Week 2 – How Does ESG Fit into the Critical Minerals Development Industry for Lithium Companies

The process of contacting key Australian Stock Exchange-listed Critical Minerals companies to get their views on ESG continued this week. I am looking to assuage the concerns of some of our stakeholders as to the ESG credentials of those Australia-based organizations that are in a position to supply and value add to the Critical Minerals shortage the world is now facing.

The questions are not designed as a platform for investment decisions, but as an important step towards letting you know what their values are, what their achievements have been, and where they see our industry heading. The reference table will include the company name, the ASX Ticker code, their website reference, their current Market Capitalisation, and their response to the ESG questionnaire.

The reference table will include all of the Australia-based companies that qualify for the Australian Critical Minerals Strategy referenced below.

2022 Critical Minerals Strategy

The survey questions were:

1. A brief description of your activities
2. How do you define ESG?
3. What should stakeholders be aware of in your approach to ESG?
4. How do you see ESG becoming an important function in the future?
5. Do you have any ESG lessons learned that you may wish to share?

I have updated the Rare Earths reference table but have received no responses as yet. (See Appendix A: Rare Earths Table.)

Below is the Lithium reference table. In the next issue, we will add the Vanadium table, followed by the Cobalt table. Each issue will allow access to the tables via links and similarly with the ESG responses from the queried companies.

Lithium Company Table

As an aside, if I was responsible for responding to the above query, I would also publish that response to the ASX and include it on the website for an ongoing reference.

Appendix A: Rare Earths Table