The Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds convened a global tailings summit to review the progress of the industry 9 months after the disaster at Brumadinho.  This summit included:  Release of Phase 1 of a new project: the New Global Independent Tailings Database, including initial analysis. Slides available here. (Presented by Professor Elaine Baker, GRID Arendal and the University of Sydney) A review of the progress being made in the development of a new Global Standard in Tailings Management (presented by Professor Bruno Oberle) A discussion of how risks around tailings dams appear in companies’ Annual Report and Accounts. (presented by a working group of the Investor Initiative) A discussion on a set of expectations on tailings management across investor, banking, and insurance sectors. 

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