Two PhD positions available at uWaterloo in Sustainability Management for September 2025

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The Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group is seeking applicants to two open positions in the PhD in Sustainability Management in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo. We are looking for highly motivated, interdisciplinary researchers who can join our team for September 2025. Applications will be reviewed on December 15, and subsequently on a rolling … Read more

Research Review: Convergence of Western and Chinese ESG Approaches in Mining

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By: Steven B. Young The 2024 study Standardizing “Green” Extractivism: Chinese & Western Environmental, Social, and Governance Instruments in the Critical Mineral Sector by Raphael Deberdt et al. examines the growing adoption of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards by mining companies, with a focus on Chinese firms. Given China’s dominant role in the global … Read more

How to assess all those sustainability standards

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Lumet is developing a database and map of voluntary sustainability standards relevant to mining, minerals, metals and materials. Our initial guidance draws on our previous work on sustainability standards where we examined and categorized standards according to: Since that early analysis we have added communications as an important dimension. How the reporting of conformity to … Read more