Private Sector

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  Environmental Aspects of Phosphate and Potash Mining
Date: 12/01/2001
Author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
This report, on the environmental aspects of phosphate and potash mining, completes a series that looks at environmental aspects of the fertilizer industry throughout the life-cycle of mineral fertilizer products.


  Key questions in managing social issues in oil & gas projects
Date: 10/01/2002
Author: OGP & IPIECA
Over the last decade oil and gas companies have placed increasing emphasis on building partnerships and integrating stakeholder concerns into the overall project management cycle. Also, international lenders now place greater emphasis on social impact planning and mitigation of potentially adverse effects as conditions for project funding. This document provides typical questions relating to the management of social issues in oil and gas projects. It is neither a guidance document nor a template for social impact assessment.


  BHP Billiton Submission to the World Bank Extractive Industries Review
Date: 10/01/2002
Author: BHP Billiton



  Beyond mining into sustainable development.
Date: 08/15/2002
Author: Paul Jourdan
This proposal puts forward an agenda to promote diversification based on developing country know-how. It specifically focuses on identifying key 'levers' to promote inputs industries, downstream activity and 'lateral' linkages that are sourced from initial know-how in minerals extraction and processing. The final outputs are aimed at influencing policy choices and public and private firm behaviour.


  Towards a coherent resource-based sustainable development strategy. A research agenda.
Date: 08/15/2002
Author: Paul Jourdan
Presentation to the WMMF


  The MMSD Final Report
Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development
Author: International Institute for Environment and Development



  The Oil and Gas Industry from Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: Contributing to Sustainable Development
Author: International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) and International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP)
This new industry report charts the challenges faced and achievements made by the oil and gas industry over the past decade in the context of sustainable development.


  The Mining and Metals Industries: Progress in Contributing to Sustainable Development
Date: 02/27/2002
Author: ICMM
In May 2001, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invited the
International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME) to prepare a
report summarising the progress and achievements of the mining and minerals
sector in promoting the goals of sustainable development...




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