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Ma`aden: Can the Saudi Arabian Mining Behemoth Achieve its Sustainability Goals?

Anil Anirudhan, Sanjib Dutta

Product #:W42154
Supplier:Ivey/AUB
Discipline:General Management, Sustainability
Setting:Saudi Arabia, 2022
Details:Case (PDF) • 9 pages • 2025-01-31

Subjects:

Leadership and managing peopleManagement

Industries:

Energy and natural resources sector

Geography:

Saudi Arabia
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The chief executive officer of Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) commented in 2022 that the company intended to become an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) role model and example for the world. Ma’aden was the largest multi-commodity and mining company in the Middle East and its businesses encompassed exploration and mining of gold and base metals, industrial minerals, phosphate, and aluminum. With a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the company faced considerable challenges to reduce its carbon footprint under Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. As part of its sustainable strategy, Ma’aden was exploring new technology and partnerships for sustainable mining and implementing renewable sources of energy for its operations. What other initiatives could Ma’aden pursue to achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2050?

Learning Objectives

The case can be used to explore the concepts of carbon neutrality, components of carbon emissions, and carbon transition initiatives in the subjects of business ethics and corporate governance, sustainable business, and environment management in both graduate and postgraduate management courses.

This case will give students the opportunity to do the following:
  • Analyze how a mining company can leverage technology and partnerships to achieve carbon neutrality.
  • Evaluate the components of an organization's carbon emissions under Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
  • Formulate strategies organizations can pursue to achieve carbon neutrality.
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