Archive for August 13th, 2012

Credit: AngloAmerican

The mining industry’s sustainability efforts in recent years have taken on an expanded scope, going beyond simply reducing environmental damage. Many companies are finding that successful implementation of sustainable mining requires engagement with local communities, whose lives are inextricably bound to the local environment.

Warren Te Brugge, CEO of Manzimvula, a consulting firm that assists mining companies worldwide with long-term community engagement, tells me that environmental sustainability has to go hand in hand with community sustainability. Read the rest of this entry »