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What can the minerals industry learn from sustainability approaches that are already delivering results? This session will highlight three Latin American case studies that show different ways sustainability can move from aspiration into practice.
In Chile, the session will examine how female participation in mining grew from 6 per cent in 2010 to 24 per cent and the role that data, public policy, company practices, harassment prevention, workplace supports and cultural change played in that shift.
In Brazil, a gold exploration project will provide a case study in moving from community opposition and stakeholder resistance toward greater co-operation through repeated community engagement, local supplier recognition, social initiatives and ongoing work with public authorities.
At the regional level, a Latin American Mining Alliance will reflect on its first year of work, where it already brought together 200 participants from government, industry, academia and international organizations to share lessons on education, local capacity building, community well-being, governance and the conditions needed for mining to create value beyond production.
Together, the case studies will explore what actually had to change, what made progress possible and which lessons can be adapted by Canadian and international exploration and mining companies. The discussion will focus not only on successful outcomes, but on the systems, relationships and decisions that helped make those outcomes possible.