Aidan Davy
Co-Chief Operating Officer ICMM
Aidan Davy joined ICMM in June 2007. As Co-COO he provides strategic support across ICMM’s programmatic work and plays a central role in strategy development and implementation. He leads ICMM’s work on mining standards (including work related to consolidation of mining standards), sustainability reporting, tailings management, and policy engagement. He led the work to develop ICMM’s Mining Principles - which define good practice environmental, social and governance requirements for the mining and metals industry - and formerly led ICMM's work on environmental resilience, social performance, and governance and transparency.
Aidan has over 35 years of cross-sectoral experience on sustainable development issues, working with a range of private, multi-lateral and not-for-profit organizations, including the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC. For the first decade of his career, Aidan primarily worked on environmental issues, within an international consulting company, a multinational manufacturing company and at the World Bank. He then shifted his focus to social responsibility and accountability issues, with a strong emphasis on the mining industry.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Transforming governments' permitting process - can the dream become reality?
- Learning from the best - what do countries with fast permitting processes do well that others can replicate?
- Bureaucratic processes - is it possible to reduce permitting times while still maintaining high ESG standards?
- Putting greater pressure on the concept of 'use it or lose it' - good or bad?
- The role of cadastral systems, and the need for greater upgrade investments
- Should the same or similar permitting processes be implemented for artisanal and small-scale miners?
Tuesday 04 February 10:30 - 11:15 CTICC1
Disruptive Discussions
- Learning from the best - what do countries with fast permitting processes do well that others can replicate?
- Bureaucratic processes - is it possible to reduce permitting times while still maintaining high ESG standards?
- Putting greater pressure on the concept of 'use it or lose it' - good or bad?
- The role of cadastral systems, and the need for greater upgrade investments
- Should the same or similar permitting processes be implemented for artisanal and small-scale miners?