Looking into extractives with a resource use lense
Following the interesting webinar from which you could hopefuly take away pieces of knowledge, we will now delve into real life examples where Land Use planning approaches and practices were …
Course: Sustainable Management in the Extractive Industry
Practices and system change potential for the extractive Industries
Welcome to our ‘expert insight’ activity, which will provide interesting analyses of Land Use planning practices. We hope you will enjoy the exciting materials that we have prepared! Current practices …
The valued components approach
In this article we will highlight two instances of effective rehabilitation efforts of quarries. The benefits and effectiveness of this approach will be looked at through the lens of a …
System change potential of practices about environmental and socio-economic impact assessment
This article addresses the topic of impact assessments and their role for the sustainable management and transformative capacity in the extractive sector. In general, environmental impact assessments pursue the identification, …
Impact Assessment and Sustainability in the extractive Industry
This article will provide a general introduction to impact assessment and highlight how specific challenges can be approached and by using coherent environmental and socio-economic impact assessments. First, we want …
Sustainability concepts for assessing extractive sector practices
As highlighted in the SUMEX European Sustainable Development Analytical Framework report, the discourse around sustainability over the past 30 years recognizes the limits of traditional environmental policies, which tend to …
Tensions and trade-offs illustrated in three SUMEX sustainability aspects and how to resolve them
Competing land uses The reasons for tensions and trade-offs related to land use are comprised of the competing land use between sectors/stakeholders, such as problems of dedicating land for extractive …
Current issues and challenges in mineral extraction
In the extractives sector, both the policy and industry efforts have gone a long way to improve environmental performance, increase trust towards local community and society overall, and satisfy raw …
The SUMEX approach to sustainability in the extractives sector
The approach of the SUMEX project is to look at sustainability via accounting for environmental limits and links to societal goals. An operationalisation of sustainable development often represents an isolated …
Expert discussion on permitting in the extractive sector
This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. In this week’s recorded expert discussion, Lia and Michael will talk about the challenges of permitting in Natura 2000 areas, both for …
Interview on Social Impact Assessment
In this recorded interview, you will learn from Rauno how social impact assessment can be established as a standardized procedure. Rauno Sairinen is professor of environmental policy at the University …
Expert discussion on Reporting in the extractive sector
In today’s expert discussion, we have the chance to welcome two high level experts on sustainability reporting. You will be able to listen to their discussion and have the possibility …
Expert discussion on land use planning in the extractives sector
In today’s recorded expert discussion, we have the chance to welcome two high level experts in land use planning. You will be able to listen to their discussion and have …
Expert discussion on Impact Assessment in the extractives sector
In today’s webinar, we have the chance to welcome two high level experts on Impact Assessment. You will be able to listen to their discussion and have the possibility to …
Introduction to health and safety
In this video, Michael will give an overview of the topics that will be covered during this week. He emphasises the importance of companies using adequate health and safety measures, …
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Sustainable Management in the Extractive Industry