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| Title: | Verslaggewing oor volhoubaarheid in die mynbousektor: die identifisering van kritieke aangeleenthede = Sustainability reporting in the mining sector: identifying critical issues |
| Authors: | Viviers, S. Boudler, J.M. |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Periodical: | Tydskrif vir geesteswetenskappe (ISSN 0041-4751) |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 66-86 |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | mining companies responsibility |
| Abstract: | This study investigates trends with regard to sustainability reporting by five prominent South African mining companies: Anglo Platinum, AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold Mining Company, Gold Fields, and DRDGold. The 2005 to 2008 annual and sustainability reports of these companies were analysed by means of content analysis. Keywords relating to economic empowerment, HIV/AIDS, other health and safety issues, environmental impact as well as training and education were counted. These issues were also categorized in terms of A.B. Carroll's corporate social responsibility pyramid, which consists of economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic responsibilities. The most important CSR issues reported on in all four years were those of HIV/AIDS as well as other health and safety issues, which can be attributed to the direct costs they inflict on the mining companies. The study recommends that mining companies take a more balanced view of the various CSR categories regardless of the specific category's impact on profitability. Mining companies should specifically increase their efforts on broad based black economic empowerment, training and education, and work-related fatalities. Bibliogr., sum. in English and Afrikaans, text in Afrikaans. [Journal abstract, edited] |
