As one of the five pillars of RBA’s Code of Conduct, environmental sustainability is a core component of many RBA members’ responsible business conduct programs. It is the environmental mission of the RBA to help ensure that its members have greater visibility into their supply chains, better understand material environmental impacts at each tier, and are positioned to address these impacts individually and collectively. With the ability to engage companies throughout supply chains, the RBA is uniquely positioned to help drive progress in an environmentally responsible way.
The RBA, through its Responsible Environment Initiative, convenes members to identify pressing environmental issues and collaborate on solutions that can drive improvement. With input from members, the RBA develops strategies and tools to improve the measurement of environmental impact, increase resource efficiency, and build industry capacity and performance.
The RBA’s Environmental Sustainability Workgroup (ESWG) focuses on decarbonization and water stewardship practices, and has developed trainings and tools, to support member and supplier programming in these focus areas.
The RBA’s Circularity and Waste Minimization Workgroup (CWMWG) provides members with opportunities to engage in workstreams to support material circularity, including topics such as standardization; responsibly sourcing secondary minerals (in collaboration with the RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative); and reducing waste, through its Zero Waste Program Task Force.
Find more resources available through the Responsible Environment Initiative.
