{"id":1168360,"date":"2020-02-27T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1015477"},"modified":"2020-02-27T18:30:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:30:19","slug":"ica-creates-global-standard-for-responsible-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1168360","title":{"rendered":"ICA creates global standard for responsible copper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Copper Association (ICA) has announced its creation of the \u2018Copper Mark,\u2019 a global standard to ensure responsible production and trading of copper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ICA\u2019s more than 500 global program partners bring together the\u00a0copper industry to develop and defend markets for copper and to make a contribution to society\u2019s sustainable-development goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Copper Mark is to be launched this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;For the copper industry, as well as for other extractive industries, proving responsible business practices is no longer a \u2018nice to have\u2019 but a commercial imperative&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cite> Mich\u00e8le\u00a0Bruelhart, executive director, the Copper Mark <\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor the copper industry, as well as for other extractive industries, proving responsible business practices is no longer a \u2018nice to have\u2019 but a commercial imperative,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Mich\u00e8le\u00a0Bruelhart, executive director of the Copper Mark said in a media statement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses are expected to look beyond shareholder profit, and to make purpose and responsibility key parts of their mission and operations.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Copper Mark uses an existing tool, the Risk Readiness Assessment, to address 32 issue areas across environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn doing so, the Copper Mark seeks to improve practices across the spectrum of producers globally and covering all major areas of responsible production,\u201d&nbsp;Bruelhart&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s next major milestone will be seen this year, with the launch of its formal application process. The&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;will begin accepting applications from copper producers (including mines, smelters and refiners) this year, while applications from copper fabricators are planned to be accepted within two to three years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new measure seeks to monitor the performance of copper mines and refineries around the globe, assessed against responsible production criteria. Unlike other sustainability programs currently in place, the Copper Mark targets copper specifically,\u201d said&nbsp;GlobalData\u2019s&nbsp;Mining Technology writer Scarlett Evans.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCopper has gained a reputation as the material of our future, and with countries doubling down on their eco-efforts, demand is set to spike in the coming years. Holding such powerful sway over the global energy sector, the need to\u00a0legitimise\u00a0 the metal\u2019s supply chain has never been more urgent.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Copper Mark uses Risk Readiness Assessment, to address 32 issue areas across environmental ESG topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[624,2849,369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1168360"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1168367,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168360\/revisions\/1168367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1168360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1168360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1168360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}