Keynote speaker
Keynote speaker
Danielle Martin
Co-Chief Operating Officer & Director Social Performance, ICMM
Danielle Martin joined ICMM in September 2020. She is the Co-Chief Operating Officer and Director for Social Performance. Her key areas of focus include social practice improvement, community resilience, human rights and Indigenous Peoples and diversity, equity and inclusion. She also oversees the minerals resource governance and tax projects.
Danielle has previously worked in extractives for more than 20 years in the area of social performance, focusing on stakeholder engagement, community and economic development, and impact assessment and measurement. She has worked across a number of jurisdictions on projects and in communities in developed, transitional and developing economies.
She has an MA in Sustainable Development from the University of Sydney, and a BA Honours in Media and Communications, as well as certificates in economic development, executive leadership, public participation and management system auditing.
Danielle's keynote presentation is titled: Performance, participation and the possibility: A reimagined role for mining of the future
There is no doubt that the mining industry of the future needs innovation and technology in how it finds and develops mines and produces the minerals and metals the world needs – for the energy transition and our ongoing social and economic development. This is particularly so in the face of increased demand for critical minerals, more complex and challenging locations and orebodies, and decreasing social acceptance of the benefit-impact equation of mining. But there’s a lot more riding on mining’s future success than innovative and technically advanced mining techniques. Better and more consistent E-S-G performance (with no greenwashing), more equitable participation of host and land-owning communities (built on respect and trust), a safer and more diverse workforce are the fundamental to the role of mining in the future. We also need to consider the skills we need – both technically and cognitively. There’s also some work for the industry to do on how people feel about mining that will be essential to the collaboration and partnerships we need to realise this reimagined role.
What does responsible mining looks like now, and into the future?
Ahead of her upcoming keynote presentation at the International Future Mining Conference 2024, we spoke with Danielle Martin the Co-Chief Operating Officer and Director of Social Performance at ICMM, to discuss the importance of redefining ‘responsible mining’ to ensure mining’s future success.
Danielle shares that regardless of the necessity of mining, we cannot mine at all costs.