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.