Corporate social responsibility of mining companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Kotilainen, Juha; Prokhorova, Evgenia; Sairinen, Rauno; Tiainen, Heidi

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2015.06.001

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“…The term "social license to operate" (SLO) describes a way of conceptualizing a corporation's relationship with society and local communities. In the case of the mining industry, it has been interpreted as the social acceptance granted by a community for mineral exploration and mining activities [95][96][97][98][99][100]. In practice, the levels of approval or acceptance can vary over time.…”

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People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

Kivinen

Vartiainen

Kumpula

2018

Land

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Mining can have a notable environmental and social footprint both during the production phase and after the mine closure. We examined local stakeholders’ viewpoints on two post-mining areas in northern Finland, Hannukainen and Rautuvaara, using a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) approach. Spatially explicit data on local residents’ and visitors’ values, knowledge needs, and future perspectives on mining landscapes were collected with an online map-based survey tool (Harava). The results show that post-mining sites were generally considered unpleasant places. A majority of respondents were of the opinion that areas would need better reclamation and landscaping measures. The landscape surrounding the post-mining sites contained a wide diversity of pleasant places with high nature and recreational value. Respondents addressed various environmental concerns related to the impacts of former mining activities on the quality of ground water and surface water, potential soil contamination, and the safety of natural products. Opinions on the planned mine reopening were strongly divided among the respondents. One of the key questions was whether a large open-pit mine and nature-based tourism can coexist in the same region. Our results highlight that “the shadow of the mine”—observed environmental impacts, uncertainties related to the spatial extent, duration, and magnitude of impacts, and knowledge gaps—can affect local stakeholders’ land use far outside the mining sites and long after the mine closure. Identifying and mapping stakeholder values, opinions, and knowledge needs could significantly improve post-mining land use planning and mitigate the loss of multifunctional landscapes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

Kivinen

Vartiainen

Kumpula

2018

Land

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“…Gulbransen and Moe ( 2005) investigate CSR practices through common efforts and collaboration of oil and gas companies in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Kotilainen et al (2015) present a finding of a strong influence of local context on CSR activities of mining companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and with differences in how companies adapt their CSR practices to the different sets of stakeholders.…”

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“…CSR research focusing on CSR of MNCs in transition economies of Central Asia is rare and thematically scattered (Altaliyeva, 2003;Chapple and Moon, 2007;Potluri et al, 2010;Preuss and Barkemeyer, 2011, Smirnova Y.V. 2012, 2015, Mahmood M., Humphrey J. 2013 (Altaliyeva, 2003;Puffer and McCarthy, 2003).…”

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“…The latest available reports dates range of 2012-2016. Official reports are often used in research, as they are considered to be official documents and this approach in researching CSR in developing countries was adopted in other studies (Chapple and Moon, 2005;Amran and Devi, 2008;Wanderley et al, 2008;Sotorrio and Sanchez, 2009;Kolk, 2005Kolk, , 2008Kolk, , 2010Preuss, 2011;Zhao 2012;Bashtovaya, 2012;Fifka, 2014;Kotilainen et al, 2015;Azizi and Jamali, 2015, etc.). CSR disclosure is a firm's self-reported CSR information without confirming real CSR activities Ullmann, 1985).…”

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Foreign companies’ CSR themes and objectives in Central Asia

Achyldurdyyeva

Jaw

Wang

2019

JEECAR

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The study showcases key themes and objectives of CSR of MNCs in transition economies and the types of CSR activities reported to the audience. The contribution of the paper is in bringing insights into the goals, motives, and objectives of CSR of MNCs in Central Asia. The findings of the study are based on the content analysis of the companies’ CSR activities explicitly reported to the audience. Multiple sources of publicly available data on MNCs (CSR reports, annual reports, websites of the companies, local news outlets reporting about CSR of foreign companies) were collected, coded and analyzed to generate the findings. The limitation of the study is in the limited number of companies/countries reviewed. This paper contributes to the literature on CSR of MNCs in transition economies.

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“…Mining has substantial impacts on local and regional environments during the production phase [14][15][16][17][18]. Further, abandoned or inadequately closed mines may continue to degrade surrounding land, water bodies and air [19][20][21].…”

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Sustainable Post-Mining Land Use: Are Closed Metal Mines Abandoned or Re-Used Space?

Kivinen

2017

Sustainability

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Sustainable land use in post-mining areas has received more attention only recently. This study examined landscape characteristics and post-mining land use in 51 metal mining sites in Finland. Studied mines were closed during the period of 1924-2016, and over half of them had been active more than 10 years. Mines were typically located in sparsely populated forest landscapes. Cultural and recreational functions were found in one third of the sites, especially in significant historical mining areas close to the population centers. Further, nearly one third of the post-mining sites included new activities related to industry and infrastructure. The diversity of post-mining functions was generally limited in small and isolated sites. Re-opening of five closed mines was planned or under development, and exploration permits (or claims) were applied or admitted for half of the post-mining areas. The results showed that every closed mine is unique and thus, sustainable post-mining land use requires careful evaluation of potentials and limitations (e.g., contamination and other hazards) of the sites. Increasing sizes of new mining projects calls for paying more attention on future post-mining landscapes in order to avoid degraded and underused areas from environmental, social and economic perspectives.

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Corporate social responsibility of mining companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

Foreign companies’ CSR themes and objectives in Central Asia

Sustainable Post-Mining Land Use: Are Closed Metal Mines Abandoned or Re-Used Space?

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