Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainable environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices
• Responsible mineral sourcing
• Capacity building
• Green metals hubs
• Regional critical minerals framework

Environmental Achievements

• Facilitating businesses to reduce operating costs and adhere to environmental standards more effectively through technology adoption (drones, remote data measurement units, etc.)
• Creation of green metals hubs in the Super Region enabled by new technologies and powered by renewable energy

Social Achievements

• Developing human potential to manage the value chains of the future
• Training to develop the skill sets needed to sustain mineral production and processing across the Super Region
• Developing a framework setting to serve as a guideline for responsible mineral production based on transparency of supply chains

Governance Achievements

• Developing a regional critical minerals framework to promote global collaboration and maximize value creation in supplier countries
• Saudi Arabia’s establishment of a Mineral Innovation and Acceleration Park (MIAP) in Riyadh

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Underexplored Super Region with lowest exploration spend globally
• Need to increase capacity and logistics of mineral and metal value chains to meet growing demand
• Ensuring local value addition in investments in Africa

Mitigation Strategies

• International Geological Survey Meeting to leverage international collaboration, modernize geological survey data, and support capacity building
• Mineral Exploration Zone to connect junior exploration companies with investors
• Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding to attract investment and promote sustainability standards

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Developing a framework setting to serve as a guideline for responsible mineral production based on transparency of supply chains

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities