Fact Sheet: The Australian mining and resource sector and human rights (2014)
Understand human rights obligations for mining and resource sector employers, including impacts on employees, communities and sustainable business practice.
Summary
The impact of mining and exploration activities on the human rights of employees and surrounding communities is well understood. Integrating human rights considerations into core business practice in the extractive sector is not only vital for managing business risks but also for creating opportunities.
This Fact Sheet outlines how human rights are relevant to the mining and resource sector, and what companies in the sector can do to ensure they respect human human rights, in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
The impact of mining and exploration activities on the human rights of employees and surrounding communities is well understood. Integrating human rights considerations into core business practice in the extractive sector is not only vital for managing business risks but also for creating opportunities.
This Fact Sheet outlines how human rights are relevant to the mining and resource sector, and what companies in the sector can do to ensure they respect human human rights, in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
