Maturity assessment across multiple logistics corridors (Sul, Sudeste, and Norte), with global benchmarking and governance and monitoring strategies.
Mining companies often manage water through fragmented local routines rather than a corporate governance model linked to strategy, risk, and reporting. In this case, Data Riders was engaged to assess this maturity challenge and map gaps for an operator with multiple logistics corridors.
Governance and strategy
Existence of corporate water policies, roles, plans, and KPIs.
Understanding of context, risk, and opportunity
Quality of knowledge regarding watersheds, communities, water competitors, and climate scenarios.
Integration into planning
Extent to which water is incorporated into business planning, CAPEX decisions, and operational prioritization.
Measurement and performance
Quality of indicators, instrumentation, telemetry, and water balance.
Transparency and reporting
Consistency, comparability, and reliability of disclosed information.
Global benchmarking
Comparison against international standards and practices of relevant peers.
- Maturity assessment across the five dimensions.
- International benchmarking against best practices.
- Consolidated gap analysis by logistics corridor.
- Strategy to strengthen governance and monitoring.
- Connection to corporate sustainability goals and reporting.
- In 2024, a major mining operator engaged Data Riders to assess the maturity of its water resources management and identify the current stage of water governance.
- The assessment identified below-basic maturity across five dimensions: governance and strategy; understanding of context, risk, and opportunity; integration into business planning and decision-making; measurement and performance; and transparency and reporting.
- The expanded scope included governance and current water balance diagnostics, global benchmarking, gap assessment, and strategies to improve governance and monitoring across the Sul, Sudeste, and Norte corridors.
Sources: water resources optimization report and integrated report deck (internal Data Riders material, client kept anonymous).
Clear diagnosis of weaknesses and a foundation for governance redesign, an operational pilot, and more robust reporting.
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