[PDF] Community Development Toolkit - CommDev

IntroductioncontinuedBackground to the projectICMM affirmed its commitment to workcollaboratively with other stakeholdersin the Toronto Declaration of May 2002.The ICMM Sustainable DevelopmentFramework 2 followed shortly thereafter(2003). From ICMM’s perspective, thisproject provides an opportunity to developtools to assist members, and others,implement ICMM’s 10 Principles (see Box 1)and supporting position statements, againstwhich corporate members have committedto measure and report their performance.In particular, the project is relevant to theninth principle where ICMM members havecommitted to “contribute to the social,economic and institutional development ofthe communities in which we operate”.INTRODUCTIONBox 1: ICMM 10 Principles01. Implement and maintain ethical business practices and sound systems of corporategovernance.02. Integrate sustainable development considerations within the corporatedecision-making process.03. Uphold fundamental human rights and respect cultures, customs and values indealings with employees and others who are affected by our activities.04. Implement risk management strategies based on valid data and sound science.05. Seek continual improvement of our health and safety performance.06. Seek continual improvement of our environmental performance.07. Contribute to conservation of biodiversity and integrated approaches to land useplanning.08. Facilitate and encourage responsible product design, use, re-use, recycling anddisposal of our products.09. Contribute to the social, economic and institutional development of the communitiesin which we operate.10. Implement effective and transparent engagement, communication andindependently verified reporting arrangements with our stakeholders.2 See www.icmm.com/our-work/sustainable-development-frameworkCommunity Development Toolkit07