Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature

Autores
Böhling, Kathrin; Murguia, Diego Ignacio; Godfrid, Julieta
Año de publicación
2017
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Sustainability reporting (SR) has become a well-entrenched practice in themining sector. Failure to adequately live up to societal expectations is nowconsidered a significant threat to the viability of the industry. There is generalagreement that broad endorsement of standards for nonfinancial disclosuresupports mining companies to improve their image, while conflicts persist.Because sustainability reports ?speak? on behalf of sustainably operatingorganizations and may create socio-political effects, we explore the symbolicnature of SR. We conceive of SR as a performative practice to researchhow it interferes with the world that it seeks to represent. Our case studyresearch suggests that conformity with global templates is not an end in itselfbut might create below-compliance effects if a common interest in mining isdeveloped in local arenas that avoids clarification of impacts and maintainsambiguity over responsibility.
Fil: Böhling, Kathrin. Technische Universitat München; Alemania
Fil: Murguia, Diego Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires; Argentina. MinPol GmbH, Agency for International Minerals Policy; Austria
Fil: Godfrid, Julieta. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Legitimacy
Mining
Resource Governance
Stakeholder Engagement
Sustainability Reporting
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
title Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
spellingShingle Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
Böhling, Kathrin
Legitimacy
Mining
Resource Governance
Stakeholder Engagement
Sustainability Reporting
title_short Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
title_full Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
title_fullStr Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
title_sort Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Böhling, Kathrin
Murguia, Diego Ignacio
Godfrid, Julieta
author Böhling, Kathrin
author_facet Böhling, Kathrin
Murguia, Diego Ignacio
Godfrid, Julieta
author_role author
author2 Murguia, Diego Ignacio
Godfrid, Julieta
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Legitimacy
Mining
Resource Governance
Stakeholder Engagement
Sustainability Reporting
topic Legitimacy
Mining
Resource Governance
Stakeholder Engagement
Sustainability Reporting
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.7
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Sustainability reporting (SR) has become a well-entrenched practice in themining sector. Failure to adequately live up to societal expectations is nowconsidered a significant threat to the viability of the industry. There is generalagreement that broad endorsement of standards for nonfinancial disclosuresupports mining companies to improve their image, while conflicts persist.Because sustainability reports ?speak? on behalf of sustainably operatingorganizations and may create socio-political effects, we explore the symbolicnature of SR. We conceive of SR as a performative practice to researchhow it interferes with the world that it seeks to represent. Our case studyresearch suggests that conformity with global templates is not an end in itselfbut might create below-compliance effects if a common interest in mining isdeveloped in local arenas that avoids clarification of impacts and maintainsambiguity over responsibility.
Fil: Böhling, Kathrin. Technische Universitat München; Alemania
Fil: Murguia, Diego Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires; Argentina. MinPol GmbH, Agency for International Minerals Policy; Austria
Fil: Godfrid, Julieta. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Sustainability reporting (SR) has become a well-entrenched practice in themining sector. Failure to adequately live up to societal expectations is nowconsidered a significant threat to the viability of the industry. There is generalagreement that broad endorsement of standards for nonfinancial disclosuresupports mining companies to improve their image, while conflicts persist.Because sustainability reports ?speak? on behalf of sustainably operatingorganizations and may create socio-political effects, we explore the symbolicnature of SR. We conceive of SR as a performative practice to researchhow it interferes with the world that it seeks to represent. Our case studyresearch suggests that conformity with global templates is not an end in itselfbut might create below-compliance effects if a common interest in mining isdeveloped in local arenas that avoids clarification of impacts and maintainsambiguity over responsibility.
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Böhling, Kathrin; Murguia, Diego Ignacio; Godfrid, Julieta; Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Sector: Exploring Its Symbolic Nature; SAGE Publications; Business & Society; 56; 4; 4-2017; 1-35
0007-6503
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