Exploitation minière et droits humains

CSR Response Criticized

By Lee Berthiaume
Embassy Newspaper
June 3, 2009

The government’s plan to address corporate social responsibility concerns in Canada’s extractive industry abroad is wholly inadequate,  Liberal MP John McKay told the Commons’ Foreign Affairs committee on May 25.

Issues: Bill C-300
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=12063
Week of May 28, 2009, Issue #710

A step forward on corporate social responsibility

Marie-Claude Poirier / www.devp.org

In the autumn of 2005, Norway's Council on Ethics began investigating the use of a natural river system to transport and dispose of mine waste in Papua New Guinea. Accused of far-reaching environmental destruction, Canadian mining company Barrick Gold and its Porgera mine's tailings disposal system were placed under close scrutiny.

Getting to Fair Trade Gold... and Jewellery

by Cristina Echavarria, Secretary General, Association for Responsible Mining (ARM)

The Association for Responsible Mining (ARM) aims to enable certified fair trade precious metals, responsibly produced by artisanal and small-scale miners, to reach the jewellery marketplace, via its Standard Zero for Fair Trade Artisanal Gold and Associated Silver and Platinum.

Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability
Red Canadiense sobre responsabilidad corporativa
 
Comunicado de prensa:
 
El Gobierno desdeña la oportunidad para llamar a las compañías extractivas a rendir cuentas. (Ottawa, 26 de marzo de 2009)