Bikita Minerals is proud to be one of the few mining companies to be included in the ESG Network Zimbabwe and Sustainability Yearbook 2024 and to be the only lithium company awarded the Responsible Mining and Clean Energy Champion award.
To secure an Industry Mover Award, a company must achieve a score within the top 15% of their industry and register the strongest year-on-year improvement in their industry.
To be listed in the ESG Network Zimbabwe and Sustainability Yearbook, companies must score within the top 15% of their industry and must achieve an ESG Score within 30% of their industry’s top performing company. A total of 50 companies from the Mining and Metals industry took part in the 2024 ESG Sustainability Indices corporate assessment.
Bikita minerals achieved an overall 60% score for its integrated management approach to sustainability and its disclosures and performance across environmental, social and governance pillars. This is a marked improvement on the the company’s 2023 score of 48%.
Collen Nikisi, Bikita Minerals Public Relations and CSR Officer, said, “Our notable achievement is testament to our commitment to and progress in embedding sustainability into the way we work. At Bikita Minerals, we aspire to become an industry leader in Environmental Social Governance (ESG), producing minerals that sustain livelihoods beyond mining.”
“We must give kudos to our Mananging Director Xuedong Gong a recipient of the ESG Business leadership award and to our employees for this award as it is a focused and collective effort to deliver on our commitment to create a better future for all our stakeholders,” added Nikisi.
The ESG Network Zimbabwe Corporate Sustainability Assessment provides detailed ESG benchmarking insight
