Sustainable water management and improved corporate reporting in mining

作者: Stephen A. Northey , Gavin M. Mudd , Tim T. Werner , Nawshad Haque , Mohan Yellishetty

DOI: 10.1016/J.WRI.2018.100104

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摘要: The advent of corporate sustainability reporting and water accounting standards has resulted in increased disclosure use by mining companies. However, there been limited compilation analysis these disclosures. To address this, we compiled a database 8314 data points from 359 company reports, classified according to industry guidelines. quality disclosures is shown have improved considerably over time. Although, opportunities still exist improve practices, such as ensuring that all relevant flows are reported explicitly state non-existent (e.g. discharges). Initial reveals considerable variability withdrawals, efficiency discharges between operations. Further work coverage analyse the influence mine specific factors ore processing methods local climate will provide insights into interactions resources at global scale.

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