The Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) is a set of disclosures that seeks to standardise how the global mining industry and host countries measure and talk about local procurement. In most cases procurement of goods and services is the single largest in-country payment type by a mine site, and yet to date there has been no commonly accepted way of reporting on the issue. Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ and created by the Mining Shared Value initiative of Engineers Without Borders Canada, the LPRM helps mine sites report on local procurement to:

• Improve internal management in mining companies to create more benefits for host countries and to strengthen their social license to operate.

• Empower suppliers, host governments, and other stakeholders with practical information that helps them to collaborate with mine sites.

• Increase transparency in the procurement process to deter problematic practices such as corruption.

New: Download the LPRM mine site Excel template, which can be used to request information from sites.

Promoting Backward Linkages and Transparency: A Civil Society Guide to the Mining Local Procurement Mechanism (LPRM)

This brief provides describes the importance of local procurement in the mining sector and how the LPRM works in enhancing transparency within the mining companies local procurement processes and how Civil Society Organization can advocate for its use. Written in partnership with Publish What You Pay (PWYP).

A Guide for Governments on the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM)

This brief explains how host country governments can use the Mining LPRM to collect better data on mining sector procurement of goods and services, to inform better policy towards increasing the potential economic benefits of extraction. Written in partnership with The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI).

A Guide for Consultants: Using the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism in Sustainability Reporting

This policy brief is aimed at consultants who work with mining companies on sustainability reporting initiatives. It provides consultants with an easily accessible primer on the drivers for firms to disclose information on local procurement, the strategic advantages for consultants to take up this issue with their mining sector clients, and practical guidance on how to do so in line with the LPRM. Written in partnership with CIRDI.

Standardized Reporting on Mining Local Procurement: Why Civil Society Organizations Should Promote the Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM)

This brief outlines how the LPRM can be a powerful tool for civil society organizations to improve accountability for efforts to increase local procurement, facilitate their oversight role in fair and transparent procurement processes, and also to help build collaboration between mining companies and local businesses to target supplying opportunities. Written in partnership with CIRDI.

Onyen is an automated reporting software that allows mining companies to efficiently complete their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting obligations, by inputting data into fully customizable software that automatically generates a report, and also features AI technology to ensure data is intelligent and learning. Onyen’s software now includes all of the Mining LPRM’s disclosures so that user companies can customize their responses and the resulting ESG report will automatically provide reporting in accordance with the LPRM. Learn more about Onyen’s services at their website.