Environmental justice and corporate social irresponsibility
The case of the mining company Vale S.A
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3754879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatriz Macchione Saes (0000-0001-5256-1457, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Daniela Del Bene (0000-0002-7879-5275, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Raquel Neyra (0000-0001-5618-7511, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina), Lisa Smith Wagner (0000-0002-0848-5255, National Council for Scientific and Technical Investigations, Argentina), J Martínez‐alier (0000-0002-6124-539X, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ambiente & sociedade (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1809-4422asoc20210014vu2021l4id |
| OpenAlex | W3208991323 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1414-753X2021000101100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 20 |
After the Vale's tailings dam failure in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais) in early 2019, a group of researchers and activists from around the world produced a thematic map in the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas) including 30 cases of environmental conflicts in which Vale had a prominent role. In this paper, these cases are analysed in light of Vale's corporate social responsibility (CSR) discourses and practices, aiming to explore the contradiction of high CSR standards in the company and in other large multinationals in the mining sector coexisting with many socio-environmental conflicts. The analysis indicates that the company's performance contrasts with its CSR discourse and that, even when Vale considers its performance both responsible and exemplary, the company reproduces environmental injustices and is therefore rather practicing Corporate Social Irresponsibility
Business · Contradiction · Corporate social responsibility · Economic Justice · Environmental justice · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Tailings Management and Properties
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |