Dear friends,
8 October 2025: Partners of the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI) – The Copper Mark, ICMM, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the World Gold Council (WGC) – are pleased to announce that the final public consultation for the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy will run from 8 October to 17 November 2025.
Our first public consultation from 16 October to 16 December 2024 received substantial and detailed feedback from 192 stakeholders in 25 countries, with close to 4,700 individual comments received, and helped shape improvements to the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy.
The Response to Consultation Feedback Reports on each component are now available at the CMSI website final public consultation page.
This is in addition to the detailed report on the first public consultation compiled by ERM and verbatim submissions at the:
CMSI website first public consultation page.
Explanatory webinars
The CMSI Partners will present an overview of the Initiative, key developments since the first public consultation and the documents for your consideration: the draft Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy. There will also be an opportunity for Q&A.
| Date: Thursday, 9 October 2025 Time: 08:00 – 09:15 BST |
Registration link |
| Date: Thursday, 9 October 2025 Time: 08:00 – 09:15 BST |
Registration link |
| Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025 Time: 16:00 – 17:15 GMT |
Registration link |
We appeal to all interested stakeholders and rights-holders operating in the mining industry and its value chain, as well as all those affected by mining activities, to review and provide feedback on the updated Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process, and Claims policy.
Your feedback will shape the Standard
Feedback from all stakeholders and rights-holders will help shape the final Standard.
The public consultation process is guided by ISEAL’s Code of Good Practice to ensure transparency, inclusiveness and legitimacy.
The CMSI public consultation portal, which is independently hosted, provides stakeholders and rights-holders with an accessible means to provide feedback on the Consolidated Standard, the Assurance Process and Claims Policy.
All documents are available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese and may be accessed at the CMSI final public consultation portal.
The Partners will once again undertake extensive engagement activities, including virtual public webinars delivered in different languages and across different time zones, direct briefings to a wide range of stakeholders and rights-holders and dedicated engagements with Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations.
Changing the mining standards landscape to drive positive outcomes along individual metals’ value chains
By combining the best of four existing standards into one comprehensive and practical Standard supported by a robust Assurance Process and Claims Policy, the Consolidated Standard will help drive positive outcomes for both people and the environment along individual metals’ value chains – from mining to smelting, refining and beyond – reducing complexity in the standards landscape and increasing adoption among companies seeking to follow a credible global benchmark.
We look forward to your ongoing support and engagement.
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