In September 2015, the UN member states agreed on a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which represent the global agenda for equitable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable economic development until 2030. The 2030 Agenda acknowledges that the 17 goals cannot be reached without the active support of businesses worldwide. Mining companies have the potential to become leading partners in achieving the SDGs. here is no primary point of connection between mining and one single SDG. Instead, operations have the extraordinary potential to contribute to several different goals at any one time. This is due to the multifaceted impacts (both positive and negative) that companies and operations can have on communities, ecosystems and economies. SZM supports the 2030 Agenda. Although we understand that all goals are interlinked, and work to promote all 17 SDGs, according to our materiality assessment we identified following SDGs that are most material and where we can contribute the most.
