Governance Structures

Instances of non-conformance: Should a Signatory be found to be non-conformant with the Signatory Obligations, the Minerals Council of Australia will seek to address these issues through the following process:

1. Minerals Council of Australia Secretariat contacts the designated Signatory Coordinator to discuss the reasons behind the company being out of conformance, to agree a process for ensuring that the company is in conformance as soon as possible, and to identify strategies to reduce the likelihood of Signatory non-conformance with the requirements in the future.
2. If this process does not lead to the Signatory being in conformance with the obligations within a reasonable time frame, the Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive will contact the Chief Executive or Managing Director of the relevant Signatory company to ascertain the reasons for the non-conformance and to seek assurance from the Signatory that they are committed to meeting their conformance requirements and have a strategy in place to ensure this occurs as soon as practicable.
3. Should the Signatory company continue to be in non-conformance with the requirements and not be taking active steps to move towards conformance, a Director of the Minerals Council of Australia Board will contact the Chief Executive or Managing Director of the Signatory company and secure their withdrawal as a Signatory to the framework. Companies that are no longer Signatories will also have their names withdrawn from the Signatory register located on the Minerals Council of Australia website (www.minerals.org.au).

Companies that may have significant safety, environmental or other incidents are asked to provide the Minerals Council with copies of any media statements that may have been distributed in relation to the incident.