leaders Forum

14 January 2002

09:00 - 09:30	Welcome & Official Opening Mrs. Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Assistant Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mr. James Bond, Director, Mining Department World Bank-International Finance Corporation (WB/IFC) Mr. Luke Danielson, Director, Mining, Minerals & Sustainable Development Project (MMSD)
09:30 - 11:00	Sustainability - What does it Mean for Mining? - Plenary I Sustainability and Economics - what does the future hold? (Document 97 KB, Slide 42 KB) (Phillip Crowson) Finance, Mining and Sustainability: an insider's view (2.3 MB) (Simon Thompson, AngloAmerican) Strengths and Weaknesses of the Mining Industry - Information Required by Investors (5.2 MB) (Aslak Skancke, Head Socially Responsible Investing Research, Storebrand) Financial Incentives for Improved Sustainability (35 KB) (Maryanne Grieg Gran, International Institute for Environment and Development/MMSD)
14:30 - 15:45	How Standards and Agreements are Used ? - Plenary II How Standards and Agreements are Used in Audits and Independent Verification (1.0 MB) (Mike Cambridge, Knight Piésold Consulting, UK) Lessons Learnt from governance structures of other industrial sectors: options for the mining sector (1.8 MB) (Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest) What financial institutions would find useful: a Banker's view of Codes, Standards Agreements and independent verification Barclays (6.5 MB) (Milo Carver, Associate Director) Sustainability Indicators and Sustainability Performance Management (1.3 MB) (Professor Alyson Warhurst, Director, Mining & Energy Research Network, Warwick Business School)
16:15 - 17:30	Breakout groups to discuss Session II issues
17:30 - 18:30	Summary of Day 1
19:00	Reception

15 January 2002

09:00 - 10:00	Challenges for Governments and Communities Plenary III A View of Governments (Dr. Keith Brewer, Director General, Economic and Fiscal Analysis Branch: Minerals and Metals, Natural Resources Canada) (5.7 MB) Meaningful Partnerships with government and local communities (Ligia Noronha, Tata Energy Research Institute, India) (1.6 MB)
10:30 - 11:15	Breakout groups to discuss Session III issues
11:15 - 12:30	Plenary discussion
14:00 - 15:30	Summary of Day 2 and general discussion on Moving Ahead: What the Finance Sector needs from the mining industry
15:30 - 16:00	Closing Session Plenary IV Conclusions, Summary and Recommendations

Presented by:

UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics: www.uneptie.org/
UNEP Finance Initiatives: unepfi.net/
MMSD: www.iied.org/mmsd
The World Bank: www.worldbank.org/mining