http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/ The University of Queensland en Fez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:103082 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Schiavi, P. E. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:241359 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Rossato, Laurence http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:277913 This paper examines the major minerals producing countries and the potential that local energy mix and renewable energy resources have for lowering the impact of the industry, with respect to carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, it seeks to estimate the potential for new technologies, energy efficiency and demand-side measures to reduce emissions. Of total carbon dioxide emissions, 71% arise from fossil fuels used in thermal applications and 29% from indirect electricity generation. We find the highest theoretical potential for reduction of emissions from thermal applications is from the increased use of renewable biofuels and charcoal instead of fossil fuels (up to 46% of total industry net emissions), while conversion of various applications to use renewable hydrogen may reduce emissions by 28%. Electricity generation emissions could be “substantially reduced” by switching to electricity generation from cleaner sources, with hydropower a key potential contributor (reduction of 22% of total industry emissions). Solar thermal and electrical production may only be capable of 2–7% reduction in the industry's emissions. 2012-07-23T17:08:41Z McLellan, B. C. og Corder, G. D. og Giurco, D. P. og Ishihara, K. N. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:228391 2011-02-09T10:29:37Z Boege, Volker og Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:84261 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z Western, M. C. og Laffan, W. S. og Van Gellecum, Y. R. og Haynes, M. A. og Cheshire, L. A. og Western, J. S. og Boreham, P. R. og Brereton, D. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:261429 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:274689 2012-05-27T00:00:00Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:227852 This qualitative study of local perceptions of policy goals and action in relation to aging reports 31 stakeholder interviews within 2 Australian communities exploring (a) the meaning of aging well; and (b) preferred policy actions to achieve positive aging outcomes. Findings suggest that community perceptions of aging well are broadly consistent with the goals of national and international policy frameworks in focusing on 3 dimensions—health, social engagement, and security. Further, participants believe that achievement of positive aging outcomes requires a mix of self-help, community action, and government intervention—particularly government support and encouragement for aging well initiatives. 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everingham, Jo-Anne og Lui, Chi-Wai og Bartlett, Helen og Warburton, Jeni og Cuthill, Michael http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:135977 2008-04-22T00:00:00Z Evans, R. og Brereton, D. og Joy, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225024 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z Barclay, Mary Anne og Franks, Daniel M. og Pattenden, Catherine http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:229937 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z Pacheco, Douglas og Goopy, Suzanne http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:64433 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z Brereton, D. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:197237 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z Bainton, N. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:282685 The extraction of minerals is increasingly being undertaken by multinational corporations in remote areas that are often home to indigenous communities. Under growing regulatory pressures many of these companies have improved their social engagement practices. An additional point of leverage is now available to indigenous communities through shareholder activism to change the corporate behaviour of publicly traded companies. This chapter explores two cases of shareholder activism against oil companies in Ecuador using a ‘boomerang’ model of transnational advocacy networks, initially developed by Keck and Sikkink (1998). We adapt this model by focusing on shareholder activism in a case where there is a history of extraction versus a greenfield development. Our research suggests that, with the assistance of international civil society networks, considerable pressure can be exerted on publicly traded multinational companies. Differences in both the density/strength of the network and the vulnerabilities of targeted companies in terms of their size and resource base can influence the efficacy of such activism. In addition, the efficacy of shareholder activism can be hindered where past environmental harms are involved, or where culpability can be ascribed to past owners. Nevertheless, our research finds shareholder activism to be a promising avenue for indigenous communities for constructive confrontation that may make extractive projects more socially responsible and more acceptable to communities. 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z McAteer, Emily og Cerretti, Jamie og Ali, Saleem H. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:254169 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z Owen, John, R. og Weldegiorgis, F http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:78519 2007-08-15T00:00:00Z Boele, og Kemp, D. L. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:266900 2012-02-06T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:265753 2012-01-23T10:40:39Z Esteves, Ana Maria og Franks, Daniel og Vanclay, Frank http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:286894 In 2002 the International Institute of Environment and Development published the landmark report Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD). The report portrayed an industry distrusted by stakeholders and under threat from opposition groups. When read closely, the MMSD report reveals an inextricable link between industry's ‘survival’ instincts and the notion of a social licence. Within the context of a growing divergence around the expectations of minerals-led development, social licence has emerged as an industry response to opposition and a mechanism to ensure the viability of the sector. The objective of this article is to reinvigorate discussion and debate over how best to frame the industry's social and environmental obligations and how these obligations can be met by the sector. Where social licence has contributed to raising the profile of social issues within a predominantly industrial discourse, a primary failure is its inability to articulate a collaborative developmental agenda for the sector or a pathway forward in restoring the lost confidence of impacted communities, stakeholders, and pressure groups. We argue that a necessary first step in this process is for industry to reconcile its internal risk-orientation with external expectations which requires a less defensive and more constructive approach to stakeholder engagement and collaboration. 2012-12-08T21:07:52Z Owen, John R. og Kemp, Deanna http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:269318 Technological innovation in the minerals industry must be driven by the need to improve performance according to social, as well as environmental, safety, efficiency and production criteria. This paper outlines the possibilities and rationale for incorporating constructive technology assessment (CTA) into technology research and development within the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (MDU). MDU represents an $80 million per year investment in transformational mineral technology. The paper reports on the development of a process called Social Licence in Design to address the future social challenges and opportunities of the technologies that may arise during implementation. Social Licence in Design utilises social research techniques to account for the perspectives and values of decision makers and likely stakeholders. Interviews with senior technologists and social scientists within MDU reveal the institutional context into which the Social Licence in Design process is to be situated and highlight key factors that may inhibit or enhance its uptake. Despite the long history of CTA the paper is the first to report on the incorporation of a CTA process to address the social implications of technology development within a mineral R&D institution. 2012-03-08T09:41:58Z Franks, Daniel M. og Cohen, Tamar http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:242018 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z Franks, D. M. og Cohen, T. og Barnes, R. og Brereton, D. og Littleboy, A. og Moffat, K. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252046 Increased public scrutiny and expectations have encouraged many mining operations to draw on specialist skills from the communication and social sciences to help improve social performance. Community relations has emerged as a means to improve company responsiveness, with practitioners focused on resolving real and perceived community concerns, impacts and risks: their work emphasises dialogue, improved understanding and stronger relationships with stakeholders, but importantly also the need to drive organisational change within corporations to improve practice. This paper reports on the strengthening of community relations approaches at the Collahuasi copper mine, Northern Chile. In particular, the paper outlines the development of a set of key performance indicators to track the social performance of the programmes and activities of the community relations team. Indicator categories include: community perception, community engagement, community complaints, social programme spending, social programme evaluations, management system compliance and data on programme outputs. Indicators are illustrated with data for the 2010 period. The indicators provide an important means to consider progress over time and to target areas to improve practices and programmes. 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. og Malhue Gonzalez, Luciano og Acuña Maturana, Mauricio og Araya Canelo, Katherine og Freiburghaus, Christine http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:288722 2013-01-10T12:17:32Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:253424 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200659 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z Franks, D og Boger, D og Cote, C og Mulligan, D http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252663 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252465 Large-scale resource extraction projects often create obstacles for the protection, maintenance, and inheritance of indigenous cultural heritage. In this article we detail some of the challenges and opportunities arising from our collaborative partnership with the community of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea, which is seeking to establish, inform, and resource a formal cultural heritage management program in the context of a large-scale gold-mining operation. The general approach to this collaborative venture involves the application of a specific development tool, the Stepping Stones for Cultural Heritage program. This consultative process is innovative in both Melanesia and the context of resource extraction, but also more generally within the field of cultural heritage. We describe the outcomes of this process and some of the initial pilot projects, one of which was based on the recording of traditional Lihirian songs. We also argue that while the mine places greater pressure upon Lihirian cultural heritage, it also presents Lihirians with the opportunity to realize a vision of their cultural future that is beyond the reach of many other indigenous communities. 2011-09-20T00:00:00Z Bainton, Nicholas A. og Ballard, Chris og Gillespie, Kirsty og Hall, Nicholas http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219924 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z Kemp, Deanna og Keenan, Julia og Gronow, Jane http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200646 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z Franks, D. og Brereton, D. og Moran, C. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:196505 A survey was used to collect field data on demographic and socio-economic well-being of the aboriginal employees and trainees who were formerly working at Argyle. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Argyle’s training programs and to track their contribution to the development of human capital in the Kimberley region. Funded by Argyle Diamond Mine (ADM), the research was undertaken by the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), with assistance from Argyle Diamond’s Community Relations and Work Readiness (CRWR) department. Key objectives of the project were to: * collect information about what the former employees(apprentices and trainees) have been doing since leaving Argyle; * use this information to assess the effectiveness of training programs and to track their contribution to the development of human capital in the region; and * make recommendations, based on the findings, to assist in the design of workplace retention strategies. 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z Sarker, Tarpan og Bobongie, Grant http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:284278 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z Brereton, David og Barclay, Mary Anne og Beach, Ruth og Laffan, Warren og Arts, Dionne http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:257291 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z Green, S. R. og Corder, G. D. og McLellan, B. C. og van Beers, D. og Bangerter, P. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225016 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. og Boger, David V. og Côte, Claire M. og Mulligan, David R. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225021 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel og Cohen, Tamar og McLellan, Ben og Brereton, David http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252048 The extractive industry has the potential to significantly transform environments, communities and economies. At times, such transformation may manifest in conflicts or disputes between a resource developer and local communities, or even complete breakdown of the company’s social licence to operate—with associated costs for the company, local communities, and the broader public. This paper aims to build knowledge about whether and how extractive companies assess, aggregate and understand the costs of conflict with local communities around their operations, and the potential loss of value where they do not do so. The objective is to explore the business case for improved risk management and community relations in the extractive industry as a whole. Through in‐depth, confidential interviews with over 40 key individuals (primarily from extractive companies but also including industry bodies, corporate law firms, insurers and research institutes) on the costs of company‐community conflict, the paper draws insights from how companies are responding to mitigate or avoid the occurrence, extent and costs of such conflict. From these interviews, and detailed case analysis, the paper identifies potential costs that can arise for extractive companies at different stages of a project’s life cycle (for example, costs to financing, construction, operations, reputation, etc.). A typology of costs is developed, tested and applied to 25 cases of company‐community conflict in the extractive industry. The paper concludes by drawing on this evidence base to reflect on the business case for improved risk management aimed at preventing and mitigating company‐community conflict. 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z Davis, Rachel og Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:269594 This article explores the critical ways in which the relationship between landscape and memory is mediated by performance—through song, dance, ritual and the movements of the living and the dead. In the Lihir group of islands, in Papua New Guinea, these acts of memorialisation are rehearsed on a remarkable stage, an involuted cosmography or sacred geography in which the cosmological point of origin, the sacred rock of Ailaya, is also the ultimate destination for all human and spirit forms. Spirit beings are held to have emerged from the Ailaya, spreading across the island group, their tracks charting the links amongst distant clan members and the networks of alliance between trading partners. It is to the Ailaya that the spirits of deceased Lihirians must return, following preparatory mortuary rites and sung along a route that recalls the spirit connections. This teleological process is mapped through an account of the performance of relationships between people and land, to which an additional layer of complexity is added by the presence of a giant gold mine, in which the Ailaya is again the central feature. 2012-03-12T15:42:17Z Bainton, Nicholas A. og Ballard, Chris og Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:253305 It is central to Australia’s national interests to seek to increase the nation’s influence in the rapidly evolving global order. An essential component of this task is for Australia to improve its relations with other actors in the Asia-Pacific region. As a key player in the region, Australia is in a unique position to help meet the economic and security challenges currently unfolding in the Pacific. According to the Pacific Survey 2008, economic performance in emerging Asia remains excellent and Africa has sustained 5 per cent growth in recent years. However, the Pacific region is missing out on much of this growth. Economies in the region grew by 3.1 per cent in 2006 and the global financial crisis presently unfolding is likely to stifle growth even more. Within this context the security and economic prospects for Papua New Guinea and the island states of the Southwest Pacific (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji) are bleak but not inevitable. We think that there are a number of areas in which Australia can continue to make a valuable contribution to the prevention of further conflict and the promotion of economic growth within these countries. Our submission highlights the benefits of labour mobility, remittances and microfinance. We make a number of recommendations on the basis of our research findings, our experience with industry partners and studies done elsewhere that we believe are relevant and can assist the Committee in finding solutions to the challenges facing our neighbours. The scope of our submission is therefore set by our expertise in the above mentioned fields. 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z Pacheco, Vladimir og Hynes, Veronica og Lee, Karen http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:244804 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z Browne, Warwick og Franks, Daniel M. og Kendall, Glenn http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:173308 When large-scale resource extraction began on the main island of the Lihir Group in 1995, Lihirians anticipated that their long-held dreams of economic advancement and moral equivalence with Europeans would finally materialise. Lihirians have placed huge expectations upon this mining project, few of which have been realised. Many of their desires surfaced in earlier politico-religious movements during the colonial period. The beliefs and expectations for radical change which emerged in response to colonial inequality have decidedly shaped how many Lihirians interpret the presence of the mining operation and the nature of their relationship with the government and the mining company. In order to comprehend contemporary Lihirian ambitions and engagement with outside bodies, it is necessary to consider the genesis and continuity of earlier politico-religious movements. This paper provides a short history of the conditions and significant events during the latter part of the Australian administration (1945-75), detailing the emergence and persistence of desire and antipathy. 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z Bainton, Nicholas A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:149856 2008-06-06T00:00:00Z Beach, Ruth http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:199423 Regulatory frameworks can significantly affect the development and uptake of initiatives to recycle or re-use wastes and by-products in an industrial region, commonly referred to as regional synergies. Too many minor regulatory barriers discourage an organisation from investigating opportunities to recycle, re-use or recover their wastes or by-products. On the other hand, frameworks with facilitating mechanisms or suitable financial incentives can provide the necessary inducement for organisations to develop successful regional synergy initiatives. This article reviews Queensland's regulatory waste management framework and discusses their effect on the development of regional synergy initiatives, with particular reference to some of the practical aspects and issues of synergy development in the Gladstone industrial region in Queensland. 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z Davis, M og Corder, G.D. og Brereton, D.J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:191528 2010-01-06T00:00:00Z Bainton, Nicholas http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:199702 A relatively high proportion of Indigenous Australians live in remote areas where a number of mines are located. Indigenous Australians are more likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to be unemployed and to be living below the poverty line and in order to overcome this disadvantage it is important for Indigenous people to gain meaningful employment. In these remote areas, in addition to mining, tourism is seen as potentially providing substantial opportunities for Indigenous employment. However many of these Indigenous tourism enterprises will need on-going support to become sustainable. Mining companies have significant resources and infrastructure that could be used to help develop Indigenous tourism and a number of companies, as part of their corporate social responsibility agenda, have directly facilitated the development of Indigenous tourism ventures. This study examined Indigenous involvement in tourism in the Weipa region of north-west Queensland and the role of the then Comalco bauxite mining operation, now called Rio Tinto Aluminium, in assisting this development. The study revealed substantial enthusiasm about market opportunities for Indigenous tourism and potential support from the Comalco mine. However the mine did not see itself as being directly involved but saw itself as a facilitator working with some regional Indigenous organisations. However given the constraints these other organisations face, this approach by Comalco is likely to limit the effectiveness of the mine's efforts. 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z Buultjens, Jeremy og Brereton, David og Memmott, Paul og Reser, Joseph og Thomson, Linda og O’Rourke, Tim http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:281070 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z Weldegiorgis, Fitsum og Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:102725 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Parsons, D.E.R. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:254577 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel og Boege, Volker http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:269198 2012-03-07T07:54:19Z Owen, John R. og Westoby, Peter http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:135984 2008-04-22T00:00:00Z Schiavi, P. og Lawrence, G. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:173434 2009-04-02T00:00:00Z Corder, G. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:135998 2008-04-22T00:00:00Z Worral, R. og Neil, D. og Brereton, D. og Mulligan, D.