Can ESG save the mining industry? With many viewing the sector as being significantly undervalued, why hasn’t the necessity for critical minerals broken down the barriers? If the problem is a reputational risk, then how can this be mitigated? If ESG is now being widely adopted by mining companies, why hasn’t money flowed in from non-traditional natural resource investors? What needs to change? Issues discussed include: • What’s still preventing ESG funds from investing in mining? • How does the sector screen on both footprint and handprint solutions • If ESG ratings are the solution to raising money from finance, why is the cost of capital so high? • What ESG questions are end investors / LPs asking institutional investors / GPs before allocating funds? • How can ESG reporting be improved? Avoiding the common mistakes of greenwashing and green hushing • The Economist, which recently proposed that the only bit that really mattered was the "E", and that should stand for "Emissions" – would our panellists agree?
