Dear friends,
16 March 2026 : We are pleased to announce the publication of the Final Consultation Report on the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative. This report summarises the final public consultation process and identifies key themes from the extensive feedback we received. For full transparency, we have also made all verbatim submissions with respondents’ consent publicly available on the MSI website.
The final public consultation was held from 8 October to 17 November 2025. In the lead-up to and throughout the consultation period, the Partners met with a broad and diverse range of stakeholders and rights-holders, hosting dozens of sessions in multiple languages to raise awareness and inspire participation.
- The consultation received feedback from 120 stakeholders and rights-holders from around the globe.
- Over 3,400 comments were received.
- Feedback was submitted in 3 languages from 29 countries.
- The Consolidated Standard received the most responses with 87% of the total.
- About 67% of respondents were commercial stakeholders, including mining and downstream companies, associations, consultants, investors, assurance providers, and suppliers.
- About 33% were non-commercial stakeholders, including NGOs, CSOs, governments, standards and academia.
We are deeply grateful to have gotten so much detailed and constructive feedback – thank you!
Over the coming months, the CMSI Partners will consider all contributions as we advance the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process, and Claims Policy towards finalisation.
The CMSI Partners are working to ensure the initiative reflects the variety of perspectives, and the updated documents will be reviewed by the Stakeholder Advisory Group, as well as the Industry Advisory Group, for further consideration and adaptation.
Once established, the Copper Mark’s evolved Board of Directors will be solely responsible for approving the final Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy.
Many thanks once again for your continued interest in the CMSI.
Best regards,
The CMSI Partners
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