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and considers the four types as equitable also considering the growing professionalization and competitive relevance of strategic philanthropy (Fombrun et al. 2000;
Godfrey 2005; Porter and Kramer 2002, 2006).
2.2 Dimension 2: Sustainability Issues Addressed
One top priority sustainability issue in mining is workforce safety (International
Mining 2019). Mining companies would increase safety disclosure as a response
to stakeholder scrutiny on the hazardous work environment that regularly leads to
serious injuries and fatalities (Coetzee and van Staden 2011). This supporting, Yongvanich and Guthrie (2007), as well as Deegan et al. (2002), found employee health
and safety a widely reported and dominant disclosure element. Another important
sustainability issue that receives growing attention in reporting is disclosure on social
performance (Perez and Sanchez 2009). Apart from health, safety, and social issues
also environmental aspects are said to dominate mining companies, information
disclosure and would constantly evolve in comprehensiveness and depth (Deegan
et al. 2002; Guenther et al. 2007; Perez and Sanchez 2009).
Also, the issue-dimension allows for a maturation perspective: Jenkins (2004) and
Jenkins and Yakovleva (2006) portrayed a shift in the mining sector from addressing
fragmented single sustainability issues, such as the aforementioned safety or environmental issues, towards more holistic approaches. Similarly, mining company policies
would evolve from rather internally oriented health, safety, employee well-being, and
environmental policies to overarching sustainability and CSR policies. This more
integrated approach would consider the often-interwoven complexities of sustainability issues and account for reciprocal effects between different sustainability
issues. To conclude, mining companies, CSA can be described to be addressing
environmental, health, safety, social, and integrated issues.
2.3 Dimension 3: Components Across the Value Chain
A third dimension in the framework covers the different steps of the value chain
that corporate sustainability activities can address. In general, the value chain can
be separated into three broad steps: Supply, production, and product (Guziana and
Dobers 2013; Weinhofer and Busch 2013) (Table 1).
Research design is then presented stating how data is collected and analyzed.
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and considers the four types as equitable also considering the growing professionalization and competitive relevance of strategic philanthropy (Fombrun et al. 2000;
Godfrey 2005; Porter and Kramer 2002, 2006).
2.2 Dimension 2: Sustainability Issues Addressed
One top priority sustainability issue in mining is workforce safety (International
Mining 2019). Mining companies would increase safety disclosure as a response
to stakeholder scrutiny on the hazardous work environment that regularly leads to
serious injuries and fatalities (Coetzee and van Staden 2011). This supporting, Yongvanich and Guthrie (2007), as well as Deegan et al. (2002), found employee health
and safety a widely reported and dominant disclosure element. Another important
sustainability issue that receives growing attention in reporting is disclosure on social
performance (Perez and Sanchez 2009). Apart from health, safety, and social issues
also environmental aspects are said to dominate mining companies, information
disclosure and would constantly evolve in comprehensiveness and depth (Deegan
et al. 2002; Guenther et al. 2007; Perez and Sanchez 2009).
Also, the issue-dimension allows for a maturation perspective: Jenkins (2004) and
Jenkins and Yakovleva (2006) portrayed a shift in the mining sector from addressing
fragmented single sustainability issues, such as the aforementioned safety or environmental issues, towards more holistic approaches. Similarly, mining company policies
would evolve from rather internally oriented health, safety, employee well-being, and
environmental policies to overarching sustainability and CSR policies. This more
integrated approach would consider the often-interwoven complexities of sustainability issues and account for reciprocal effects between different sustainability
issues. To conclude, mining companies, CSA can be described to be addressing
environmental, health, safety, social, and integrated issues.
2.3 Dimension 3: Components Across the Value Chain
A third dimension in the framework covers the different steps of the value chain
that corporate sustainability activities can address. In general, the value chain can
be separated into three broad steps: Supply, production, and product (Guziana and
Dobers 2013; Weinhofer and Busch 2013) (Table 1).
Research design is then presented stating how data is collected and analyzed.