Self-Assessing Mines

Self-assessment—using IRMA’s Mine Measure tool to evaluate the mine against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining—is the first step in IRMA’s independent assessment process.

IRMA’s assessment system is built to drive more responsible practices at mine sites. The first step in this process is self-assessment, whereby a mine site becomes familiar with IRMA’s Standard for Responsible Mining and may begin to make changes to align with this multi-stakeholder definition for responsible mining. All sites are encouraged to move to third-party assessments—independent evaluations of a mine’s environmental and social performance.

NGOs, labor unions, and communities can also use IRMA’s self-assessment tool at no cost to evaluate a mine’s operations, whether to verify an operator’s own analysis or to encourage them to undergo an IRMA audit.

The below chart lists self-assessing mines which have chosen to make their engagement public. Self-assessments can also be done confidentially. It is important to note that claims of achievement in IRMA can only be made after a mine has undergone an independent assessment by an IRMA-approved audit firm.

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