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Article

20 Apr 2009

Author:
Paul Hohnen, in Ethical Corporation

Sustainability: Extracting the best from Canadian Miners?

[T]he Canadian government unveiled a series of measures to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the extractive sector…[T]he measures are intended ‘to help Canadian mining, oil and gas companies meet and exceed their social and environmental responsibilities when operating abroad.’ The Canadian strategy consists of…enhanced policy guidance on responsible business practices and (some) upgraded institutional capacity…By addressing a specific sector it offers the opportunity to address the issues most material to that sector. On the other hand, by grounding a national CSR strategy by focusing on…a single sector, it could be perceived as an effort to improve the image of Canadian Foreign Investment.