Advancing Responsible Sourcing in Mineral Value Chains : : Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability.

• Author: Farooki, Masuma.
• TeilnehmendeR: Graf, Alexander.; Degreif, Stefanie.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Responsible Sourcing -- 1 Concept of Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing -- 2 Behaviours Requiring Change -- 2.1 Environment Issues -- 2.2 Social Issue -- 2.3 Economic Issues -- 3 Driving Change in Behaviour -- 4 Understanding the Responsible Sourcing Ecosystem -- 5 A Common Denominator in RS Approaches -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Political, Economic, and Social Drivers of Responsible Sourcing Standards -- 1 Political Drivers Addressing Better Governance -- 2 Economic Drivers to Address Fair Share of Value -- 3 Social Drivers to Secure and Protect Rights -- 4 Driving a Holistic View -- 5 Awareness Building and Advocacy and Knowledge Creation -- 6 Influencing Actors to Enact Change -- 7 Recommendations for Acceptable Behaviours -- 8 Assurance Mechanisms for Change -- 9 The Use of Legislation -- 10 Driving Responsible Sourcing in the Future -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Changing Behaviours: Responsible Souring by Companies -- 1 Why Did the Private Sector Adapt RS Approaches? -- 2 Taking Ownership of Corporate Sustainability Policies -- 2.1 The Development of a Corporate Sustainability Strategy -- 2.2 Aligning with an Internationally Established RS Standard -- 3 Business Models Improving Resource-Use Efficiency and Circularity -- 3.1 Life Cycle Assessment Model and Designing for Recycling -- 3.2 Increasing Product Longevity -- 4 Strengthening Oversight and Governance Within Supply Chains -- 4.1 Shared Supplier Assessments for Multi-Sectoral Lead Firms -- 4.2 Civil Society Driven Monitoring -- 5 Major Features and Success Factors -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Legislating for Harmonisation of Practices.

1 EU Policy for Implementing Responsible Sourcing -- 1.1 Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability -- 1.2 Conflict Minerals Regulation -- 1.3 Battery Regulation -- 1.4 Critical Raw Materials Act -- 1.5 EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities -- 1.6 The Effectiveness of EU Policy -- 2 Responsible Sourcing for Creating Positive Impact on the Ground -- 2.1 Dimensionality: Addressing the Problem from Multiple Angles -- 2.2 Convergence or Fragmentation? -- 2.3 Addressing Fragmentation, Complexity and Complementarity: The Consultative Process for National Mining Policy in Chile -- 2.4 Creating a Level Playing Field -- 3 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: The Local, National and Global Visions -- 1 Latin America -- 1.1 Challenges -- 1.2 Priorities -- 1.3 Good Practice Examples -- 2 Africa -- 2.1 Challenges -- 2.2 Priorities -- 2.3 Good Practice Examples -- 3 China -- 3.1 Challenges -- 3.2 Priorities -- 3.3 Good Practice Examples -- 4 Why the Global Perspective Matters -- 4.1 Common Pathway, Goals and Objectives -- 4.2 Divergence in RS Approaches and Priorities -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Designing RS Approaches: Major Principles -- 1 Shared Vision Across Responsible Sourcing Approaches -- 2 A Framework for Constructing Responsible Sourcing Approaches -- 2.1 The Consolidation Challenge of Existing Approaches -- 2.2 Setting Context for a Responsible Sourcing Framework -- 2.3 Amalgamating Existing Responsible Sourcing Approaches -- 2.4 Adapting a Rights-Based Approach -- 2.5 Processes Under Rights-Based Approach -- 2.6 Actors Under a Rights-Based Approach -- 3 A Framework to Construct Responsible Sourcing Approaches -- 3.1 Room for Diverse Pathways -- 4 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Bibliography.