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2011-02-01
Recent reports from environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) such as the Pembina Institute and the Environmental Law Centre in Canada, as well as investor groups such as Ceres and The Ethical Funds Company, have addressed the growing concern over environmental liabilities related to...
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Assessing Corporate Certification as Impetus for Accurate Reporting in Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program
Download2012-11-08
Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP) establishes the procedures for determining and administering financial security for reclamation of oil sands and coal mining operations. The program establishes more transparent and consistent methods for determining the financial security amount...
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2012-08-23
Sandilya, A.C., Dixon, R.J., Kenney, J.
The Audit Protocol for the Mine Financial Security Program was commissioned to provide a framework to assist government or third-party auditors of Annual Reports under Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development’s Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP). The Audit Protocol seeks to...
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2011-12-07
Mullick, A., Morton Sr., M., Thornton, W., Nelson, J.
This report provides a number of cost estimating factors, common terminology and common practices derived from industrial decommissioning projects, international cost estimating practices and the outcome of a joint university, industry and regulator workshop. The cost estimation factors...
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Qualifying Environmental Trusts as Financial Security for Oil Sands Reclamation Liabilities
Download2012-07-30
Sandilya, A., Maier, M., Dixon, R., Schneider, T.
The Alberta oil sands resource is vast; however, the amount that can be accessed via open-pit mining is limited. The process of extracting oil from bitumen via open-pit mining has now been going on for decades and could be considered a mature industry. Under Alberta law, plans for the...