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mining sector
Ensure that
Ensure that positive
positive effects
effects outweigh
(for whom) outweigh
negative negative effects (for whom)
effects
’Clean up cost
> mineral
value’
Climate
resilience
(Limpopo, South
Africa)
Mining
Criteria 2: are societal benefits of the project larger than societal costs?
Criteria 3: does the project mean the most beneficial use of society´s
resources?
• Deloitte 2018: Water access a substantial business risk
Criteria 4: does the revenues from the project reach the nation’s people?
1. Avoid
2. Minimise –duration, intensity,
significance and/or extent
3. Restore
4. Offset
Criteria:
a. Species diversity
b. Ecosystem functions
c. Ecosystem services/
human wellbeing
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