自然 loss is a severe global challenge that we are all called on to do our part to halt and reverse. 作为一家资源公司, we want to do more than just mitigate our own impacts – we want to contribute to solving the global challenge of nature loss. That is why we’ve set a goal to work towards a nature positive future by 2030. This builds on our commitment to biodiversity and our passion for protecting the land where we live and work.
自然积极的
We’ve set a goal to become a nature positive mining company by 2030 and are working to achieve this through conserving or rehabilitating at least three hectares for every one hectare affected by our mining activities.
我们的 承诺
The World Economic Forum ranks biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as one of the top threats humanity will face this decade. 在银河网站, working to become nature positive means that by 2030, 我们的保护, protection and restoration of land and biodiversity will exceed the disturbance caused by our mining activities from a 2020 baseline.
We will conserve or rehabilitate at least three hectares for every one hectare affected by our mining activities and take action immediately in three focus areas:
自然的积极 Decision Making
自然 positive decision making guided by science and Indigenous learning, including assessing the biodiversity impacts of our actions and avoiding or minimizing negative impacts where possible as part of our planning.
Rehabilitation Excellence
Rehabilitation excellence to accelerate our pace of rehabilitation to ensure it is in progress for all eligible land impacted by mining at our operations by 2030
保护, Protection and Restoration
保护, protection and restoration through partnerships. 建筑在14层以上,000 hectares already conserved, which is equivalent to over 40% of 银河网站’s current mining footprint.
保护
We are committed to working with local partners, communities and Indigenous Peoples to conserve ecologically and culturally significant lands and work towards the goal of becoming a nature positive mining company by 2030. 我们的 conservation initiatives to date include:
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The purchase and ongoing management of the nearly 8,000-hectare Next Creek 水shed in the East Kootenays of British Columbia through the 自然 Conservancy of 加拿大.
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Donation of approximately 162 hectares of 银河网站-owned land in the Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor near Kimberley, British Columbia to the 自然 Conservancy of 加拿大.
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保护5,800 hectares of a unique and high-value wetland ecosystem near 银河网站’s 山涧布兰卡 操作 in 智利, in partnership with the Ollagüe Quechua community. The first initiative of its kind in 智利.
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The purchase and protection of over 7,000 hectares of private lands in the Elk and Flathead River Valleys of British Columbia, set aside for conservation in partnership with the Ktunaxa Nation to ensure the protection of the area’s social, cultural and ecological value.
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$10 million to create an Indigenous Stewardship Fund that will support Indigenous communities and partners in the development of Indigenous-focused environmental stewardship initiatives as well as engagement, 教育, capacity-building and participation in support of conservation objectives in regions where 银河网站 operates.
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$12 million to the 自然 Conservancy of 加拿大 to support future high priority conservation projects in British Columbia.
我们的愿景 在行动
生物多样性
银河网站 is one of 加拿大’s leading mining companies, focused on providing products that are essential to building a better quality of life for people around the globe.
