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Speech for the Business of Sustainability conference at the Minerals Council of Australia 13/10/2010

By Tom Burke

Please see attached document for a copy of Tom Burke’s speech at the Business of Sustainability conference, Minerals Council of Australia 13/10/2010.  The speech explores the interaction between the mining industry and society within a world-wide political context.  Tom Burke demonstrates that the increasing resource scarcity facing our world requires a new alignment in the interaction between businesses, governments and individuals.  Within this space he says, the mining industry must contribute by persuasively articulating the part others must play in making resource scarcity risks manageable.