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Minister Day Announces New Initiatives to Support Responsible Practices for Canadian Businesses Abroad
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced new measures to help Canadian mining, oil and gas companies meet and exceed their social and environmental responsibilities when operating abroad...The specific initiatives are:
- Creating a new Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor to assist in resolving social and environmental issues...
- Supporting a new Centre of Excellence to be established outside government...
- Continuing Canadian International Development Agency assistance for foreign governments to develop their capacity to manage natural resource development in a sustainable and responsible manner
- Promoting internationally recognized, voluntary guidelines for corporate social responsibility performance and reporting...