Independent Project & Study Management
Mining & Metals Management Consulting Services
A progress report from the ICMM.
Safe and healthy working conditions are a fundamental human right. ICMM supports members adherence (as a minimum) to worker’s rights in accordance with the laws in their jurisdiction and applicable company policies. Significant progress in occupational health and safety across our industry has been made in recent years, but more needs to be done to ensure work can be completed without injury or illness.
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The 2019 survey is State of Play’s fourth biennial survey on strategy and innovation in the global resources industry. The survey represents a broad cross-section of the industry: it surveyed every continent, across mining and service companies and features a majority of respondents from senior management levels.
Respondents indicated the single biggest improvement would be to link innovation programs and corporate strategy. The industry overwhelmingly sees innovation as highly important to the success, so why the difficulty in aligning the two?
My consulting business specialises in short-term, part-time or interim project and study management in mining and metals. That could mean anything from simply filling-in for someone, initiating a project or study whilst a permanent team leader is recruited, completing an audit, delivery strategy or project report, to conducting financial risk analysis using @Risk.
I am passionate about helping my mining and metals clients create more robust development options, and make better (economically sustainable, safe, socially and environmentally responsible) project decisions.
To address climate risk, mining companies can focus on three areas: which assets are most at risk from physical climate change; how decarbonisation could shift demand for key minerals; and how miners can decarbonise their own operations.
Accrding to McKinsey, to respond to the impact of climate change, mining executives should take five main actions:
– end-to-end diagnostic of climate change’s effects on the business.
– mobilize the c-suite and the board.
– focus on operational transformation, investments, and innovation.
– evaluate and potentially reshape your portfolio.
– continue to engage.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.
This report finds that leaders may be holding on to behaviors that might have worked once but now stymie the talents of their employees. Organisations must empower leaders to change their ways of working to succeed in a new digital economy.