Corporate Social Responsibility Rules for Mining Industry Blasted

"If the government won't be part of the solution, then they continue to be part of the problem": NGOs

Published April 1, 2009

The Conservative government has rejected joint civil society-private sector calls to tie diplomatic and economic support for Canadian oil, gas and mining companies operating in developing countries to socially responsible conduct abroad.

As a result, there are charges the government—allegedly influenced by mining giant Barrick Gold and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce—has given the green light for misbehaviour abroad,...

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