Impact and dependencies assessment
Shandong Gold Mining has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies.
Key areas and species
Shandong Gold Mining does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding Shandong Gold Mining’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. While the company mentions its focus on implementing the reclamation of the mind land, no evidence the company has a strong commitment regarding the restoration of ecosystems has been found in the public domain. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.
Resource exploitation and circularity
No evidence was found regarding Shandong Gold Mining’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. While the company mentions preventing soil erosion in mining activities, it is unclear what specific measures have the taken on improving soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices. The company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.
Water
Shandong Gold Mining does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains. While the company discloses data on wastewater discharge and its intensity, no evidence that the company provides quantitative evidence of reductions in water withdrawal in its own operations has been found in the public domain.
Solid and air pollution
While Shandong Gold Mining provides practices on management hazardous waste, no evidence the company discloses measures on reducing the production of hazardous waste. The company reports some activities to reduce plastic use and waste in its own operations, disclosing its practice of using paper and degradable plastic packaging. No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal.
Shandong Gold Mining reports regularly on smoke dust, NOx, SO2, and particular matters (PM) as air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
Shandong Gold Mining does not disclose any greenhouse gas emissions, nor has it set a time-bound reduction target. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory.
Invasive species
Shandong Gold Mining has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.