at the London School of Economics submitted comments to the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals in response to the Panel’s call for input to inform its development of principles and actionable recommendations.

The comments uniquely highlight IRMA “for its assurance system that includes public notice of audits in a sustained effort to hear all voices, and makes use of offsite audit interviews to acquire a holistic view of mine performance.” It also mentions that “IRMA’s governance is uniquely aligned with the just transition principle of centering the voices of affected workers and communities …. Most other standards only involve stakeholders outside of the mining sector through more detached consultation processes. A systematic and comprehensive overview of global mining standards found IRMA to have among the highest quality of governance structure, auditing and transparency.”