Towards Change - Brochure (Vietnamese)

This brochure describes the activities and outcomes of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project in North America. It outlines a vision for a prosperous mining industry based on environmental and social benefits, long-term policy, technical innovation, and community cooperation. The document highlights 10 specific recommendations for industry transition and references several supporting studies and a framework for assessing sustainability through seven key questions.

• The MMSD North America project identifies four criteria for a prosperous and profitable mining industry: providing benefits to people and the environment, having effective long-term policies, being technically innovative and culturally sensitive, and utilizing integrated cooperation methods with relevant individuals and communities.
• The MMSD North America summary report proposes 10 recommendations to encourage a transition toward sustainable development. These are divided into immediate practical issues (addressing past legacies, preventing future mistakes, testing a sustainability framework, improving incentive structures, improving conflict resolution, and promoting safe recycling of hazardous materials) and longer-term issues (building legal capacity, adjusting financial/business models for environmental and social demands, strengthening training and research, and reporting on MMSD results).
• A sustainability assessment framework was developed to determine if the overall contribution of mining activities to long-term sustainable development is positive or negative. This framework uses seven questions to provide optimal answers and a sequence of goals and indicators, which can be used for initial assessments, planning, funding, insurance, permitting, and internal or external audits.
• The MMSD North America project was implemented over 10 months, involving a 'North America Dialogue' of 100 people and various rapid implementation groups. Participants were selected from diverse backgrounds, including company employees (low, middle, and high level), mining-dependent communities, minorities, government, unions, NGOs, industry associations, and academics.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (n.d.). Towards Change - Brochure (Vietnamese). https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mmsd_mining_toward_change_brochure_vn.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Towards Change - Brochure (Vietnamese). n.d. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mmsd_mining_toward_change_brochure_vn.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopmentndtowards, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Towards Change - Brochure (Vietnamese)}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mmsd_mining_toward_change_brochure_vn.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }