The impact of attention to socioeconomic sustainability factors on the operational continuity of gold surface mining projects: case study analysis
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Caraballo Monge, Manuel
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The impact of attention to socioeconomic sustainability factors on the operational continuity of gold surface mining projects: case study analysis
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Over the past decades, a clear link between mining activity and socioeconomic sustainability has been established, recognizing that there is responsibility in the mining industry to care properly for the upholding of the factors related to this kind of sustainability. However, the benefits for the mining industry itself by doing so have not been broadly highlighted.
This thesis aims at describing the effect of adequate attention to socioeconomic sustainability factors by a mining company, in the area surrounding its gold mining projects, on its own ability to maintain operational continuity. By using methodology designed for this study, it was found that the companies selected for analysis did take measures that resembled the Global Reporting Initiative Social and/or Environmental sustainability reporting guidelines, foresaw in or reacted to their implementation, and had different degrees of beneficial and adverse impact on the surrounding population and the environment, as perceived by the population itself.
The measures taken by the companies require expense in concrete socioeconomic sustainability areas such as local economy, infrastructure, health, education, etc., and that all companies had engaged in dialogue with the local community.
By observing the implementation and effects of the measures for sustainability, the reaction of the population, and the continuity of project operations, it was found that companies that created a timely and trusting atmosphere for dialogue and implemented measures within agreed timeframes, received positive perception from the local population and were able to maintain operational continuity. En las últimas décadas se ha establecido un claro nexo entre las actividades mineras y la sustentabilidad socioeconómica, reconociendo que existe responsabilidad en la industria minera de cuidar adecuadamente la mantención de los factores relacionados a este tipo de sustentabilidad. Sin embargo, los beneficios que se desprenden para la industria minera misma como resultado de ello no han sido ampliamente resaltados.
Esta tesis busca describir el efecto de una adecuada atención de una empresa minera a los factores de sustentabilidad socioeconómica en un área circundante a proyectos de extracción de oro sobre su capacidad para mantener continuidad operacional. Usando metodología diseñada para este estudio, se encontró que las compañías seleccionadas para análisis tomaron medidas que se asemejan a los parámetros del Global Reporting Initiative, dentro de los parámetros de reporte Sociales y Ambientales, previeron o reaccionaron en la implementación de tales medidas, y tuvieron diferentes grados de impacto beneficioso y adverso en la población y el medio ambiente del entorno, tal como se pudo haber percibido por la población misma.
Las medidas tomadas por las empresas demandaron gastos en áreas concretas de sustentabilidad socioeconómica tales como economía local, infraestructura, salud, educación, etc., y todas las empresas abordaron el diálogo comunitario de una u otra forma.
Al observar la forma de implementación y los efectos de las medidas de sustentabilidad, la reacción de la población, y la continuidad de operaciones, se encontró que las compañías que lograron crear a tiempo una atmósfera de confianza para el diálogo e implementaron las medidas dentro de los plazos acordados, recibieron una percepción positiva de la población local y pudieron mantener su continuidad operacional.
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