Social impact assessment in the mining industry

¹ Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation, 300191 Timisoara, 14 Remus Street, Romania
² Institutul Teologic Baptist, 29 Berzei Street, 010251 Bucharest, Romania
³ Department of Technical Sciences, Academy of Romanian Scientists, 010071 Bucharest, Romania

^* Corresponding author: larisa.ivascu@upt.ro

Abstract

Social responsibility for sustainability has become an important dimension in the current context. More and more industries are evaluating this responsibility and are actively involved in addressing human resources to increase motivation, communication and reduce negative factors. The mining industry is important, especially from the perspective of sustainability. For these reasons, this paper reviews the social impact in the mining industry and provides a framework of social indicators for this industry. The methodology used is based on a qualitative assessment of the importance of indicators for industry. This framework is developed based on various social impact reporting tools. This approach can be extended to other fields of activity following the adaptation of its applicability. The main conclusions show that social responsibility is important for the mining industry.