Engaging with Communities of Interest (COIs)

Engagement with Local Communities of Interest (COIs)

Engagement with COIs, including local communities and Indigenous Peoples, our workforce, investment communities, industry associations, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), business partners and customers, helps to enhance our mutual understanding of interests, concerns and aspirations, and strengthens relationships.

Teck conducts direct engagement, which involves speaking and working directly with COIs, as well as indirect engagement, which involves reviewing publications that reflect the expectations of our COIs. We engage directly with COIs on an ongoing basis. All our operations, exploration sites and projects — including sites in active closure — identify, prioritize and directly engage local and Indigenous governments and communities.

For more details on our approach to engagement with Indigenous Peoples and communities of interest, see Our Approach to Business and Sustainability, Our Approach to Relationships with Communities and Our Approach to Relationships with Indigenous Peoples.
 

Key Engagement Topics Identified and Managed in 2023

 

Community of Interest

Description

Priority Engagement Topics in 2022

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Our Workforce

Union, non-union, full-time and part-time employees and contractors

  • Bargaining and collective agreements
  • Health and safety
  • Inclusion and diversity
  • New technology and opportunities for innovation

Pages 42, 54

Investors, Financial Institutions

Institutional investors, other equity holders, debt holders, banks and credit rating agencies

  • Capital allocation
  • Climate change and carbon pricing
  • Financial and operational performance
  • Governance and sunset for Class A shares
  • Investment
  • Project execution
  • Separation
  • Social and environmental management

See the 2023 Annual Report for information on financial and operational performance

 

 

Communities

Local communities, vulnerable communities (including women and children), community-based institutions, and those outside of project- and site-affected communities

  • Biodiversity management
  • Climate change impacts
  • Closure planning and execution
  • Community investments
  • Cultural heritage
  • Dust, noise and vibration issues
  • Health and safety
  • Local procurement and employment
  • Participative community monitoring
  • Permitting activities
  • Resettlement planning
  • Tailings management
  • Water quality and/or availability

Pages 9, 13, 23, 31, 36, 42, 63, 72

Civil Society, Non-Governmental and Multinational Organizations

Regional, national and international organizations focused primarily on advocacy 

  • Climate change and carbon pricing
  • Community investment opportunities
  • Cultural heritage
  • Global development topics
  • Public health partnerships
  • Transparency on the payments we make to governments and others

Pages 23, 42, 63, 78

Academic Institutions and Researchers

Academic institutions and research organizations

  • Research partnerships, including water research

Pages 36, 54, 63

Governments

Local government bodies or institutions, provincial/sub-national governments and national/federal governments 

  • Biodiversity management and conservation
  • Circular economy
  • Climate change and carbon pricing
  • Critical minerals
  • Decarbonization
  • Environmental management
  • Environmental regulatory and permitting
  • Health and safety
  • Industry competitiveness
  • Innovation
  • International trade
  • Investment
  • Taxation policy
  • Transportation and logistics

Pages 9, 13, 18, 23, 31, 36, 42, 78, 83

Indigenous Governments and Communities

Formal governance structures representing Indigenous communities and organizations, including businesses identified by Indigenous communities and traditional land users

  • Agreement negotiation and implementation
  • Cultural heritage
  • Economic opportunities
  • Environmental management
  • including water quality and access, and biodiversity
  • Human rights
  • Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Indigenous rights and free, prior and informed consent
  • Integration of Indigenous knowledge and traditional land use
  • Land conservation
  • Partnerships and community investment opportunities
  • Regulatory approvals
  • Subsistence and local livelihoods
  • Truth and Reconciliation

Pages 49, 63, 72

Commercial Interests

Joint venture partners, large contractors and customers

  • Climate change and emissions. Logistics and transportation. Materials stewardship. Responsible mining practices. Supply chain due diligence

Pages 18, 23, 83

Industry Associations

 

Associations representing businesses (e.g., mining associations, sustainable business organizations) 

  • Business competitiveness
  • Critical minerals
  • Cultural heritage
  • Decarbonization
  • Environmental management
  • Health and safety
  • Human rights
  • Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Regulatory issues
  • Social performance and Indigenous engagement best practices
  • Tailings management

Pages 23, 31, 42, 49, 63, 72