Stocktake of Sustainability Standards and Initiatives for Minerals and Metals: Leveraging Synergies between Sustainability Standards and Initiatives and Public Instruments to enhance Environmental Governance

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dc.contributor.approvalRecordUNEP Publishing Board
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-27T11:49:55Z
dc.date.issued2025-11
dc.date.submitted2025-11
dc.descriptionAmid the global rising demand for minerals and metals, a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) maps over 100 Sustainability Standards and Initiatives operating across value chains to clarify how these interact with laws, regulations and policy commitments, and how they might enhance environmental governance rather than undermine it. The study finds that while these standards and initiatives are increasingly used to promote environmental and social performance, their rapid proliferation has created a fragmented and often confusing landscape for governments, companies and communities. To address these challenges, the report identifies 15 hallmarks of effective sustainability standards across governance, scope, performance assurance, review mechanisms, and viability. The report further recommends these serve as a practical reference tool for policymakers, that independent assessments of impacts be prioritized, and that greater cooperation and interoperability become a primary focus moving forward.en
dc.description.reviewStatuspeer-reviewed
dc.description.statusFinal
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/48989
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-4244-2
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2726/NA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48989
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number40 p.
dc.relation.TableOfContentsExecutive summary
dc.relation.TableOfContents1. Introduction
dc.relation.TableOfContents2. Introducing Sustainability Standards and Initiatives
dc.relation.TableOfContents3. Global context of the emergence of Sustainability Standards and Initiatives
dc.relation.TableOfContents4. Public instruments for governing environmental aspects of minerals and metals
dc.relation.TableOfContents5. Overview of the interplay between public instruments and Sustainability Standards and Initiatives
dc.relation.TableOfContents6. Sustainability Standards and Initiatives-related opportunities for the governance of the minerals and metals sector
dc.relation.TableOfContents7. Sustainability Standards and Initiatives-related challenges and limitations for the governance of the minerals and metals sector
dc.relation.TableOfContents8. What is needed: hallmarks of robust standards
dc.relation.TableOfContents9. Conclusion and recommendations
dc.relation.TableOfContentsAnnex I: Report methodology
dc.relation.TableOfContentsAnnex II: Examples of Sustainability Standards and Initiatives
dc.relation.TableOfContentsAnnex III: Opportunities for further study
dc.relation.TableOfContentsReferences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGOen
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.rights.copyrightUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectEnvironmental law and governance
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.thememineral
dc.subject.thememetal
dc.subject.themeenvironmental policy
dc.subject.themeenvironmental sustainability
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.titleStocktake of Sustainability Standards and Initiatives for Minerals and Metals: Leveraging Synergies between Sustainability Standards and Initiatives and Public Instruments to enhance Environmental Governanceen
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