Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies

This paper examines the adoption of environmental practices in small and medium sized companies in the surface mining industry in Catalonia (Spain). To fulfill this aim, a survey of 41 items concerning environmental management systems and environmentally sustainable practices has been conducted. Res...

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Autores: Vintró Sánchez, Carla, Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís, Freijo Álvarez, Modesto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.069
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Palabra clave:Environmental management
Sustainability
Mining industry
Catalonia
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spelling Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companiesVintró Sánchez, CarlaSanmiquel Pera, LluísFreijo Álvarez, ModestoEnvironmental managementSustainabilityMining industryCataloniaThis paper examines the adoption of environmental practices in small and medium sized companies in the surface mining industry in Catalonia (Spain). To fulfill this aim, a survey of 41 items concerning environmental management systems and environmentally sustainable practices has been conducted. Results show that companies have committed themselves to environmental and sustainable issues. The majority of companies claim to understand the effects of their activities on the environment and they care for responsible access and management of natural resources. Restoration plans and the annual waste declaration are mandatory in Catalonia, and rational resources exploitation practices have been adopted by a high percentage of mines. Finally, some examples of good environmentally sustainable practices are introduced.Elsevier202120212014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.069http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71261http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71261reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.069Journal of cleaner production, 2014, vol. 84, p. 155-163cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Elsevier, 2014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/712612026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
spellingShingle Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
Vintró Sánchez, Carla
Environmental management
Sustainability
Mining industry
Catalonia
title_short Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
title_full Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
title_fullStr Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
title_full_unstemmed Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
title_sort Environmental sustainability in the mining sector: evidence from Catalan companies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vintró Sánchez, Carla
Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís
Freijo Álvarez, Modesto
author Vintró Sánchez, Carla
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Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís
Freijo Álvarez, Modesto
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Freijo Álvarez, Modesto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Environmental management
Sustainability
Mining industry
Catalonia
topic Environmental management
Sustainability
Mining industry
Catalonia
description This paper examines the adoption of environmental practices in small and medium sized companies in the surface mining industry in Catalonia (Spain). To fulfill this aim, a survey of 41 items concerning environmental management systems and environmentally sustainable practices has been conducted. Results show that companies have committed themselves to environmental and sustainable issues. The majority of companies claim to understand the effects of their activities on the environment and they care for responsible access and management of natural resources. Restoration plans and the annual waste declaration are mandatory in Catalonia, and rational resources exploitation practices have been adopted by a high percentage of mines. Finally, some examples of good environmentally sustainable practices are introduced.
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