Corporate social responsibility of subsoil users as a condition for sustainable development of the Arctic
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.15.65.001
Abstract
The paper discusses issues related to corporate social responsibility of industrial companies in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes the Soviet experience associated with the most dangerous tailings dumps for the environment on the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (the tailings of the Kularsky Gold Recovery Factory, the tailings of the Deputy Mining and Processing Plant), as well as the modern experience of mining companies in the field of corporate social responsibility. The role of ethnological expertise as a mechanism for assessing the impact of business projects in the Arctic on the livelihoods of indigenous peoples of the North, their traditional way of life and native habitat is revealed. Moreover, it is noted that ethnological expertise serves not only to calculate the losses of the rightholders of land plots and compensation payments, but also as a basis for equal cooperation between the population, the state and industrial companies in order to create conditions for improving the quality of life of Northerners. The legal framework and law enforcement practice are analyzed, statistical data are provided, on the basis of which it is proposed to develop and adopt two regulatory legal acts of the federal level affecting issues of corporate social responsibility and ethnological expertise (based on the law enforcement experience of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
About the Authors
N. N. Nazarova
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nazarova Nadezhda Nikolaevna – 4th year student of the Faculty of Law
Yakutsk
A. N. Sleptsov
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sleptsov Anatoliy Nikolaevich – Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Arctic Law and the Law of the Asia-Pacific Region of the Faculty of Law
Yakutsk
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Nazarova N.N., Sleptsov A.N. Corporate social responsibility of subsoil users as a condition for sustainable development of the Arctic. Arctic XXI Сentury. 2022;(4):5-13. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.15.65.001
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