Glencore : Global mining trade group picks sustainability expert as new CEO
JOHANNESBURG - The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said on Tuesday that it had appointed Rohitesh Dhawan, a managing director at Eurasia Group with expertise in climate change and sustainability, as the trade group's new chief executive.
The appointment of Dhawan, effective from April, reflects
increased pressure on the mining industry to put environmental, social and
governance issues front and centre of decision-making.
"I am excited to be joining ICMM in arguably the most
important decade for the industry," Dhawan said. "The foundations of
a net zero emissions economy are being laid now, and minerals are critical to
it."
Dhawan sits on an expert panel on climate change for the
British government's Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions programme,
and his past roles include global head of sustainability for the mining sector
at consultancy KPMG.
Current ICMM CEO Tom Butler, who has been in the role since
July 2015, will step down on April 6.
The London-based ICMM, whose members include 27 mining and
metals companies and represent about 30% of the global metals market, most
recently represented the industry in multilateral negotiations over global mine
waste dam standards.
Richard Adkerson, CEO of copper producer Freeport-McMoRan
Inc and ICMM chairman, led the search to replace Butler.
"The ICMM has done a lot of good things, but the world
is changing and there are rising demands from an ESG perspective. ICMM needs to
be responsive to that," Adkerson told Reuters last month.
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