A patina of sustainability: Corporate social responsibility and large-scale copper mining in Solwezi, Zambia

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dc.contributor.advisorZalik, Anna
dc.contributor.authorDvoretskiy, Vladimir
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T14:30:29Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T14:30:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-08
dc.date.updated2023-12-08T14:30:28Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe Kansanshi mine in Solwezi, Zambia is one of the largest copper-gold mines in Africa by output. Since 2005, the mine has been operated by First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM), establishing it as the largest Canadian-owned mining asset in Africa. The study aims to understand the influence of FQM's corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies on social and spatial relations within the local community, as well as the environmental and land use impacts of these policies. By examining the decision-making processes behind the CSR interventions, the research sheds light on the extractivist nature of sustainability in large-scale mining operations. Drawing on the corporate imperialism theory, the research suggests that an appearance of stakeholder well-being becomes crucial for the corporate vision of sustainability, turning the pursuit of a social license to operate into a form of extraction itself.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41654
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectAfrican studies
dc.subjectEnvironmental studies
dc.subject.keywordsCorporate social responsibility
dc.subject.keywordsCSR
dc.subject.keywordsESG
dc.subject.keywordsExtractive industries
dc.subject.keywordsExtraction
dc.subject.keywordsSustainability
dc.subject.keywordsCorporate philanthropy
dc.subject.keywordsSocial license to operate
dc.subject.keywordsLarge-scale mining
dc.subject.keywordsCopper mining
dc.subject.keywordsSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subject.keywordsZambia
dc.subject.keywordsSolwezi
dc.subject.keywordsKansanshi
dc.subject.keywordsKansanshi mine
dc.subject.keywordsNorth-Western province
dc.subject.keywordsNorthwestern province
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical ecology
dc.subject.keywordsCorporate imperialism
dc.subject.keywordsLand use
dc.subject.keywordsChitemene
dc.subject.keywordsFirst Quantum Minerals
dc.subject.keywordsFQM
dc.titleA patina of sustainability: Corporate social responsibility and large-scale copper mining in Solwezi, Zambia
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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