How sustainability connects to the decisions that drive the business – budget cycles, M&A processes, board reporting, operational planning. Not the standalone strategy document; the integration points where commitments become decisions someone has to make.

Prep for boards and exec teams on the sustainability questions they’re already getting from investors, regulators, OEMs, and auditors. Specific meetings, specific topics, specific directors.

The Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative is bringing TSM, The Copper Mark, ICMM and WGC requirements into a single responsible-mining standard. Genesg is already positioned for this transition through existing TSM verifier and Copper Mark assessor status. We help companies prepare early through gap analysis, evidence review and practical implementation support.

TSM is the Mining Association of Canada’s responsible-mining framework. Readiness work is the evidence-pack preparation before an assessor arrives – gap analysis against the protocols, document review, mock interviews. Verification is the assessor on site: interviews, evidence, ratings.

Responsible-sourcing assurance covering copper and the critical minerals beside it – nickel, cobalt, zinc, molybdenum. Readiness is the gap analysis against the criteria, identifying where evidence is thin and what to shore up. Assessment is the assessor day. Reassessment runs every three years.

The IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles drive lender ESG conditions on most large mining project financings. Borrower-side work is the preparation to meet these – risk categorisation, ESIA review, environmental and social management plans – before the lender’s consultant arrives.

Environmental and social impact assessment for new projects, expansions, and material changes. Permitting strategy – what approvals are needed, in what sequence, and where the regulatory exposure sits. Usually paired with project finance work where lenders need an ESIA aligned to IFC Performance Standards.

IESC work for banks, DFIs, and ECAs runs through a small set of prime firms. We sub-consult on the mining-specific technical scopes – tailings, water, climate, social and Indigenous engagement – where operator experience matters.

Which sustainability issues actually matter for the business and its stakeholders, and why. Stakeholder mapping, interviews, and analysis of investor and regulator priorities, ending in the disclosure-ready writeup. Double-materiality adds the inward-out lens – how the company affects sustainability outcomes – required under CSRD and increasingly expected elsewhere.

Mining assets are long-dated – 10+ year operations, multi-decade closure liabilities. Physical and transition climate risk shows up differently across that span. Scenario modelling, asset stress tests, and the financial and operational consequences that flow from each – for disclosure, for board oversight, and for capital allocation.

Red-flag review of a target’s ESG exposure for the Investment Committee meeting – fast turnaround, typically a week or two. Full ESG due diligence post-exclusivity goes deeper: operational performance, regulatory exposure, social and Indigenous engagement risk, transition fit.