| Name | Human Rights in the Mining & Metals Industry: Handling and Resolving Local Level Concerns & Grievances |
| Author(s) | International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) |
| Editor | |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication Type | Tools |
| Web Location | http://www.businessethicscanada.ca/kr/One.aspx?objectId=15141973&contextId=677979&lastCat=10522102 |
| Keywords | ICMM, natural resources, community, sustainable development, human rights |
| Areas of Interest | Development; Economic - Social; Human Rights; Resource Extraction; Sustainability |
| Citation | International Council on Mining & Metals. 2009. Human Rights in the Mining & Metals Industry: Handling and Resolving Local Level Concerns & Grievances. International Council on Mining & Metals. |
| Summary | This publication builds upon ICMM's overall work to date on 'business and human rights' and is one of a number of good practice guidance publications and toolkits that ICMM has produced to encourage improved sustainable development performance. It focuses in more depth on one of the issues highlighted as important in a recent ICMM publication which provided an overview of human rights issues in the mining and metals sector. It also complements the extensive, ongoing, on-the-ground work by ICMM members to build strong, trusting relationships with local communities around their operations. |
| Abstract / Description | This
publication builds upon ICMM's overall work to date on 'business and
human rights' and is one of a number of good practice guidance
publications and toolkits that ICMM has produced to encourage improved
sustainable development performance. It focuses in more depth on one of
the issues highlighted as important in a recent ICMM publication which
provided an overview of human rights issues in the mining and metals
sector. It also complements the extensive, ongoing, on-the-ground work
by ICMM members to build strong, trusting relationships with local
communities around their operations. |
| Publisher/Organization | International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) |
| Cluster Library | Business and Human Rights; Ethics of Resource Extraction |