Post-mining Sustainability

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There has been a surge in legacy issues specifically closure and post-closure issues regarding  stakeholders’ risk. This has been integrated into our operational, business planning, and the post-mining legacy. Our environment contains limited resources and as humanity, we must  utilize the use of these resources to achieve sustainable development for the benefit of communities and everyone. Our organization emphasizes that stakeholder partnerships are an important way to capitalize on the collective impact of available resources. 

The Youth Legacy is a classic innovation created by Nathan Chawanda and Michelle Chikonde that involves the inclusion of youths and marginalized communities in working on sustainable projects. This project was nominated among the top three sustainability proposals at the African Mining Indaba. The Youth Legacy recognizes that sustainable development can only be achieved when businesses, the environment and society abide together this also meets Sustainable Development Goal  17, which reads, “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global  Partnership for Sustainable Development” (UN, 2021). 

To avoid and lessen potential issues, an organization working with communities toward  sustainable development must enable the community to be involved in the decision-making  procedure for creating and operating the program. Our organization is one of collaboration, trust and respect. The benefits that we push towards the work carried out in the mining  industry need to be equitably shared within communities and sustained after the life of the  mine.

At the national level, sustainable development is about meeting locally defined social,  environmental, and economic goals over the long run. Classic Investment recognizes that  the relations between the mine and the nearby community must add to the physical,  financial, human, and information resources available not diminish them. It is essential to  ensure that the community develops in a manner that is in agreement with its vision.

Our vision is to promote a safe work environment and generate a wealthy community. To support this, we have a mission to generate wealth for our communities as well as the economy.