Sustainability reporting on large-scale mining conflicts: The case of Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-209

  Murguía, Diego I ^a   Böhling, Kathrin ^b  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bajo de la Alumbrera; Global reporting initiative; Mining; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

MINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARGENTINA; BAJO DE LA ALUMBRERA; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 84869104143     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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