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Community relations management systems in the minerals industry: Combining conventional and stakeholder-driven approaches

Kemp, Deanna; Boele, Richard; Brereton, David - 2006

As part of a broader commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, major minerals companies are developing and implementing a management systems approach to community relations. While the application of management systems to community relations represents an advance...

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Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Development: Perspective from the Greater Pearl River Delta (China)

Tsoi, J C S - 2006

This thesis investigates the application and implications of supply chain management as a modern management model in regulating corporate outsourcing activities within the Greater Pearl River Delta. Globalisation has accelerated the application of supply chain management as a mechanism to...

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New approaches to evaluating the performance of corporate–community partnerships: A case study from the minerals sector

Esteves, Ana Maria; Barclay, Mary-Anne - 2011

sustainability. While many global mining companies advocate a strategic approach to partnerships, there is no evidence currently …

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A method for estimating the potential trading of worked water among multiple mines

Barrett, Damian; Moran, Chris; Cote, Claire - 2010

by trading. The direct monetary value of the worked water that could be transferred, derived from additional coal mining … uses of water savings may have considerable additional non-monetary value that directly affects the mining industry …

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Managing the Cumulative Impacts of Coal Mining on Regional Communities and Environments in Australia

Franks, Daniel M.; Brereton, David; Moran, Chris J. - 2010

The expansion and contraction of the coal mining industry in Australia has placed pressure on regional communities and … environments and multiplied the extent, magnitude and profile of cumulative impacts. While some mining communities have benefited … impacts of multiple mining operations have stretched environmental, social, human and economic systems and rendered …

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Corporate-NGO Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Damlamian, Corinne - 2006

In the last 15 years, the trend of NGOs working in cooperation with business has developed considerably. The global community – including leaders of international governmental institutions and of the non-profit sector as well as some business leaders – has recognized the importance of...

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In pursuit of a sustainable supply chain: Insights from Westpac Banking Corporation

Keating, B.; Quazi, A.; Kriz, A.; Coltman, T. - 2008

The aim of this paper is to provide clues to industry and academia on how best to approach the challenge of developing a sustainable supply chain. A case study was undertaken of the Westpac Banking Corporation – one of the world's most socially responsible banks – to examine how they...

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Solid waste reduction management with special reference to developing countries

Human, Etienne Hugo - 2005

Sustainable development and the Triple Bottom Line integrated sustainability concept focus on the choices between the imperatives of economic efficiency, social development and environmentalsustainability. Corporate governance is being imposed by stakeholders and corporate socialresponsibility...

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Advancing and Resolving the Great Sustainability Debates and Discourses

Smith, Michael Harrison - 2009

The focus of this thesis is on whether or not it is possible to decouple economic growth from the physical growth of the economy and its associated negative environmental pressures and pollution. The thesis demonstrates that it is possible to achieve significant levels of decoupling of economic...

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Corporate Codes of Conduct: Is Common Environmental Content Feasible?

Fischer, Carolyn; Parry, Ian W.H.; Aguilar, Francisco X.; … - 2005

In a developing country context, a policy to promote adoption of common environmental content for corporate codes of conduct (COCs) aspires to meaningful results on two fronts. First, adherence to COC provisions should offer economic benefits that exceed the costs of compliance; i.e., companies...

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