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Environmental management in the Australian minerals and energy industries : principles and practices
Evaluating the Feasibility of Independent Third Party Certification for the Mining Sector Michael Rae, Andrew Rouse and Fiona Solomon* developing industry codes of conduct (particularly the Introduction Australian Minerals Industry Code for Environmental ineral exploration and development can have a Management of the Minerals Council of Australia, 2000), significant impact on the environment and its implementing environmental management systems (such M local communities. While the area of land as ISO 14001 ), setting performance targets (such as impacted by mining in Australia is estimated to be in the reducing energy and water use and greenhouse gas order of only 0.02 per cent of Australia's land surface emissions) and producing public environmental reports. (Mulligan, 1996, pl5), its activities can create a range of effects on local landscapes, biodiversity, habitat, marine While there have been some significant advances in environments, rivers and aquifers, local communities, environmental and social performance on the part of indigenous people, and workers. Poor environmental and some individual companies and mine sites, these have not social performance on the part of some mining companies been largely recognised nor rewarded by the market or has created mainstream public concern about mining the general public. What has been absent
Australian Journal of Environmental Management – Taylor & Francis
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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