Abstract
Mining activities can benefit the local economy, although they can also have a negative impact on society and the local environment. As the negative impacts have engendered an increased stakeholder pressure over the last decades the mining industry has given considerable attention to its social and environmental impacts by practicing corporate social responsibility (CSR). This article presents a case study on the Nordic mining industry and its stakeholders with the aim of investigating how a mining company and its stakeholders evaluate sustainability aspects, describing the similarities and differences in their evaluations and exploring whether the concept of materiality analysis can be used as a tool for a company's strategic CSR practice. The mining company X was selected as the case company based on its high CSR profile, sustainability reporting, local context and interesting field competencies. Data has been collected through workshops with management groups, stakeholder surveys and stakeholder interviews. A sustainability aspect matrix was developed which the management groups at Company X and their identified stakeholders evaluated. The materiality analysis visualized the similarities and differences in a good way and the management groups regarded it as a useful tool for their strategic CSR practice.
Highlights
Global development has led to an increased demand for minerals and metals for green buildings, energy transitions, infrastructure, and digitalization
The aim is to explore how a mining company and its stakeholders evaluate a variety of sustainability aspects, describe the similarities and differences between their respective evaluations and explore whether the concept of materiality analysis can be used as a tool for a company's Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice
The sustainability aspect matrix based on the review of existing sustainability initiatives, guidelines and tools and the literature review of scientific articles is presented in Sections 4.1 and 4.3
Summary
Global development has led to an increased demand for minerals and metals for green buildings, energy transitions, infrastructure, and digitalization. Several challenges are related to the extraction of minerals and metals that affect society economically, environmentally and socially. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often defined as the integration of social and environmental concerns in a company's business operations and its interactions with stakeholders (Dahlsrud, 2008). We agree at a global level that CSR is important, but what it means in practice varies from country to country. Given that it is strictly situation based, the content of the concept of CSR in one country may have marginal or no significance in another country. Rodrigues and Mendes (2018) state that most studies have been situated in a limited number of geographical contexts (e.g. Canada, Australia, Africa). This study addresses the European context, and a Nordic perspective
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