Agnico, Teck honored for sustainability

Two mining firms with operations in Alaska and northern Canada, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Teck Resources Ltd., landed on the Company Knights listing of 2021 International 100 Sustainable Companies, an index of essentially the most sustainable firms on the planet.

With an general rating of 60.6%, Agnico Eagle positioned 73rd, making it the top-ranked mining firm showing on Company Knight’s 2021 International 100 listing.

“We’re extraordinarily proud to be acknowledged as one of many world’s 100 most sustainable firms, particularly because the top-ranking mining firm,” mentioned Carol Plummer, senior vp of sustainability, individuals and tradition at Agnico Eagle. “For over 60 years, Agnico Eagle has labored arduous to earn our popularity as a companion of selection inside the trade by working with respect for others, constructing belief, being dependable and sharing alternatives.”

Whereas Agnico Eagle has beforehand been named to Company Knights’ listing of the very best 50 company residents in Canada, 2021 marks the primary time the Toronto-based miner has left its mark on the worldwide index.

Agnico Eagle says its rank on the worldwide stage reinforces our work and dedication to sustainable and accountable gold mining and places it in good firm with many different acknowledged leaders in sustainability comparable to Schneider Electrical, a France-based agency that was named the No. 1 sustainable company; Stantec Inc., a Canadian engineering agency that got here in at No. 5; McCormick & Firm, the highest-ranking United States firm.

“At Agnico Eagle, sustainability is a mindset, and we see it as a chance to do higher, to continually enhance and to ship on our duties and guarantees to our stakeholders,” mentioned Agnico Eagle Mines CEO Sean Boyd.

Teck Sources, a British Columbia-based mining firm that has acquired a number of awards for its company citizenship, landed 91st on the Company Knights listing of 2021 International 100 Sustainable Companies.

“This recognition is pushed by our staff whose dedication to sustainability is straight liable for Teck being named to the International 100 for the third consecutive 12 months,” mentioned Teck Resources President and CEO Don Lindsay. “We’re centered on responsibly producing the metals and minerals mandatory for the transition to a low-carbon economic system and for constructing a greater high quality of life for individuals all over the world.”

Coming in proper behind Alphabet Inc., the mum or dad firm of Google, and forward of Tesla, Teck is the second highest ranked mining firm on Company Knights international listing.

Teck Sources Ltd.

As a part of its dedication to scale back carbon emissions, Teck just lately launched two electrical buses to move staff at its steelmaking coal operations in British Columbia.

“Teck’s inclusion within the 2021 International 100 listing demonstrates the corporate’s concentrate on connecting environmental and social accountability with sturdy enterprise efficiency,” mentioned Company Knights CEO Toby Heaps. “Teck has embedded sustainability all through its enterprise technique and serves as a powerful instance of a accountable mining firm main the pivot to a low-carbon economic system.”

Company Knight says the International 100 listing was distilled from a listing of greater than 8,080 worldwide firms, representing greater than US$1 billion in revenues. These firms had been evaluated on a set of environmental, governance, social, and financial key efficiency indicators, together with new social standards mirrored by each the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter motion.

Company Knights is a Canada based mostly publishing firm centered on “clear capitalism,” which it defines as “an financial system during which costs incorporate social, financial and ecological advantages and prices, and actors know the complete impacts of their actions.”