The Eur opean Miner al Ra w Mat erials Industr y Enab ling SDGs The EU has the potential to incr ease its capacity to sour c e raw materials domestically and sustainably It is not a lack of r esour c es it is a lack of exploration with the latest technology that feeds the m yth of depleted r esour c es By incr easing miner al domestic exploration and pr oduction E ur ope c ould bec ome less dependent and impr o v e its sustainable supply chains E ur opean mineral raw materials industry c ontributes to E C ONOMIC SUST AINABILITY b y Sta ying financially str ong in order to be an inno vativ e and r esponsible sector and c ontributing to pr osperity Maintaining high r eturns on equity Ha ving a health y net debt equity ratio Maintaining high ordinary dividends SOCIAL SUST AINABILITY b y Maintaining secur e and attractiv e workplac es and ex erting positiv e influenc es on our business partners and our immediate en vir onment Reducing ac cidents W orking to impr o v e gender equality W orking to incr ease div ersity ENVIRONMENT AL SUST AINABILITY b y Being r esour c eefficient and en vir onmentally efficient Reducing carbon emissions Reducing energy intensity Reducing discharges to water Reducing emissions to air Table of Contents page 19 of 35 S ustainabi li ty and Competi ti veness United Div ersity Creativ e C ampus K ura K ura Bali C op yright 2016 SP I R I TU A L E C O L O G I C A L PE O PL E SDG P Y R A M I D The frst 10 goals align with people and social issues and represent the foundation that should be covered before the next fve goals on ecological challenges and two fnal spiritual goals on peace and partnership can be achieved