Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance Standard for Responsible Mining

Standard for the industrial or large-scale mining sector defining requirements for environmentally and socially responsible practice. The standard states that its human rights due diligence requirements are "based on the framework for corporate responsibility established in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights." The standard states that the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas has "formed the basis" of its conflict-affected or high-risk area requirements.