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Objective and background:
The main objective of the workshop is to stimulate North-South collaborative research around human rights, stakeholder engagement and impact assessment in the mining and natural resource industries and their role for a Fair Transition to the Green Economy. Adopting a hybrid format, the workshop will bring together scholars and practitioners from Brazil and Denmark as well as other countries to share research findings and discuss synergies for future research agendas.
The workshop is an initiative of the multi-disciplinary group GREEN-SORT (https://blog.cbs.dk/greensort/), which aims to address the potential and actual impacts on local communities of renewable energy, agro-industry, mining for green-tech minerals and other extractive activities related to the green transition.
The workshop is organized collectively by the University of Sao Paulo, the Federal University of Ouro Preto, and Copenhagen Business School.
The workshop is co-funded by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education (DAFSHE) 9th call for International Networks project on "Natural resources, risk-based due diligence, stakeholder engagement and public participation in decision-making: building comparative Arctic-Global South sustainability research", whose principal investigator is Prof. Dr. Karin Buhmann. Professor Dr Alberto Fonseca has undertaken much of the initial planning, and Professor Dr Joao Paulo Candia Veiga is the host of the on-site and online facilities at the University of Sao Paulo.
The first day of workshop will mainly be for invited participants from Brazil and Denmark. The second day will mainly be for presentations from scholars from other countries.
Local students, professors, civil society and industry representatives are welcome to attend the presentations/lectures. If you are interested and wants to register for the workshop, please fill out this online form. Spots for on-site attendance will be secured on a first-come, first-served basis.
It will be possible to attend only parts of the workshop.
PROGRAM
PRE-WORKSHOP SITE VISITS (FOR INVITED PARTICIPANTS ONLY)
MARCH 21 - SITE VISITS AT SAMARCO'S OPERATIONS IN MARIANA, MG
MARCH 22 - SITE VISITS AT THE RESETTLEMENTS OF BENTO RODRIGUES AND PARACATU DE BAIXO IN MARIANA, MG
DAY 1 - MARCH 24 (Open session – registration required)
9:00 – 9:15 Arrival or online-check-in, University of Sao Paulo (USP), at Av. Profº Lúcio Martins Rodrigues, 370 - Butantã - São Paulo - CEP: 05508-020 (Center for Artifficial Intelligence)
9:15 – 09:30 Introduction to the workshop (Joao Paulo Candia Veiga, Alberto Fonseca and Karin Buhmann)
9:30 – 09:45 Welcome words from the management of USP and Caio Magri, President of the Ethos Institute (The Corporate Agenda of Business and Human Rights in the near Future)
10:00 – 10:45 Introductions by participants: research focus, challenges, and suggestions of 2-3 key knowledge gaps for research related to the workshop topic.
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00-13.30: Presentations: Human Rights, stakeholder engagement, impact assessment and the mining industry:
11:00 – 11:30 Mining disasters and the role of participation: the case of the Fundão Dam in Mariana, MG (Dr. Bruno Milanez) [online, confirmed]
11:30 – 12:00 Stakeholder Engagement, Participatory Construction and Social Control – The Challenge of an Operational Model Fit for Purpose (Mr. Christiano Brandão, Manager of Corporate Affairs at Anglo American) [in person, confirmed]
12:00 – 12:30 The mining operation, Human Rights and Traditional People: the Alcoa case at the Amazon (Fabio Abdala, Alcoa) [in person, confirmed]
12.30-13.30: Break
13:30-15:00 Presentations: Human Rights, stakeholder participation, natural resources and challenges for a Fair Transition
13.30-14:00 Meaningful stakeholder engagement, natural resources and the Fair Transition: assessing and addressing business-related human rights impacts (Dr. Karin Buhmann) [in person, confirmed]
14:00-14:30 Stakeholder engagement in practice: Examples from human rights scoping studies across four mines and implications for sustainable finance and the role of institutional investors (Ms. Jacqueline Tedaldi) [in person, confirmed]
14:30-15:00 Stakeholder engagement and information materiality in GRI-based sustainability reports: a critical analysis (Dr. Alberto Fonseca) [in person confirmed]
15:00-15:30: Break
15:30-17:30 (up to 20 invited participants)
Focused discussions around key topics, including publications goals and opportunities, collaborative research agendas, funding programs and opportunities, etc.,
Sharing of experience and questions on issues of methods, research ethics etc.
DAY 2 – MARCH 25 (Open session; registration required)
9:00 – 09:15 Arrival or online check-in
9:15 – 9:30 Words of welcome (Joao Paulo Candia Veiga, Alberto Fonseca and Karin Buhmann)
9:30-12:30 Presentations (mainly online -15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for Q&A and discussions). Moderator during presentations: Karin Buhmann
9:30-9:55 Giuseppe Amatulli, PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK: Between alternative development paths and new power-relations – Exploring the cumulative effects of green extractivism: a case study from Northern British Columbia
10:00-10:25 Dr Emma Wilson, independent researcher, ECW Energy Ltd.: Fair transitions or green colonialism? Sweden’s iron ore industry and Sami reindeer herders
10:30-10:55 Mark C.J. Stoddart, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Nathan Andrews, McMaster University: Regimes of Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Resource-Rich Communities: Emerging Results on Oil Extraction in Atlantic Canada and Norway
11:00-11:25 Ignatius Yankey, Memorial University, and Temitope Tunbi Onifade, University of British Columbia: Behind the Doors: Inclusion and Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples and other Minorities in the Canada’s Federal Carbon Pricing Policymaking
11:25-12:00 General discussion (moderator: Karin Buhmann)
12:00-13:00 Break
13:00-16:00 Broader business, AI and development perspectives
(mainly in-person - 10 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for Q&A and discussions). Moderator during presentations: João Paulo Candia Veiga
13:00-13:20 Manoela Roland: The Treaty on Business and Human Rights, NAPS and a Due Diligence Law: What is necessary to regulate mining companies regarding Human Rights violations
13:20-13:40 Cláudia Alvarenga Marconi & Rafael de Souza Nascimento Miranda: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their limits and prospects of translation into small and medium-sized enterprises’ management objectives
13:40-14:00 Thiago Marcílio: Facial Recognition: A risk for Democratic regimes and Human Rights
14:00-14:20 Carolina Stefani: Human Rights Violations at Amazon in Brazil
14:20-14:40 Katiuscia Moreno Galhera: Business and Human Rights in Brazil: The Case of Wal Mart
14:40-15:00 Natalia Dus Poiatti & Johnny Kallay: Public initiatives and private governance interaction in the mining industry: evidence of synergistic effects on the reduction of GHG emissions
15:00-15:20 Summing up on insights and looking ahead (Karin Buhmann)
15:20-15:45: Wrapping up (Joao Paulo Candia Veiga)
APPLICATION FORM - OPEN LECTURES
FUNDING
