Mining also contributes to development through implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes for host Communities and the general public at large. In 2011, US24million was spent on CSR projects by the mining companies. Current challenges confronting the mining sector
Communiing Corporate Social Responsibilities: Using Text Mining for a Comparative Analysis of Banks in India and Ghana. The increasing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to entrepreneurial policies has created a vast array of research concern all over the world. The strategic integration of CSR in the core business of companies shows the bilateral relation between the ...
Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder engagement in Ghana's mining sector: a case study of Newmont Ahafo mines . Abstract Even though the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been applauded for several decades, the concept of stakeholder engagement is relatively new to the Ghanaian mining sector. This study investigates the CSR process of an extractive company and ...
· The general corporate income tax (CIT) rate is 25%. Mining and upstream petroleum companies pay CIT at a rate of 35%, while companies principally engaged in the hotel industry pay a reduced rate of 22%. The CIT rate for companies engaged in nontraditional exports is 8%, while banks lending to the agricultural and leasing sectors pay a CIT rate ...
· However, the largescale mining companies are implementing some alternative livelihood programmes (ALPs) as part of their corporate socialresponsibility (CSR) agenda. While the ALPs have provided some employment and incomeearning opportunities and skills training, the prospects for their sustainability depend on how the challenges confronting the various programmes are addressed. .
Awaso, just as Ghana Manganese Company Limited‟s NsutaWassa open pit mine remains the only significant producer of manganese ore in the country. Ghana Consolidated Diamonds‟ Akwatia diamond mine is also the only operating diamond mine in Ghana. Structure of the mining industry The structure of the mining industry appears pyramidal.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Mining in Ghana: Towards Sustainable Development? Sustainability Performance Benchmark for Newmont Mining ... Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability metrics site CSRHub recently updated its ratings on Newmont Mining Corporation and the 74 companies in the ...
The core of GOIL'S Corporate Social Responsibility programs has been anchored on initiatives, programs and projects that benefit communities in need . Over the years, GOIL has held on to the belief that apart from assisting such communities, it is also vital for the success and growth of business. To this end, the core of the company's CSR business has been in water and sanitation. GOIL ...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Canadian Extractive Companies Operating Abroad In Canada, there is no legislation directly governing CSR activities of Canadian companies operating overseas. Several Bills have been tabled in the House of Commons, but none have passed legislative 6 Ibid. 7 Implementation Guide, supra note 5 at 5. 8 See Bill C300 An Act Respecting Corporate ...
Gold mining communities in Ghana have experienced destruction of vegetation, water pollution, and soil contamination by activities of mining due to rapid growth and dependency on mining of natural resources within the chment areas of the mining activities. These circumstances with repercussions of corruption and inefficient management of corporate social responsibility places organizational ...
Corporate Social Responsibility of Mining Industries by . The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes of mining companies tend to focus on community initiatives as their impact in economic, social and environmental terms is felt greatest at the local level. However, the effectiveness of CSR initiatives in the oil, gas and mining sectors has been increasingly questioned. MESSAGE CHAT ...
ABSTRACT: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) includes economic, social and environmental aspects, and it has particular significance in paper explores the subject of CSR in the mining industry and the main synergies between CSR and environmental, safety and quality management systems, whose adoption has increased during recent decades.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become very important in recent years, especially its impact on business operations. Using mining companies in Ghana as a case study, this study investigates the extent to which CSR activities engaged by companies relate to their analysis is used in measuring the CSR activities of mining companies in Ghana.
· "Corporate social responsibility", an unremittingly contested concept since its inception, has attracted global interest in a progressively integrated world economy. The aim of this study is to explore and critique recent claims of a move towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by multinational mining corporations (MNMCs). Today, MNMCs are expected to promote and practice ...
Corporate Responsibility Reports. Golden Star is committed to working with the highest level of respect for the communities and environments in which we operate. Our objective is to maintain a socially responsible business that brings economic prosperity whilst ensuring responsible environmental stewardship and ethical business practice.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF GHANAIAN COMPANIES: PROSPECTS, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD Emmanuel OwusuBanah Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Methodist University College Ghana Abstract Corporate social responsibility is a means whereby most corporations make contributions to the society in which they operate. The emergence .
"Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana is innovative and engaging. Importantly, it moves the emerging corporate social responsibility debates in Africa forward in an exciting way. The book offers critical insights into the nature, contestations and dynamics of CSR in Ghana while privileging African voices. A must read for anyone interested in CSR within ...
Jenkins Obara (2006) in their paper, "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the mining industrythe risk of community dependency' discusses the interlink between companies in the mining sector and their customers and argues that inasmuch as the relationship has to be maintained, a proper mechanism has to be adopted to avoid dependence.
Discuss the role of Social Corporate Responsibility Programmes and Projects in mining, and oil and gas environmental management in Ghana, citing and describing briefly any two specific interventions by specific companies (one for mining and one for Oil and Gas). Who are the experts? Experts are tested by Chegg as specialists in their subject area.
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