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Change Towards Sustainability in Resource Use: Lessons for MMSD From the Forestry Sector (PDF) - Steve Bass, IIED. Prepared for the MMSD project.

Code of Codes: Compliance Oversight (PDF) - Marcos A. Orellana. Prepared for the MMSD project.

Corporate Codes of Conduct: Self-Regulation in a Global Economy (PDF) - Rhys Jenkins, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility: Selected Sources of Information (Bibliography and Websites) (PDF) - Renato Alva Pino, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

Forest Stewardship Council: Brief Lessons for MMSD (Word) - Stephen Bass, Director of Programmes, IIED. The MMSD Assurance Group Meeting - 7-8 May 2001, Johannesburg.

Industry and Environment: Voluntary Initiatives. 1998. Vol. 21, No. 1-2. Abstracts available at:
[http://www.uneptie.org/media/review/vol21no1-2/vol21no1-2.htm#abstracts]. Hardcopy only - Order Form (PDF).

Industry-Based Initiatives (PDF) - Sinclair Knight Merz. MMSD Australia Working Group final report.

Proposal for a Global Agreement on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development (Word) - Richard Haworth, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Minerals and Metals Sector of Natural Resources Canada, The MMSD Assurance Group Meeting - 7-8 May 2001, Johannesburg.

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Voluntary Programmes - Joint UNEP/US EPA Publication, 1997. Hardcopy only - Order Form (PDF).

Sector Governance: Roles, Responsibilities, and Instruments for Change (PDF) - Chapter 14. Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project final report, 2002.

Seeking Alternatives: Voluntary Initiatives in the Mining Sector Workshop Report (PDF) - 18 July 2001, Santa Fe, USA. MMSD Workshop report.

Sustainability Indicators and Sustainability Performance Management (PDF) - Alyson Warhurst, Mining and Energy Research Network. Prepared for the MMSD project.

Voluntary Industry Code for Cyanide Management in Gold Mining - The "International Cyanide Management Code" for the manufacture, transport, and use of cyanide in the production of gold "Code" was developed by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee under the guidance of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and the International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME). The Code is an industry voluntary program for gold mining companies.

The International Cyanide Management Code (PDF)
Implementation Guidance (PDF)
References documents (PDF)
Sampling and Analytical Methods documents (PDF)

Voluntary Initiatives and Application to the Mining and Metals Sector (PDF) - George Greene, Stratos Inc. Prepared for the MMSD project.

Voluntary Initiatives and the World Trade Organisation (PDF) - Alice Palmer, FIELD. Prepared for the MMSD project.

Voluntary Industry Codes of Conduct for the Environment - Technical Report No. 40, UNEP, 1998. Hardcopy only - Order Form (PDF).

 

 

 

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