Institution
MiningWatch Canada
Nonprofit•Ottawa, Ontario, Canada•
About: MiningWatch Canada is a nonprofit organization based out in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate social responsibility & Human rights. The organization has 1 authors who have published 3 publications receiving 62 citations.
Topics: Corporate social responsibility, Human rights, Corporate governance, International human rights law, Agency (sociology)
Papers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine three norm-setting processes whose focus on weak governance in developing countries led to policy directions and project-level outcomes that undermine agency of local people, who struggle to protect themselves from harm by large-scale mining projects, and delayed progress on mandatory measures in home states to prevent and remedy global harm by the industry.
54 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine responses of mining industry associations and companies to increasing pressure on the sector to ensure that its activities respect human rights, defined as "do no harm".
Abstract: This article examines responses of mining industry associations and companies to increasing pressure on the sector to ensure that its activities respect human rights, defined as “do no harm”. Examples illuminate key moments in an evolving industry response starting in the mid-2000s with scepticism that human rights should, or could, provide operationalisable standards for the sector, to subsumption of human rights under voluntary corporate social responsibility approaches already practised by the industry. Also examined is the strategic use by mining companies of emerging human rights tools such as Human Rights Impact Assessment and Operational-Level Grievance Mechanisms.
31 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the human rights implications of responses by Canadian socially responsible investment (SRI) firms to allegations of human rights abuses against mining companies whose shares they own, assess or recommend to clients are examined in the context of Goldcorp's Marlin mine in Guatemala.
Abstract: Canadian mining companies regularly face allegations of human rights abuses related to their global operations. This paper considers the human rights implications of responses by Canadian Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) firms to allegations of human rights abuses against mining companies whose shares they own, assess or recommend to clients. Shareholder resolutions are analysed in the light of recent opposition to implications of this corporate social responsibility vehicle by mining affected communities. The paper also explores consequences for community agency in defence of social and environmental values as a result of relationships that evolve between SRI firms and mining companies through collaborative undertakings. These issues are examined in the context of Goldcorp's Marlin mine in Guatemala. The paper concludes that a relationship Goldcorp entered into with SRI firms through a shareholder resolution led to a flawed human rights impact assessment process that was protective of the company's ...
13 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2019 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |