Criterion: Actions to Address Adverse Impacts
Development and implementation of action plans to prevent, mitigate, and remediate adverse impacts, with priorities applied in order: prevention; mitigation; remediation.
Full Description
MSG08 Actions to Address Adverse Impacts
Standard Section: 6.8 Category: Management Systems Scheme: Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) Standard Version: 2.0 for Piloting (effective April 30, 2025)
Overview
Development and implementation of action plans to prevent, mitigate, and remediate adverse impacts, with priorities applied in order: prevention; mitigation; remediation.
Requirements
The Facility shall:
- 6.8.1 Develop and implement action plans, for each prioritized risk and impact identified, to proactively prevent or mitigate risks and impacts in consultation with affected stakeholders. Assign responsibilities for implementation of risk prevention and mitigation actions. Refer to Sections 7 to 9 for prevention and mitigation actions required for specific ESG risks. Risk management planning should apply the following steps, in order of priority: prevention; mitigation, remediation.
- 6.8.2 Cease any activities that are causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts, or if deemed impossible, document limitations, and put in place a proportionate risk mitigation strategy involving activities that may cause or contribute to adverse human rights impacts.
- 6.8.3 Establish documented methods to remediate residual impacts that cannot be effectively prevented or mitigated, in consultation with affected stakeholders.
- 6.8.4 Where risks or impacts are not being effectively prevented or mitigated, develop and implement a revised action plan with specific timelines for implementation, in consultation with affected stakeholders.
- 6.8.5 Periodically, annually at minimum, evaluate the effectiveness of the actions implemented to prevent, mitigate, and remediate ESG impacts.
- 6.8.6 Maintain detailed records of all actions implemented to prevent, mitigate or remediate ESG impacts.
Source: RMI Facility Standard for Social, Environmental, OHS and Governance Risks, Version 2.0 for Piloting (April 2025), Section 6.8
Profiles using this criterion
Responsible Minerals Assurance Process
Conformity Alignment
Meets
Pass: Yes
Definition: "Facility has developed and implemented documented action plans for each prioritized adverse impact, with assigned responsibilities, applying the mitigation hierarchy (prevention, mitigation, remediation), including methods to remediate residual impacts, periodic effectiveness evaluations (at least annually), and detailed records of all actions implemented."
Partially Meets
Pass: No
Definition: "Action plans exist for some but not all prioritized impacts, or plans are documented but implementation is incomplete, responsibilities are not clearly assigned, effectiveness evaluations are not conducted on schedule, or records of actions are not maintained."
Remediation: 180 days
Does Not Meet
Pass: No
Definition: "No documented action plans to address identified adverse ESG impacts, or no process to prevent, mitigate, or remediate identified risks and impacts."
Remediation: 90 days
Priority
Pass: No
Definition: "Priority findings are not raised against this criterion directly. Failure to take action on specific severe impacts may trigger priority findings under the relevant criterion (e.g., OHS hazards, forced labor, environmental damage)."
Remediation: 30 days
Not Applicable
Pass: Yes
Definition: "This criterion is not applicable to any facility - all facilities must establish action plans for identified adverse impacts."
Not Able To Assess
Pass: No
Definition: "The assessor was unable to access action plan documentation, implementation records, or effectiveness evaluation reports."
Change Log
1.0.0 (2026-06-24)
Initial release.