In a folder called “ Assignment Papers ”, you will find 6 papers that address various aspects of sustainability and environmental reporting. Required: 1. Critically review any four of the six papers;...

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Article 1
The article, “Environmentally sustainable mining: The case of tailings storages facilities” by Erica Schoenberg seek to addresses paper address the questions of whether mining’s may be complete in method that contains as well as remediates environmental impact moreover thereby safeguard the livelihood of local population (Schoenberger, 2016). The research issues being addressed by Erica Schoenberg are concentrates on the tailings storage facility (TSF) as basis of mining-associated threat. Erica Schoenberg in his study also acknowledge that the social scientific recognises of engineered project wants to pay attentions to engineering. To such a complex and complicated issue Erica Schoenberg sums the research up fine by saying that social scientists as well as policy analysts need good understanding of the engineering practice and principles.
Overall Erica Schoenberg article is very straight forward from beginning. In this article the author recommend that social technical analysis of the engineered projects require to paying attentions to engineering. A rapid search throughout recent journal publication on a topic of the tailings storage facility is done by the author. Overall this is the best article by Erica Schoenberg. It is really a good source of information about environmentally sustainable mining.
Article 2
In this article “Corporate accountability in the Samarco chemical sludge disaster” the author searches avenues of the corporate accountabilities in disaster, utilizing Samarco chemical sludge (SCS) disasters, which takes place in a Brazil in2015, as a case study. The author provides present well-known samples use the Samarco chemical sludge 2015 in the Brazil as a case study (da Costa, 2017). Although the huge areas affected as well as devastating impacts upon population or the environment, these disasters have to date receive little worldwide media coverage as well as academic attentions. The major strength of this article presented by Karen da Costa is that the author wants to fill a gap, so shedding lights on how corporate accountabilities can be superior achieved in threats. The negative aspect of this research is that this is the desk-base research, mainly conducted on the documental study instead of fieldwork. Rising consensus cutting across the various schools are those disasters is inherently social phenomenon’s. They does not at all stem from the agent that may cause disruption, however from social structures of given communities, which reflect its vulnerabilities. It is significant to pay the notice to the past of given communities, for it shall provide clue on its tragedy vulnerability. Lastly, it was considering probable worldwide mechanism that could also be helpful in addressing situation for example Samarco chemical sludge’s. Author’s insights and evidences are relevant but there is a need for more insight. It is important that Karen da Costa provide evidence that the OECD principles offer high-quality opportunities for putting a pressure on government to seek accountabilities of businesses involve. Karen da Costa concludes that in this case of the Brazil, governments are undertaking already some measures, however additional alternative could be explore, also namely putting pressures against UK as well as Australia (da Costa, 2017).
Article 3
The article, “Corporate governance or environmental reporting: an Australian study” by a Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Carol A. Tilt or Laurence H. Lester investigating relationships between the environmental reporting as well as corporate governance attribute of businesses in Australia. Several researchers as well as commentators has noted how significant it’s for the associations to considering their effect on the natural surroundings and environment moreover for those to reveal the outcomes to wider team of stakeholder who might have been also affected, including community, workers, consumers, public, regulator, media, moreover shareholders (Gibson & O'Donovan, 2007). Author start by provided a detailed analysis that may offer the insights to both the regulators moreover business strategists. Main finding in this research both contradict or support conventional wisdom concerning the proportions of the environmental report by Australia’s biggest companies. This has an implication for the firms’ CEO in determining the optimal size for the board. Overall this article is a good and a well-written article and provide in depth...