The International Cyanide Management Code is voluntary code of industry practices for cyanide handing in metal mining and processing. Through a process started in 2000, it was jointly promulgated in 2002 by the United Nations Environment Program and the predecessor to the International Council on Mining and Metals

International Council on Mining and Metals

The International Council on Mining and Metals is composed of 18 mining companies. The council was formed in October 2001 to comply with the mission set forth in the Global Mining Initiative. Criticism of lack of oversight in industrial mining operations from environmental and social groups...

 and is administered by the International Cyanide Management Institute, a chartered organization composed of appointees from the mining industry. The Code has been criticized as greenwashing.