While absolute results remain low overall, Newmont shows one of the three stronger results in Community Wellbeing and Environmental Responsibility, one of the five stronger results in Economic Development and Lifecycle Management, and above average in the remaining thematic areas (Business Conduct and Working Conditions). Newmont ranks 9th among the 38 companies on its mine-site-level results, though with an average score of only 19%.

In Community Wellbeing, Newmont is the only assessed company to have made a formal commitment to respect the rights of human rights defenders, and shows one of the better results on having systems to assess and address the potential impacts of involuntary displacement. These relatively strong results reflect Newmont continuous improvement since the RMI Report 2018, as the company has produced a new policy statement on human rights defenders and has developed new management standards on engaging with Indigenous Peoples and managing involuntary resettlement.

In Environmental Responsibility, Newmont shows relatively stronger results on three issues: having systems designed to ensure its operations plan and implement water stewardship strategies, tracking its performance on biodiversity management, and taking a systematic approach to assessing and addressing the risks of its use and production of hazardous materials.

In Economic Development, Newmont shows on the stronger results on developing procurement opportunities for national-level suppliers in producing countries.

Newmont is associated with a leading practice on its formalised commitment to respect the rights of human rights defenders.

Newmont’s overall results are limited by a lack of evidence on a number of issues, including for example a systematic approach to integrating ESG issues into its investment decision-making processes, planning for post-closure just transition for workers, assessing and addressing its impacts on land use and land access for affected communities, and addressing the health and safety needs of women workers. Newmont could also strengthen its project-level disclosure of the payments it makes to sub-national and national governments in producing countries.

Moreover, none of the five Newmont mine sites included in the mine-site assessment show any evidence relating to the disclosure of their air quality data or discussions with affected communities on the actions these operations are taking to manage air quality. There is also very limited evidence of these sites engaging with affected communities on the issue of post-closure planning.