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Partnership to support the Global Tailings Standard


Partnership to support the Global Tailings Standard
Investors ask all mining companies to confirm support for the implementation of the Global Standard in their operations
18 December 2020 - Today the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Co-Convenors of the Global Tailings Review, the Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds, announced a partnership to create an independent international institute to support the implementation of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management. The industry Standard was launched in August 2020 and follows the January 2019 Brumadinho tailings dam disaster that resulted in the deaths of 270 people. ....

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