Mining of the Future – Identifying and Managing Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities in the Field of Sustainable Development.

1. Main topics:

• Trends overview:

- role of critical minerals;
- client and investor requirements, expectations of regulators and stock exchanges.

•  Key impacts and topics for the mining industry:

- water and biodiversity, tailings storage facilities and safety (GISTM);
- energy and emissions (Scope 1–3);
- waste/secondary raw materials;
- air quality/noise/vibration;
- land relations;
- social issues (communities, labor, occupational safety);
FPIC/GRM.

• Standards and guidelines:

- for reporting — GRI (incl. sector standard for mining), ESRS (CSRD), SASB/IFRS S1–S2 (climate).

• Risks and opportunities:

- physical, transition, legal and reputational risks;
- access to capital;
- “green” premiums;
- efficiency and innovations (electrification, closed water cycles, recycling).

• How to build a management process:

- from materiality screening and risk maps to KPIs, plans and reporting;
- integration of monitoring data (noise/vibration/water quality/biodiversity).
 

2. What will participation do?

• Understand how ESG affects inventory estimates, design decisions, and negotiations with investors.
• Learn to see ESG not as a "burden", but as a tool for growth, access to capital, and sustainable development.

3. Why should you participate?

• This is a practical tool, not just theory — with examples from Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and international practice.
• You will improve communication between the technical team and ESG/finance.
• You will receive 1.5 PD hours towards professional development.
• Just 1 hour that can save you months of revisions and rework in the future.