Mining companies at risk: the urgent need for meaningful engagement with rights-holders

A policy brief by a UCL researcher stresses the urgent need for mining companies to engage directly with rights holders to effectively address human rights risks. The brief highlights how extractive projects often proceed without sufficient consultation, which can lead to community harm, legal disputes, and reputational damage. It calls for a shift from compliance-driven approaches to meaningful stakeholder engagement as a core strategy for risk mitigation.

Source: adapted from Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, October 2024.