Mines & Communities Website

Those impacted by mineral extraction and processing are increasingly confronted by offers of engagement with, or assistance from, large NGO's (non-governmental organisations) and the mining industry itself. For this reason, MAC has listed other sites ("useful", "pro-corporate" and "government"), in order to help users better understand the nature of such offers.

MACs priority is, however, the requirements and rights of the millions of people engaged in frontline struggle with the world's fifth most important industry, mining.

ECCR: The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

ECCR was formed in 1989 to raise the profile of corporate responsibility within the churches and companies. Its membership subscribes to the following mission statement (revised in September 2006). For more on ECCR’s mission, strategic objectives and programme.

Mission Statement

The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility works for justice in and through economic structures and for right stewardship of the earth and its resources.ECCR contributes to the Kingdom-oriented mission of the British and Irish churches to establish wholeness in society.

ECCR’s work reflects the principles that faith communities and their members have a responsibility to:

· encourage companies to adopt and maintain the highest standards of corporate responsibility in all aspects of their business, and express concern when they do not; and

· uphold these same high standards through responsible investment and use of their own resources.