mining

New UN-backed investor commission aims to raise mining sustainability standards by 2030

New UN-backed investor commission aims to raise mining sustainability standards by 2030

A new commission has been launched today (25 January) at the London Stock Exchange to address the systemic risks faced by the mining sector that challenge its social license to operate and the role it needs to play in providing the minerals for the low-carbon transition.

Fresh £32m in UK Government funding for innovations reducing heavy industry’s fossil fuel reliance

Glencore facing investor questioning over coal development and net-zero plans

Businesses failing to back net-zero commitments with robust decarbonisation plans, investors warn

China adds record 16GW of offshore wind capacity

New German coalition aims for 80% renewable power by 2030

Mining giant Hochschild to fight Peruvian government’s decision to scale back mines over environmental concerns

Businesses pledge to expand green hydrogen supply and demand at COP26

COP26: 190 nations, regions and organisations commit to major coal power and financing phase-outs

Rio Tinto announces $7.5bn plan to halve operational carbon emissions by 2030

International Council on Mining and Metals targets net-zero emissions by 2050

Electrification must look beyond how vehicles are powered

Automakers urged to move away from ‘destructive’ deep-sea mining

Pension schemes urged to set net-zero targets ahead of COP26

E-waste recycling boost ‘needed to enable transition to net-zero’

World Bank increases climate finance for developing nations

Banking giants team up to accelerate net-zero transition for steel industry

ENCORE: UN-backed biodiversity module to help investors factor nature into spending decisions

Government orders public inquiry into Cumbria coal mine

HSBC to vote on phase-out of fossil fuel funding
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