GISTM Impact Assessment & Advisory Support
Global
Synergy supports mining companies in their Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) compliance journey, whether conducting initial assessments, addressing gaps, or strengthening overall maturity in tailings risk management.
Synergy conducts integrated, GISTM-aligned impact and risk assessments grounded in social, human rights, and economic analysis, supported by advanced geospatial capabilities to map how failure scenarios would affect people, livelihoods, and assets. This enables precise identification of exposure pathways, vulnerable populations, and priority risk zones in high-consequence contexts.
A core part of this work is bridging the gap between technical dam breach analyses and the teams responsible for social performance, human rights, community engagement, and emergency preparedness. Synergy translates complex technical findings into clear, operational language, placing social and human risk at the centre of tailings-related decision-making.
This translating and convening role informs all aspects of advisory support, including community engagement, evacuation zone mapping, cross-departmental emergency preparedness and response planning, and the integration of social considerations into governance processes.
By anchoring this work in both the letter and the spirit of GISTM, Synergy supports companies in building stronger, more accountable management systems and making measurable progress toward preventing catastrophic incidents and protecting human life.