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Sigma Lithium Joins Mining & Tailings Safety Summit in London Led by The Church of England Pensions Board and The Swedish National Pension Funds
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sigma Lithium Resources Corporation (“Sigma”) (TSXV: SGMA) (OTCQB: SGMLF) is honored to announce
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sigma Lithium Resources Corporation (“Sigma”) (TSXV: SGMA) (OTCQB: SGMLF) is honored to announce that Ana Cabral-Gardner, Chief Strategy Officer and executive Board Member, joined the Mining & Tailings Safety Summit held in London on October 31. The Mining & Tailings Safety Initiative is led by the Church of England Pensions Board and the Swedish National Pension Funds as well as being supported by leading global institutional investors representing approximately U$13 trillion in assets under management. Co-Chaired by Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics & Engagement at the Church of England Pensions Board, and John Howchin, Secretary-General of the Council on Ethics Swedish National Pension Funds, the Summit reviewed global progress nine months following Brumadinho. Investors, Brazilian, UK and Chilean regulators, presented to the world’s leading mining companies the Discussion Paper tabled by Initiative Co-Chairs with the purpose of aligning expectations among investors, banks and insurers. “Sigma’s investors are ESG leaders who fully support our mission to change the environmental paradigm in mining in Brazil and as such are ahead of the curve. Investors have power in driving the Pension Funds’ Minings & Tailings Safety Initiative by not only rewarding with higher trading multiples and valuations to mining companies that adhere to best environmental practices, but also by supporting regulators who define the standardization of disclosures while exerting pressure for increased transparency from companies”, says Sigma’s Cabral-Gardner. “Our sector now faces a turning point similar to the challenges faced by the consumer industry in the last decade. Millennial consumers want to learn as much as possible about the environmental practices of the suppliers of everything they buy, use, eat and put on their bodies. Sustainability is now mainstream and ESG becomes a norm as opposed to being just a 'nice to have'. The millennial consumer is going as far upstream as possible before making an informed decision. Mining has an established centuries-old culture that is being rapidly challenged by society to adapt very fast to the demands of an increasingly 21st century environmen...