理特咨询（ADL）：2024平衡采矿及金属行业可持续发展与价值创造研究报告（英文版）（12页）.pdf

1、2024BALANCING SUSTAINABILITY WITH VALUE CREATION IN METALS&MINING Seizing new opportunities while satisfying stakeholders®ulatorsThe global metals and mining industry faces a complex dilemma.Governments and other stakeholders want increases in the essential raw materials required for the energy t

2、ransition while also pressuring companies to reduce their environmental footprint.In an increasingly volatile world,companies must balance these two aims while embracing opportunities and delivering business value.AUTHORSCarlo StellaArtem MalkovAlexey PankovIlya EpikhinAmer ChahineAdnan MerhabaMarwa

3、ne SmaitiVIEWPOINTBALANCING SUSTAINABILITY WITH VALUE CREATION IN METALS&MINING However,this predicted growth may not materialize and could be uneven in terms of regional requirements.For example,EV sales have slowed in the US,while battery makers are shifting away from expensive,hard-to-source meta

4、ls like lithium to more common minerals,making future demands and profitability difficult to predict.All this makes it hard to formulate effective sustainability plans.If you lag the market,your reputation and relationships with stakeholders will suffer,but if you are too far in front,you are at ris

5、k from requirements changes and market shifts.The metals and mining industry operates in a volatile,uncertain,complex,and ambiguous(VUCA)world,with fluctuating energy prices,uncertain regulation,resource nationalism,and climate change all impacting decision-making.To successfully navigate these chal

6、lenges,companies must move beyond conventional management and leadership strategies in their daily operations.They must shift from seeing sustainability as a risk to embracing it as an opportunity,carefully selecting and prioritizing green initiatives that improve sustainability and positively impac