Complaint #IRMA-2025-008

Respondent(s) ERM CVS (CVS)
Complainant Finnwatch
Mine Site Marikana
Operating Company Sibanye Stilwater
Country South Africa
Region/District/Province North West Province
Summary Finnwatch, a Finnish business and human rights NGO, raise concerns regarding a lack of response from CVS to requests from Finnwatch to participate as stakeholders in the independent third-party audit of the Marikana mine.
Status

OPEN

  • 24 Nov 2025: IRMA posts complaint online.
  • 24 Nov 2025: IRMA notifies Sibanye.
  • 17 Nov 2025: IRMA refers complaint to CVS.
  • 13 Nov 2025: IRMA asks Finnwatch confirms they can be publicly named in association with the complaint.
  • 10 Nov 2025: IRMA asks Finnwatch if they can be publicly named.
  • 6 Nov 2025: Finnwatch files a complaint via email.
  • Oct 2025: IRMA informs Finnwatch about the IRMA Issues Resolution System and guide them to file a formal complaint if they wish to.
  • Oct 2025: Finnwatch raises concerns as part of written comments regarding IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining v2.0 DRAFT 2.