On the third anniversary of the mining disaster that killed 270 people in Brumadinho, in Brazil, the Church of England Pensions Board has stepped up the pressure on companies to adopt new global safety standards.<\/p>\n
The disaster happened when a mine-waste facility, a tailings dam, collapsed. The new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management was developed in response by a coalition of investors led by the Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish AP Funds…. Now, they have published the names of the companies that have committed themselves to the new measures.<\/p>\n
Seventy-nine mining companies \u2014 one third of those employing tailings dams \u2014 have either made a commitment to the new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management or are still assessing their compliance. The list includes several of the largest companies, including BHP, Anglo, Glencore, Rio Tinto, and Vale.<\/p>\n
The Brumadinho disaster of 2019 is not an isolated incident. Another 12 such collapses have been reported in the past three years. In three instances \u2014 two of which took place in Myanmar and one in Peru \u2014 workers were killed. The collapses also cause significant environmental damage.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pensions Board puts pressure on mining companies to adopt global safety standards https:\/\/t.co\/JZiUKABDIl<\/a><\/p>\n — Church Times (@ChurchTimes) January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n