Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Virginie de Chassey

Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer Eramet

Virginie de Chassey, Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer, is a member of the Eramet Group Executive Committee. She oversees the environment, ESG performance, societal impact and human rights, communications and corporate affairs and partnerships businesses.
International Corporate Social Responsibility and Communications leader with 25 years’ experience in major multinational companies in the automotive, packaging and aluminium industry, facing complex environment and transformational contexts.

Before joining Eramet in 2018, she was VP Public Affairs for PSA (Stellantis), following 12 years with the carmaker including role as Sustainability head. She began her career at Pechiney in 1993, where she held several positions in the field of communication and philanthropy.
A graduate in history and information and communication, Virginie also co-chaired the French network of sustainable development directors C3D in 2009-2010. President, founder of the first network of women leaders in PSA, Women Enjoyed for PSA (WEP) between 2012 and 2016. Since December 2019, she has been vice-president of the Alliance des Minerais, Minéraux et Métaux (A3M).


2025 Agenda Sessions

Are mining companies being honest in reporting their ESG and sustainability impacts?

•    Are there too many reporting frameworks and demands? Is an excessive reporting burden causing mining companies to allocate a disproportionate amount of internal resources to communicating on the ESG risk management, rather than actually mitigating risks?
•    How will the growing body of anti-greenwashing legislation around the world affect African mining? 
•    How do we avoid greenwashing?
•    How can companies ensure that they are rewarded by reporting to credible and broadly accepted standards?
•    What role do downstream purchasers and investors have to play? Do they care?

Wednesday 05 February 11:00 - 12:00 CTICC1

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/05/2025 11:00 02/05/2025 12:00 Are mining companies being honest in reporting their ESG and sustainability impacts? •    Are there too many reporting frameworks and demands? Is an excessive reporting burden causing mining companies to allocate a disproportionate amount of internal resources to communicating on the ESG risk management, rather than actually mitigating risks?
•    How will the growing body of anti-greenwashing legislation around the world affect African mining? 
•    How do we avoid greenwashing?
•    How can companies ensure that they are rewarded by reporting to credible and broadly accepted standards?
•    What role do downstream purchasers and investors have to play? Do they care?
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg