Standards

Beyond carbon: sustainability is about more than greenhouse gas emissions

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One of the areas of work within Lumet is life cycle assessment (LCA) of metal and mineral value-chains. Although LCA is commonly considered synonymous with “carbon footprints,” there is at least one crucial difference: LCA looks beyond carbon. Climate change is certainly an important issue, but it is not the only important issue. In their … Read more

Research Review: Convergence of Western and Chinese ESG Approaches in Mining

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By: Steven B. Young The 2024 study Standardizing “Green” Extractivism: Chinese & Western Environmental, Social, and Governance Instruments in the Critical Mineral Sector by Raphael Deberdt et al. examines the growing adoption of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards by mining companies, with a focus on Chinese firms. Given China’s dominant role in the global … Read more

How to assess all those sustainability standards

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Lumet is developing a database and map of voluntary sustainability standards relevant to mining, minerals, metals and materials. Our initial guidance draws on our previous work on sustainability standards where we examined and categorized standards according to: Since that early analysis we have added communications as an important dimension. How the reporting of conformity to … Read more