Human Rights, Responsible Business Conduct and Sustainable Mining

Canada’s mining industry is one of the largest in the world and is among the top producers of commodity metals and minerals, as well as a leader in the mining sector overseas with Canada home to half of the world’s publicly listed mining and mineral exploration companies. 

We are honoured to have Sherri Meyerhoffer, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), as a keynote speaker at Sustainable Minerals '22, where she will provide information on responsible business conduct and how mining companies can prevent and remedy human rights issues that may result from their operations. 

Given Canada’s overseas mining footprint, and the potential impact that mining operations can have on mining workers, communities and the environment, both positive and negative, it is critical that mining companies, including Canadian companies, operate in a sustainable and responsible manner. This includes putting in place measures to respect the rights of mining workers, and communities living in close proximity to mining operations. 

Sheri Meyerhoffer was appointed Canada’s first Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise in 2019. She is a Canadian lawyer with seventeen years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, and thirteen years experience in international governance, rule of law and human rights. She has worked in Bhutan, Bolivia, Cuba, China, India, Jamaica, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia and the USA. Ms. Meyerhoffer has a Juris Doctor from the University of Saskatchewan and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School with a Master in Public Administration and Certificate in Management, Leadership and Decision Sciences.

We welcome Sherri to MEI's ever increasing fold.

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