Gender equality has been promoted among social responsibility by mining companies. A key challenge for the management of sustainable development programs for gender equality is the need to develop sophisticated approaches that work at both local and international levels. In this paper, the...

This chapter works through the evolution of the concept of sustainability that has occurred over the last several decades under the influence of three main groups: ecologists, the United Nation’s World Commission on Environment and Development, often referred to as the “Brundtland...

This paper begins by examining the history of ISO 26000, ‘Guidance on Social Responsibility’. It then compares it with three other international standards in the field of CSR. After a brief examination of its contents, it offers a short critique of the Standard. The Standard assumes that, by...