CSR in Mining - Leon Botham - 10 May 17

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Corporate Social Responsibility

in the Mining Industry

Leon C. Botham, P.Eng.

Canadian Mining Sector Leader

Golder Associates Ltd., Saskatoon

What is CSR?

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Corporate Social Responsibility

• Corporate social responsibility (CSR), is a form of corporate self-

regulation integrated into a business model. Ideally, CSR policy would

function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would

monitor and ensure its adherence to law, ethical standards, and international

norms. Consequently, business would embrace responsibility for the impact of

its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities,

stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. Furthermore, CSR-

focused businesses would proactively promote the public interest by

encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating

practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. Essentially, CSR

is the deliberate inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making,

and the honoring of a triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit.

• Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Business Case for CSR

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Compliance

Eco-Efficiency

Eco-

Effectivenes

s

Social

Responsibility

License to Operate

Operational Efficiency

Competitive Advantage

New Alliances

Cost / Risk Reduction

Reputation Enhancement

Innovation

New Markets

Recruitment & Retention

Sustainability

Access to Capital

Why CSR?

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Boundaries of Responsibility

Sphere of Influence

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Degree of Influence

Government

Community

Business Partners,

Suppliers & Contractors

Organization

Employees

Integrated Approach to CSR

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Industry Involvement

• Mining Association of Canada

– Towards Sustainable Mining

• Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada

– e3Plus: A Framework for Responsible Exploration

• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy &

Petroleum

– Centre for Excellence on CSR

• International Council on Mining & Metals

– Sustainable Development Framework

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Industry Involvement

• Sustainability Reporting and Sustainability

Assurance

– Mining and Metals Supplement - Global

Reporting Initiative (GRI)

– Increasing application of the AA 1000

Sustainability Assurance standards in third

party sustainability review and verification of

sustainability reporting

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Risks to Extractive Sector

• Community relations and stakeholder

engagement initiated at exploration

• Additional up-front costs

• Large companies do not want to inherit

legacy of poor social (and environmental)

management

– Financing could be hampered by poor CSR

record of exploration company

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Risks to Extractive Sector

• Community relations and stakeholder

engagement initiated at exploration

• Additional up-front costs

• Large companies do not want to inherit

legacy of poor social (and environmental)

management

– Financing could be hampered by poor CSR

record of exploration company

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Risks to Extractive Sector

• Community relations and stakeholder

engagement initiated at exploration

• Additional up-front costs

• Large companies do not want to inherit

legacy of poor social (and environmental)

management

– Financing could be hampered by poor CSR

record of exploration company

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Risks to Extractive Sector

• Community relations and stakeholder

engagement initiated at exploration

• Additional up-front costs

• Large companies do not want to inherit

legacy of poor social (and environmental)

management

– Financing could be hampered by poor CSR

record of exploration company

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Questions / Discussion!

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