Historically, corporate social investment has been represented as essentially a voluntary activity, linked to the broader corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda. Our analysis of emerging trends in the global oil and gas and mining sectors suggests that this traditional view of corporate social investment is in need of re-thinking.

Report by McNab, K., Keenan, J., Brereton, D., Kim, J., Kunanayagam, R. and T. Blathwayt (2012). Beyond Voluntarism: The Changing Role of Corporate Social Investment in the Extractives Sector. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland. Brisbane.

The Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Sustainable Minerals Institute