S tr a t egic Goal 1 ALLIANCES AND C OLLABORA TION C ONTINUED t o s tr engthen the social and en vir onmental perf ormanc e of the global mining and metals indus try and t o build r ec ognition of its c ontribution t o local c ommunities and society a t lar ge T he ICMM is r egar ded globally as a c ollection of thought leaders in pr omoting impr o v ed sus tainable de v elopment out c omes b y the mining indus try T he ICMM s s tr a t egy is set e v ery thr ee y ears the curr ent one being f or the y ears 20 19 t o 20 21 inclusiv e Its c or e o v erriding c onsider a tion is the s tr a t egic ambition of enhancing societal ac c eptanc e of the mining and metals indus try T he Miner als C ouncil is a participant in man y of the ICMM W orking Gr oups Some of the k e y initia tiv es undertak en b y the W orking Gr oups during 20 19 include R e vie w of tailings management As a r esponse t o the c ollapse and f ailur e of an ICMMc ompan y member V ale s tailings s t or age dam a t its C orr ego do F eijao mine in Brumadinho Br azil on 25 January 20 19 the ICMM w orking with the Unit ed Na tions En vir onment Pr ogr amme UNEP and applying the Principles f or R esponsible In v es tment c oc on v ened an inclusiv e global tailings r e vie w f or the purpose of es tablishing an int erna tional s tandar d f or tailings s t or age f acilities T he r e vie w ma y also mak e br oader r ec ommenda tions f or indus try go v ernments int erna tional ins titutions and the in v es tment c ommunity t o secur e the saf e oper a tion of tailings s t or age f acilities T SF s W a t er and land s t e w ar dship R ec ognition f or a r obus t appr oach t o w a t er management and r eporting W a t er is a shar ed and fnit e r esour c e with high social cultur al en vir onmental and ec onomic v alue It is a basic human right and fundamental ec os y s t em r equir ement W a t er is also an es sential c omponent of all mining and metals oper a tions Ho w e v er global w a t er r esour c es ar e under incr easing pr es sur e and it is widely r ec ognised tha t a holis tic appr oach t o w a t er management is r equir ed t o achie v e r esour c e sus tainability and secur e futur e ac c es s f or all w a t er users T he objectiv e of this w orking gr oup is t o support ICMM members on implementing the w a t er s t e w ar dship position s ta t ement c ommitments t o r educ e risk build trus t and infuenc e e xt ernal e xpecta tions T he Miner als C ouncil and the CLF funded MW CB hos t ed a w orkshop with the ICMM t o identify c ollabor a tion opportunities in w a t er management and mine closur e T he k e y out c omes w er e the identifca tion of k e y as sets such as w a t er infr as tructur e land et c ec onomic opportunities such as irriga tion with mine w a t er biofuels and r ene w able ener gy pr ojects agri pr oc es sing and v arious land use activities as k e y c omponents of a tr ansition t o a pos tmining ec onomic suc c es sion appr oach R esponsible supply and use of ma t erials Securing societal r ec ognition of the r esponsible pr o vision and saf e use of miner als and metals including clima t e change Clima t e change is a critical global challenge T he scale of the challenge means tha t genuine leadership is r equir ed fr om all parts of society T he ICMM t ogether with member c ompanies is c ommitt ed t o being part of the solution as mos t r ec ently outlined in the clima t e change s ta t ement r eleased prior t o the Unit ed Na tions clima t e change c onf er enc e T his c ommits ICMM members t o r educing emis sions and supporting a lo w carbon futur e E c onomic and social pr ogr es s S tr engthening oper a tional capacity t o impr o v e c ommunity de v elopment and t o engage k e y s tak eholders t o r ealise inclusiv e ec onomic opportunities is an important goal Ef ectiv ely managing c omple x social is sues a t oper a tions is the f ounda tion of societal ac c eptanc e of mining T he objectiv e of the initia tiv e is t o s tr engthen oper a tional appr oaches which will allo w ICMM members t o driv e perf ormanc e impr o v ements and demons tr a t e the benefts of mining Se v er al tr aining pr ogr ammes w er e undertak en thr oughout the w orld in 20 19 including one in Johannesbur g Health and Saf ety Demons tr a ting pr ogr es s on z er o f a talities injuries oc cupa tional diseases and ca tas tr ophic e v ents is a k e y initia tiv e T he saf ety Anglo American Pla tinum T umela P age 62