Strengthening business integrity

Companies can catalyse change through their anti-corruption and business integrity policies, procedures and practices.

To do so, mining companies must strengthen value chain governance frameworks. This means implementing robust and effective anti-corruption procedures throughout the mining value chain.

Mining companies, industry associations, investors and professional advisors like lawyers and impact assessors have a key role in rejecting and preventing corrupt behaviour in the mining sector. High industry standards can also have a positive, demand-side effect that encourages government reform for enhanced anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in the mining sector.

Who we work with

We work with mining companies of all sizes to improve business integrity standards and practices – from junior to mid-tier to major companies. We engage with national mining associations and global bodies and investors.

As part of our work engaging with international partners and participating in relevant global forums and initiatives to strengthen resources governance and accountability, we bring together companies to discuss emerging business integrity issues.

Our Responsible Mining Business Integrity tool

Business integrity affects environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

Transparency International’s Responsible Mining Business Integrity (RMBI) Tool helps mining companies evaluate and strengthen their anti-corruption controls and procedures, with a specific focus on project licensing, permitting and acquisitions.

With indicators selected from close to 40 international best practice standards and frameworks, this online and interactive tool helps companies reduce their corruption risk exposure.

Global partnerships

The Global AMP team engages with international partners and participates in relevant forums in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Leveraging on our network of partners is a key aspect of our work, facilitating advocacy opportunities for the TI Movement, and enabling us to effectively raise business integrity standards for the sector and contribute to stronger mining governance.

Our engagements and partnerships have included the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the OECD Responsible Business Centre, the World Bank Extractive Governance team and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, as well as with leading civil society organisations, such as the Publish What You Pay (PWYP)/Resources Justice Network coalition, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), Global Witness or Open Ownership.