Sustainability Program
The Sustainability Program aims to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and peer-learning on key issues related to responsible exploration and mining.
The Sustainability Program features presentations and dialogue that examine the innovative ways in which mineral exploration and mining companies are working to improve their sustainability performance, presenting challenges and successes, as well as lessons learned. Topics discussed at the Sustainability Program are both current and critical to the continued improvement of the performance in the industry.
Confirmed topics for PDAC 2025
- Community led planning, data and consultation that support land tenure systems and community governance
- Driving responsible exploration, sustainability and climate leadership
- Human rights due diligence in mining sector procurement: Going beyond compliance to create business value
- Investor grade sustainability disclosures: Why, what and how?
- Quantifying water risks: Implications for investments, sustainable mine water management and social responsibility
- Unlocking natural capital value and the quest for a nature positive minerals industry
- Why we need to urgently simplify the responsible mining standards landscape: Update on consolidated mining standard initiative