Governments, international stakeholders to drive sustainable practices in mining

Governments and other international stakeholders will drive environmental and socially sustainable practices across the mining industry from the top down over the coming years, in line with commitments to higher ethical standards and the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is according to Fitch Solutions Macro Research’s new ‘Global Sustainability Policy Index’, which tallies global sustainability policies across regions and assesses the major investment themes affecting corporate sectors globally.