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Building the Canadian Advantage: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Canadian International Extractive Sector

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Summary

The strategy encourages voluntary compliance with internationally-recognized CSR tools and guidelines, the Government of Canada promotes GRI, which can help Canadian companies measure and manage their economic, environmental, social and governance performance. This is meant to result in enhanced accountability and transparency through the reporting process can lead to good CSR performance and encourage market-based rewards for Canadian companies.

Issuer

Canada

Year

2009

Region

North America

Issuer (type)

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Ministry (Government)

Instrument type

Strategy

Disclosure instrument

Yes

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.63%
    • Low 0.02%
    • E focus: climate change, conservation, energy, environment, environmental management, pollution, biodiversity
    • S focus: social impacts, human rights
    • G focus: bribery, corruption, equator principles, responsible investment, accountability
    • Finance, Mining