Mining and Sustainable Development: Current Issues

Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- 1 Mining and sustainable development -- The role of mining in sustainable development -- A framework for mining and sustainable development -- Current issues in mining and sustainable development -- Contributions and future possibilities -- References -- Part I -- Importance of sustainability in mining -- 2 The changing role of minerals in society: managing a shift in paradigms -- Introduction -- Prerequisites of transition -- Managing industrial change -- Conclusion: extractive industries and the shift to sustainability -- Notes -- References -- 3 Understanding the social acceptance of mining -- Introduction -- The drivers of social acceptance of mining -- How the drivers of social acceptance interact in practice -- Implications of these findings for practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II -- Due diligence -- 4 Environmental impact assessment and the quest for sustainable mining -- Introduction -- The practice of environmental impact assessment -- Sustainable development -- Sustainable mining -- Using EIA to achieve sustainable mining -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 5 Using social impact assessment to achieve better outcomes for communities and mining companies -- Introduction -- What is social impact assessment? -- Social analysis informed by participation -- SIA and social performance in mining -- Management of social impacts over the mine lifecycle -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Due diligence in the mining sector: an expanding concept -- Due diligence: a brief history -- Due diligence for human rights risks -- The moral and financial impetus for human rights due diligence -- Mechanisms for human rights due diligence: impact assessment.

Pitfalls in human rights due diligence: far more is required than is generally believed -- Next steps in methodological rigor: blending perceptions and realities in employing the human rights lens -- Corporate opposition to the human rights lens -- Next steps in methodological rigor: filtering out noise -- Sticking to the facts -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Financing human rights due diligence in mining projects -- Introduction to human rights due diligence -- Growing state efforts toward mandatory rules -- Human rights due diligence: state of play -- Constraints on human rights due diligence -- New mechanisms to enable human rights due diligence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part III -- Contemporary sustainability challenges -- 8 Mining, development and Indigenous peoples -- Introduction -- Sustainability and Indigenous control -- Indigenous peoples and the environmental impacts of mining -- Mineral revenues and Indigenous development -- Innovation and reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Transit worker accommodation in remote Australian mining communities: push and pull factors -- Introduction -- The drivers for long-distance commuting and transit worker accommodation -- Long-distance commuting and host communities -- Work and lifestyle choices -- Industry perspective -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV -- Corporate sustainability approaches -- 10 Sustainability reporting in the mining industry: current status and future research directions -- Introduction -- Sustainability reporting -- Sustainability reporting in the mining industry -- Future research opportunities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Mining taxation in mineral-rich developing countries: past mistakes and future challenges -- Introduction -- Fiscal objectives -- Fiscal instruments and packages.

Fiscal issues relating to globalisation and mining multinationals -- Tax administrative capacity and inter-agency co-operation -- Conclusions -- References -- Part V -- Sustainability solutions -- 12 Emissions and the role of renewables: drivers, potential, projects and projections -- Introduction -- Potential -- Drivers -- Projects: case studies -- Projections -- Conclusions -- References -- 13 Implementing shared-use of mining infrastructure to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals -- Introduction -- Shared-use infrastructure -- Shared-use and the SDGs -- Shared-use mining-related infrastructure by SDG -- Roadblocks to shared-use infrastructure -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.