Freeport-McMoRan: Environment & Ecology

Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Freeport-McMoRan's approach to sustainable development combines three essential elements: continued economic success, building local community capacity and societal trust through stakeholder engagement, and improving environmental performance. Environment & Ecology highlights news and stories of the company’s work to be compliant with laws and regulations and to minimize environmental impacts.

Content from this campaign

Research, Reports & Publications

El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Sponsors the First National Atlas of Nesting Birds of Chile
El Abra recently supported the publication of the first National Atlas of Nesting Birds of Chile, a project carried out by the Network of Bird and Wildlife Observers of Chile.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Mine Receives Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award
Freeport-McMoRan recently received the Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award for their Bighorn Sheep management program. The award recognizes excellence in corporate conservation in wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration, and conservation education.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Operations Receive Environmental Stewardship Award
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci operations recently received the Arizona Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program Award from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

Environment

The Reclamation and Biodiversity Research Center at PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Supports Agricultural Programs in Papua
The Reclamation and Biodiversity Research Center at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) was established in 1995 as a way to restore the ecological function of the area near the operations known as the tailings deposition area. Tailings are the finely ground mineral rock that remain from the mining process after the economically valuable minerals have been removed from the ore.

Environment

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Plants Trees for Afforestation Project
Minera Sociedad Cerro Verde distributed 3,000 trees in the Uchumayo District of Peru between 2017 and 2018 as part of its afforestation project.

Trees are important, as they absorb carbon dioxide, generate oxygen, and improve the quality of the air along with preventing erosion and degradation of the soil. Trees reduce noise pollution by absorbing the sounds of traffic, sirens and construction – their foliage acts as acoustic insulators.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Provides $62,000 Grant to the Gila Watershed Partnership in Arizona
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation recently awarded the Gila Watershed Partnership in Arizona a $62,000 grant to improve and double the size of the Gila Native Plant Nursery in Safford, Arizona.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Mine Receives Award for Bat Preservation Program
Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci copper mining operations were recently honored by the Arizona Mining Association with the 2018 Sustainability, Preservation and Diversity in Environment award in recognition of environmental excellence.

Energy

El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Increases Use of Renewable Energy
El Abra operations is working to increase its percentage of renewable energy to reach the goal of 100% use of renewables by 2021. El Abra recently extended an energy supply contract that increases its use of renewable energy sources. The agreement with Engie Energía Chile is part of an energy transition process being developed in Chile to gradually replace coal-fueled power generation with renewable sources, achieving the objectives subscribed by Chile in the United Nations Paris Agreement and established in the country's national energy priorities.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Bisbee Copper Queen Mine Wins National Reclamation Award
Freeport-McMoRan’s Bisbee Copper Queen Mine in Arizona was selected to receive the Interstate Mining Compact Commission’s (IMCC) 2018 National Reclamation Awards in the Noncoal Category.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Freeport-McMoRan, Cerro Verde and PT Freeport Indonesia Operations Receive Eight Wildlife Habitat Council Awards

More from Freeport-McMoRan

  1. Freeport-McMoRan: Communities & People
    Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...

  2. Freeport-McMoRan: Environment & Ecology
    Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...

  3. Freeport-McMoRan: Annual Report on Sustainability
    At the core of our business are the extraordinary people who focus on safe production while helping to improve the sustainability of areas near our...

  4. Freeport-McMoRan: Safety
    Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...