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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Small-Scale Gold Mining and Diverse Rural Development Dynamics:Insights from Cambodia [PDF]

, 2013
A variety of recent policy conferences addressing resource extraction and rural development in Asia have highlighted the need for rigorous interdisciplinary research on the challenges of managing artisanal and small-scale mining.
Spiegel, Sam
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Biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from mining waste: From genomic analysis to development of a polymeric composite for removal of hexavalent chromium

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Biosurfactant was produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa using andiroba waste from Amazonia. A biosurfactant–alginate composite (Alg/BioS) was successfully synthesized via ionotropic gelation, and achieved up to 70% Cr6+ removal from water. Abstract Environmental contamination by heavy metals represents a significant challenge due to their persistence in ...
Paulo Diniz Austriaco, Emilly Cruz da Silva, Glenda Sores Gomes, Joane Almeida Alves, Amanda Vidal, Leandro Argolo, Rafaela Ribeiro, Luciana Souza, José Augusto Pires Bitencourt, Leonardo Brasil Felipe, Leonie Asfora Sarubbo, Sidnei Cerqueira dos Santos   +11 more
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Mining ‘Waste’. Repurposing Residues in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

, 2021
Funders: Belmont Forum, NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe).
Pijpers, R.J., Calvimontes, J., Camp, E. van de, D'Angelo, L., Fisher, E., Lanzano, C., Massaro, L.   +6 more
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Historical mercury losses from the gold mines of Victoria, Australia

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2020
Health and ecological risks associated with the use of mercury in gold mining are well known, with much recent attention focussed on contemporary small-scale artisanal mining. Legacy tailings from historical gold mining may also present ongoing risks, as
Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies
doaj   +1 more source

Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos, Ana Claudia de Araujo Moxotó, Jurandir Moura Dutra   +2 more
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Towards Responsible Mining in Africa: Problematising the Environmental and Public Health Concerns of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been emerging media reports on the impact of cyanide and mercury use in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) operations on community health, especially among pregnant and non‐pregnant women, ASGM miners, and children in rural Africa.
Francis Arthur‐Holmes, Emmanuel Selasi Tomude, Steve Ahenkora Amoako   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mercury in the Amazon: The danger of a single story

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023
Amazon conservation is essential for the global future. Mercury is currently among the worst global pollutants and most (78.5%) of the South-American emissions are from the Amazon. Current Brazilian legislation on mining activities and trade of gold, and
Maria Elena Crespo-Lopez, Gabriela P. Arrifano, Marcus Augusto-Oliveira, Barbarella M. Macchi, Rafael R. Lima, José Luiz M. do Nascimento, Carlos B.A. Souza   +6 more
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Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mercury in Fish From a Gold‐Mining‐Impacted Amazonian River: Biomonitoring and Human Health Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho, Kleber Solera, Vinícius José Santos Lopes, Gleyce Alves Machado, Ricardo Lopes Tortorela de Andrade, Leandro Dênis Battirola   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quicksilver & Gold: Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2012
In 2009 a mining engineer named Marcello Veiga set out to study mercury air pollution in a part of northwest Colombia called Antioquia Department. This mountainous, conflict-ridden state, where leftist guerillas routinely battle Colombian security forces, is an important center for artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).
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