Barrick highlights importance of socioeconomic development in poor countries

The need to counter climate change and protect the environment should not distract attention from the need to achieve socioeconomic development in poor countries, Barrick Gold corporate sustainability executive Grant Beringer has cautioned. He was speaking in Cape Town, at a side event of the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024 conference, hosted by environmental consultants Digby Wells. “Uplifting those living in poverty is as important as managing climate change,” he affirmed. He pointed out that only one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals was concerned with climate change.