Mining operations and corporate social responsibility: A case study of a large gold mine in regional Australia

Basu, Parikshit; Hicks, John; Krivokapic-Skoko, Branka; Sherley, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2015.03.002

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“…The World Business Council for Sustainable Development () defined CSR as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community. For the mining sector, CSR critically focuses on the connection between the value generated by the mining industry and the returns to the mining community (Basu et al ., ). The most important areas of CSR for the global mining industry are its code of conduct, the publication of sustainability reports and community involvement and development, especially when it comes to infrastructure, education, healthcare for both employees and local communities and development of local SMEs and agriculture (Ranangen, ).…”

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National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia

Kolala

Umar

2019

Natural Resources Forum

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This study examined the environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia. Data was collected through semi‐structured interviews with 164 residents living close to Zambia's largest open pit mine, key informants and desk analysis of secondary data. Quantitative data was analysed using the chi‐square test, one sample T‐test and two sample Z‐proportions test, while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. Results show that the residents reported being most affected by sulphur dioxide air emissions and noise pollution due to the proximity of the copper smelter and heavy moving machinery to their residences. The residents received domestic water containing rust and copper ore particles from the water utility company which draws raw water from the mine. Although the mine was a source of employment for locals, over 4,000 jobs (representing a 33% decrease) have been lost over a period of 4 years, negatively affecting the local economy. Mine management attributed the job losses to high production costs and mechanization of mining processes. The residents perceived the job losses to have led to crime, alcohol abuse and prostitution among youths as well as a general increase in poverty levels. Analysis of air emissions data from the mine found elevated levels of dust, cadmium, copper and lead pollutants. Key informants from Nchanga Mine reported implementing bioremediation to reduce soil contamination by the heavy metals and recycling SO2 to produce sulphuric acid. The study recommends an increase in social corporate responsibility from the mine management to ensure residents derive more substantive benefits from their proximity to the mine.

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National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia

Kolala

Umar

2019

Natural Resources Forum

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“…In order to do this, mine managers need to be able to use all tools available to them for community consultation (e.g., surveys, focus group discussions, town hall meetings) [26,67,94]. However, the limitations of these approaches mean that the many issues that need addressing may not be adequately addressed individually.…”

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Eliciting Drivers of Community Perceptions of Mining Projects through Effective Community Engagement

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Sustainable mining has received much attention in recent years as a consequence of the negative impacts of mining and public awareness. The aim of this paper is to provide mining companies guidance on improving the sustainability of their sites through effective community engagement based on recent advances in the literature. It begins with a review of the literature on sustainable development and its relationship to stakeholder engagement. It then uses the literature to determine the dominant factors that affect community perceptions of mining projects. These factors are classified into five categories: environmental, economic, social, governance and demographic factors. Then, we propose a new two-stage method based on discrete choice theory and the classification that can improve stakeholder engagement and be cost-effective. Further work is required to validate the proposed method, although it shows potential to overcome some of the challenges plaguing current approaches.

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“…Communication approaches are core to fostering social acceptance; maintaining this acceptance in the context of SLO requires ongoing, active, and open communication (Basu, Hicks, Krivokapic-Skoko, & Sherley, 2015;Corvellec, 2007;Hall & Jeanneret, 2015). Failure to engage in effective communication with stakeholders can lead to perceptions of illegitimacy and distrust in SLO negotiations (Lloyd et al, 2014).…”

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“…'Meaningful' stakeholder engagement and communication have been proposed to be of central importance to SLO and social acceptance (Basu et al, 2015;Warhurst, 2001;Williams & Walton, 2013). Dialogue, as one mechanism of engagement, has been argued to be of particular importance in making engagement meaningful, authentic, or inclusive Williams & Walton, 2013).…”

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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This thesis explores the multifaceted role of dialogue in the context of social licence to operate (SLO) in the extractives sector (including mining and gas extraction). SLO is a concept that describes the ongoing and dynamic social acceptance of a resource development by local communities and other stakeholders who have the power to influence company operations. There has been discourse by extractives companies and in academia about the importance of 'meaningful dialogue' as one form of engagement that contributes to developing and maintaining a social licence. The relationship between dialogue and SLO, however, has undergone relatively little explicit, in-depth examination. I use a mixed methods approach to address this gap by exploring the role of dialogue in social licence from three standpoints: (a) a theoretical perspective, drawing on literature from multiple disciplines; (b) stakeholder engagement practitioner perspectives using qualitative, semi-structured interviews; and (c) perceptions of residents in Australian mining communities through a quantitative, social psychological survey.Through this body of work, I make five contributions to the SLO field of knowledge. The first is an interdisciplinary conceptual framework considering the role of dialogue in SLO. The second is a coherent understanding of dialogue and potential outcomes from dialogue specific to SLO. The third is a reconceptualisation of two core factors that have previously been established as central to SLO: trust and procedural fairness, bringing conceptual depth to an under-theorised field.The fourth is an analysis of how dialogue can potentially reinforce the illegitimate power asymmetries it may seek to redress with implications for stakeholder identification and engagement processes. The fifth is a model establishing empirical relationships between community members' experiences of dialogue and other factors central to SLO including company-community relationship, perceptions of procedural fairness, company-community trust, and social acceptance.I argue, based on these theoretical and empirical findings, that dialogue has a critical but complex role to play in the processes of social licence engagement. I discuss each set of results in relation to the SLO literature. Implications for theory are highlighted, pointing to areas of future research that might usefully build on current findings. Implications for industry also are drawn to propose evidence-based considerations for the design, implementation, and evaluation of current and future engagement strategies used by companies to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue in attempts to establish and maintain a social licence.3

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Mining operations and corporate social responsibility: A case study of a large gold mine in regional Australia

Cited by 23 publications

References 44 publications

National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia

National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia

Eliciting Drivers of Community Perceptions of Mining Projects through Effective Community Engagement

The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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