Prizes & Awards
Runner Up at 2014 Oikos Case Writing Competition, Corporate Sustainability Category
This case is about a gold mining company that seeks to practice “responsible mining” by addressing environmental and stakeholder concerns, but which nevertheless attracts protests. Barrick Gold Corporation has invested $4.8 billion developing the Pascua Lama gold mine in a glacial region of South America, but opposition has blocked the project.
The case allows students to examine a situation where CSR and sustainability may seem in conflict with the core business operations of the company, and challenges them to develop creative solutions. It introduces the concept of having a 'social license to operate' and explores how much societal acceptance is needed.
- gold mining
- license to operate
- sustainability
- stakeholder engagement
- enviromentalism
- indigenous peoples
- corporate social responsibility
- responsible mining
- Q41314
