The final public consultation of Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative ran from 8 October to 17 November 2025 and provided an opportunity for stakeholders to provide their feedback on the draft consolidated standard, assurance process and claims policy. Over the coming months, the CMSI Partners will be considering every submission as they develop and finalise the consolidated standard, assurance process and claims policy.

All information and documentation relating to the CMSI final public consultation can be found here.

The Copper Mark is undertaking a revision of the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard. The draft revised CoC Standard was open for public consultation from 17 September to 17 November 2025.

The Standard is being revised with the following key objectives:

• To facilitate a dialogue and updates to the standard based on initial learnings from the limited uptake, including addressing barriers to uptake.
• To include in the CoC Standard the remaining principal covered metals of molybdenum, nickel, and zinc.

The Terms of Reference for the revision are available here.

A summary of stakeholder engagement and feedback from the consultation is available here.

WHAT: The Copper Mark and the Rocky Mountain Institute held a consultation on the report “A 1.5°C-aligned Trajectory and Target-setting Methodology for the Copper Sector” and supporting tools. Specific deliverables that we consulted on are the following:

• Methodology: “ A 1.5°C-Aligned Trajectory and Target-Setting Methodology for the Copper” Report, please read before the next supporting documents
• Target-Setting Tool which defines all data and assumptions used in the SDA.

• • Copper GHG Target Setting Tool_v1.2
  • Copper GHG Target Setting Tool_v1.2 – archetype1
  • Copper GHG Target Setting Tool_v1.2 – archetype2
  • Copper GHG Target Setting Tool_v1.2 – archetype3

WHO: We invited all interested stakeholders to review the draft report and provide your input.

WHEN: The public consultation was open from 17 June 2025 to 17 August 2025.

HOW: We collected feedback using response form with consultation questions but also welcomed any other feedback including in other formats.

WHY: Currently, the copper industry lacks specific guidance on how to set science-based emissions targets that reflect both the sector’s need to expand production in support of the energy transition and the sector’s unique decarbonization challenges.

The report aims to fill this gap by providing copper producing companies with 1.5°C-aligned emissions trajectories a clear methodology to set emissions reduction goals that are in line with the 1.5°C target.

The report and supporting tools are intended to serve as an optional guidance for participants implementing the requirements of criterion 27 (“Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions”) of the Copper Mark Criteria for Responsible Production v3.0.

The current draft Sector Decarbonization Approach report has been developed by Rocky Mountain Institute in cooperation with the Copper Mark and leveraging the expert input of the technical working group.

RESULTS: Overview of responses and outcomes

In 2024, the Copper Mark updated its Theory of Change and Monitoring and Evaluation System. The public consultation closed on 31 January 2025.

The purpose of the limited revision was to:

• Ensure alignment with the revised Copper Mark vision
• Incorporate “critical issues of copper” as identified by the Impact Working Group in 2023
• Incorporate other metals (molybdenum, nickel, zinc) included in the Copper Mark Assurance Process

Relevant documents:

• Track-changed version of the draft Theory of Change used in the public consultation
• Clean version of the draft Theory of Change used in the public consultation
• Track-changed version of the draft Monitoring and Evaluation System used in the public consultation
• Clean version of the draft Monitoring and Evaluation System used in the public consultation.
• Feedback received and response to feedback (no feedback was received on the Monitoring and Evaluation System)

The Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI) is a collaboration between the Copper Mark, ICMM, Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and World Gold Council (WGC) to consolidate their four responsible mining standards into one global Standard. The vision is for a sustainable society, enabled by the responsible production, sourcing, and recycling of metals and minerals.

The CMSI's first public consultation was open from 16 October to 16 December 2024. The consultation provided an opportunity for stakeholders to provide their opinions on the draft consolidated standard, governance model, assurance process and claims policy.

All information and documentation relating to the CMSI first public consultation can be found here.

The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and the Copper Mark revised the Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA) Criteria and corresponding Criteria Guide in 2021-2023 and published the final version on 19 October 2023.

The RRA is used by over 320 mining, smelting, refining, and manufacturing sites across multiple metals including aluminum, alumina, bauxite, cobalt, copper, gold, graphite, iron ore, lead, lithium, mica, molybdenum, nickel, palladium, platinum, rare earth elements, silver, steel, tantalum, tin, tungsten, and zinc.

RRA既是一套负责任生产的标准，也是企业沟通其环境、社会和治理实践的工具。它的主要用途是

1. As a voluntary self-assessment and self-reporting tool for minerals and metals producers and processors participating in the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.
2. As the foundation of the RMI’s Environmental, Social, and Governance Standard for Mineral Supply Chains; and
3. As the foundation of the Copper Mark Criteria for Responsible Production against which sites are independently assessed during the Copper Mark Assurance Process.

Risk Readiness Assessment Revision Process

The first public consultation on the revised RRA Criteria and Criteria Guide took place from 2 May 2022 through 1 July 2022.

Summary feedback from that public consultation can be found here.

利益相关者在第一次公众咨询中提供反馈的文件草案在此。

2022 DRAFT Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA) Criteria (ESP, CHI)

2022 DRAFT Criteria Guide (ESP, CHI)

All of the feedback received was discussed by the Copper Mark and RMI teams. Substantive feedback was further discussed with the joint Copper Mark/RMI Technical Committee, a multistakeholder group of technical experts. The feedback received during the first public consultation and the subsequent input from the Technical Committee led to the development of a second draft of the RRA Criteria and Criteria Guide.

The second public consultation on the second draft of the RRA Criteria and Criteria Guide took place from 1 March through 1 April 2023.

Summary feedback from that public consultation can be found here.

The draft documents on which stakeholders provided feedback during the second public consultation are here:

2023 DRAFT Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA) Criteria (ESP)

2023 DRAFT Criteria Guide (ESP, CHI)

Finalisation of the Draft

Once again, all of the feedback received was discussed by the Copper Mark and RMI teams. Substantive feedback was further discussed with the Technical Committee

The final RRA Criteria Guide was adopted by the Copper Mark Board of Directors and the RMI Steering Committee.

Publication of the final draft of the RRA Criteria and Criteria Guide (CHI, ESP, FRA, IND) took place at the Responsible Business Alliance Annual Conference on 19 October 2023.

Summary of the feedback that we received across both consultations, our responses to that feedback and lessons learned from the revision process can be found here.

Read about the process, stakeholder engagement plan, and Technical Committee Terms of Reference for the Risk Readiness Assessment revision.

铜标识公布了其草案 产销监管链标准从2021年12月22日至2022年2月28日进行咨询。 该标准是对铜标识标准评估的补充，但不是替代，该标准适用于矿山、冶炼厂、精炼厂和半成品加工厂（目前正在试点）。

产销监管链标准的核心目标是。

• 提高铜供应链的透明度。
• 让客户确信他们的铜是负责任地生产的。
• 在整个供应链中跟踪一个铜产品。
• 促进负责任的生产实践，特别是使用铜标志负责任生产标准（铜标志标准）和评估程序。
• 有助于增加再生材料的使用，支持转向循环经济的努力。
• 允许铜标铜的产品级索赔。

感谢所有提供反馈意见的人。 您的意见已被记录在案，并将被审查以作为修订监管链标准的依据。 如有必要，铜标识将对任何未解决的问题进行第二次公众咨询。

标准的制定

开发过程由铜标工作人员通过技术工作组管理。开发、协商和定稿的时间表打算在2023年完成推出。

公众咨询的摘要文件见下文。

• 监管链标准公众咨询 反馈日志
• 监管链标准公众咨询 摘要报告

联合标准是由一个包括伙伴组织、其他感兴趣的商品协会、多金属公司代表以及OECD和LME在内的工作组制定的。联合尽职调查标准将接受独立的第三方经合组织的一致性评估。通过该工作组，伙伴组织实施一个明确的路线图，以确保铜、铅、镍和锌品牌在2022年6月之前能够依靠共享框架对LME作出回应。这个过程包括四个主要阶段。

• 第一阶段 - 2019年/2020年初。 制定路线图和组建工作组（已完成）
• 第二阶段--2020年。 制定联合尽职调查标准和工具，包括公众咨询（工具定稿中）。
• 第三阶段 - 2021年初。 试点实施联合尽职调查标准
• 第四阶段 - 2021年/2022年初： 独立的第三方经合组织协调评估，并申请由LME批准为A轨 "经合组织协调的外部标准"。

从2020年8月27日到2020年9月30日，伙伴组织公布了联合标准的草案供咨询。这里公布了匿名评论记录，以及关于收到的主要反馈和工作组如何解决这些问题的总结报告。

• 联合尽职调查标准公众咨询 反馈日志
• 联合尽职调查标准公众咨询 摘要报告