General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that enterprises have not only economic responsibility, legal responsibility, but also social responsibility and moral responsibility. Any enterprise that exists in society is a social enterprise. Society is a stage for entrepreneurs to display their talents. Only entrepreneurs who sincerely return to the society and earnestly fulfill their social responsibilities can be truly recognized by the society and are entrepreneurs who meet the requirements of the times. Entrepreneurs should be based in China, look at the world, improve their ability to grasp international market trends and demand characteristics, improve their ability to grasp international rules, improve their ability to develop international markets, improve their ability to prevent international market risks, and drive enterprises to achieve a higher level of opening up. Better development promotes domestic and international double cycles.
The theme of this year's China International Mining Conference focuses on responsibility, innovation and governance, and responsibility is put in the first place. The organizers of the conference fully considered that from a global perspective, the implementation of corporate social responsibility is directly related to the development of mining and the survival of mining companies, and specially set up a corporate social responsibility forum section, and invited 5 guests to share the implementation of corporate social responsibility from different angles. Experience and practices. Through enterprises to better fulfill their social responsibilities, the mining industry is gradually reshaping its image, and it will also be stable and far-reaching.
A classic case of responsibility: the integration and development of the lead and zinc smelting industry owned by China Minmetals.
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Wang Wenhai, Minister of Corporate Culture of China Minmetals Corporation, said that the development process of corporate social responsibility fulfillment is closely related to corporate reform and development, and is closely related to the country's economic and social development. So far, China Minmetals fulfills its corporate social responsibility with richer connotations, more complete systems, more standardized fulfillment of responsibilities, and more three-dimensional dissemination of social responsibility.
Wang Wenhai introduced that China Minmetals has a model for fulfilling its social responsibilities, which can be called the "diamond model". Adhere to value creation as the primary goal of business development, value creation ability as the main basis for business portfolio construction and business strategy formulation, around the sustainable development concept of "cherish limited, create unlimited", in order to achieve economic, social and environmental integration The goal of maximizing value is to construct a "value creation" social responsibility promotion model. The top of the diamond model shows the core theme and strategic goal of corporate social responsibility work, that is, to create value Minmetals, Ping An Minmetals, Green Minmetals, Happiness Minmetals, Integrity Minmetals and Harmony Minmetals as the core theme. build the company into a world-class metal and mineral enterprise group. The lower end of the diamond model shows four paths of corporate social responsibility work, namely, social responsibility management, social responsibility practice, social responsibility communication, and social responsibility research.
Regarding corporate social responsibility work, Wang Wenhai believes that in the current international environment, it is necessary and very effective for enterprises to promote global responsibility. "Under the new development pattern of mutual promotion of domestic and international double cycles, our development in the international market has entered a higher level of openness. A higher level of openness requires our Chinese companies to better fulfill their corporate social responsibilities, communicate with more advanced and internationally accepted corporate social responsibility concepts and languages, and conduct more effective, more friendly, and more open through the performance of corporate social responsibilities. Communication to achieve a win-win situation for all parties." Wang Wenhai said.
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Xie Xionghui, Executive Director and Vice President of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., introduced the promotion of ESG (an investment philosophy that focuses on corporate environmental, social and governance performance, Environment, Social and Governance). He said that Zijin Mining is still on the way to promote ESG, and believes that ESG is not a panacea, but ESG is in the right direction. He called on more mining colleagues to work together to fulfill their responsibilities, complement each other, share experience, and take the initiative to make due contributions to the mining industry to achieve the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and a better future for human society.
Speaking of safety management responsibilities, Xie Xionghui said that the safety management of western developed countries is relatively in place, and there is still a big gap compared with it in China. But full reference abroad is not good. How to find a suitable path to solve the security problem? This is a very important issue facing the mining industry. Zijin Mining is thinking like this. First of all, from the understanding to subvert. Whether an enterprise's safety management is good or not cannot be seen from the appearance, but from the essence, returning to behavior, returning to process goals and process orientation. Second, risk control is safe to a certain extent. From the perspective of access, employees and suppliers must have certain thresholds. From the perspective of training, training such as knowledge and skills should be in place. "We have carried out some experiential safety trainings to let employees feel what it feels like to be electrized and touched by a stone. Only when you enter your mind can you enter your heart." Xie Xionghui said.
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Xiu Guolin, safety director of Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd., said that Shandong gold established the development concept of "Shandong gold ecological mining" in 2010, and established the environmental protection concept of "protecting the green waters and green mountains with heart, and creating the earth's home with love", and taking the road of ecological priority and green development. Up to now, all 31 mines in production have entered the list of green mines, all of which have achieved green development and led processing enterprises to enter the list of green factories.
According to Xiu Guolin, the Sanshandao Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in Shandong and the only mine in China and even Asia that is mined on the seabed. It has a relatively large scale and relatively large reserves. The discovered reserves have now exceeded 1000 tons. Because it is coastal mining, so Shandong gold in Sanshan Island mine construction pay attention to safety, environmental protection. "How do you create a beautiful coastline without damaging the environment when mining by the sea? We invest more than 500 million yuan a year in maintenance and greening, including paste filling technology and investment in mining technology in cooperation with some universities and colleges." Xiu Guolin said.
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Fu Wu, president and chief representative of Anglo American Resources Group in China, said that the most important thing to fulfill corporate social responsibility is to determine development strategy and business behavior based on value orientation. Safety, environment, sustainable development and humanities are the core elements of values. Sustainability is an option. To be able to continue to operate and continue to operate in any place, sustainable development is a must. "When you run a mine and leave it as a ghost town. Then you will be an unwelcome operator. Anglo American, despite being a century-old store, has to keep examining itself." Fu Wu said.
"A few years ago, it didn't sound like a good model for enterprises to run society, and everyone carried out a lot of reforms. Now, on the other hand, it seems not only necessary but also necessary for enterprises to run a society. The so-called running a society is to provide educational opportunities for the local community, improve medical conditions, and consider how the local people will continue to survive after the mine is closed. These things must be considered by enterprises from the beginning. Anglo American's experience in this area is willing to further share with domestic counterparts." When it comes to the relationship between enterprises and communities, Fu Wu further introduced.
Fu Wu also shared Anglo American's Sustainable Mining Plan. The strategic pillars of sustainability are trusted leaders, thriving communities and a healthy environment. Anglo American has set a 2030 carbon and energy target, promising to achieve carbon neutrality within its own mine operations by 2040. By 2030, 8 mine assets in operation will be carbon neutral.
"The bottom layer of the support plan is corporate culture, compliance and legality are the most basic, there are process standards, and more importantly, inclusiveness and diversity, human rights, safety, etc." Fu Wu said.
China is Anglo American's most important and largest single market. Anglo American has extensive cooperation with Chinese partners. As a long-term partner of the China Development Research Foundation, Anglo American has participated in the foundation's projects, activities and initiatives in the field of social sustainability. As a member of the China Hydrogen Energy Alliance Council, Anglo American Resources Group cooperates with Chinese energy companies to participate in the development of China's hydrogen energy industry chain and contribute to China's goal of achieving carbon neutrality.
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Tom Butler, CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), said that ICMM will regularly analyze and evaluate the external environment of the mining industry and will find the most noteworthy issues and some key issues in the industry. Butler believes that the current mining five issues worthy of attention.
The first is health and safety performance. The company must not cause any safety or health hazards to its employees or the local community.
The second is social licensing. The impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic has been a topic of public concern this year and has been very challenging. Many journalists will evaluate which companies are better equipped to deal with the development of the epidemic. In the future, if no measures are taken, the epidemic may become more and more serious. Many ICMM member companies are aware of the seriousness of the problem and are focusing on how to respond to the outbreak.
The third is transparency, accountability and disclosure. Because many members of ICMM are more concerned about responsible behavior, such as changes in the supply chain. Many members have also begun to disclose their information better and clearly. Each project will be disclosed one by one to answer questions from all investors and investment institutions, and other companies can learn from ICMM members. This is also one of the long-term focus of ICMM in the future.
The fourth is digitalization and automation and their impact on community work and the environment of residents. ICMM feels the social demand for digitalization and automation, especially in developing countries, but the level of development is not high enough. ICMM will participate in this process of change.
The fifth is climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy. Only by following the principles of mining can enterprises contribute to sustainable development and the protection of the earth, and make mining a respected industry.
Regarding tailings management, Butler said that the environmental performance management of the mining and metals industry needs to be strengthened in the future, and will work to achieve the ultimate goal of zero harm to humans and the earth from tailings.
"We are very concerned about safety, and we publish safety metrics and data for our members every year, and we can see mortality and serious deaths from 2012 to 2019. We hope that one day the mortality rate will be reduced to zero. To this end, we continue to work hard." Butler said.
It is believed that all sectors of the community can see the efforts of enterprises in the mining industry from their respective practices and plans in fulfilling corporate social responsibility introduced by the above guests. The majority of mining enterprises will make new contributions to the realization of high-quality development of the mining industry and the reshaping of the image of the mining industry.
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