**4. Comparative analysis between the Standard and the ISO management systems**

The Standard developed by the Global Reporting Initiative has 77 requirements for tailings management, covering six thematic areas, which in turn are subdivided into 15 principles. MAC conducted a detailed analysis "in [10] Equivalency Between Requirements for Sustainable Mining and the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management" of the TSM requirements against the Standard. Considering the form and content of this gap analysis, the authors of this text carried out a comparative analysis of each of the 77 requirements of the Standard with those of the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards, indicating how the management system(s) of mining companies could be used to implement the requirements of the Standard. The analysis was complemented by the indication of the sections of the Tailings Guide that would support the structuring of this integrated management system. The result of this analysis is embodied in **Table 1**.




*Integrating the Safety Management of Tailings Facilities to the ISO Model and to the Global… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100020*





*Integrating the Safety Management of Tailings Facilities to the ISO Model and to the Global… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100020*




### **Table 1.**

*Comparative analysis between the requirements of the Standard and ISO standards.*
