Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector

Authors

Aaron Cosbey, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)Follow
Howard Mann, International Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentFollow
Nicolas Maennling, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Perrine Toledano, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Jeff Geipel, Engineers Without Borders CanadaFollow
Martin Dietrich Brauch, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow

Document Type

Report/Policy Paper

Publication Date

9-2016

Abstract

While there has been a strong tendency in resource rich countries to push for more stringent local content regulations, the mining sector is looking to move towards increased automation.

In this study titled "Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector," CCSI, IISD and Engineers Without Borders researched the technological innovations that are being developed, assessing when these technologies could be rolled out, and quantifying the potential impacts automation may have on local employment and procurement and on the shared value paradigm. The objective was to better understand how governments could adapt local content, industrial and fiscal policies in order to better prepare for and embrace technological advances in the mining sector.

Disciplines

Energy and Utilities Law | Environmental Law | Law | Law and Economics | Natural Resources Law | Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law

Recommended Citation

Aaron Cosbey, Howard Mann, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano, Jeff Geipel & Martin D. Brauch, Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector, (2016).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/17