A new survey has looked at how effective mining and oil companies are at reporting their (community social relations) work.
Such corporate work has grown considerably in significance over the last decade and is now a must for companies to gain any standing.
It is particularly pertinent for the so-called "extractive" firms because of the potentially disruptive nature of their operations which can affect thousands of people as landscapes are changed and settlements impacted upon.
Such companies are often considered most in need of implementing best practice .
The 21 survey was carried out over nine months by looking at the various reports from the companies and provides a ranking for firms which are on both London's AIM and the main board.
Notably of the 290 companies surveyed just over one third reported any kind of project or programme while only 37 companies published or sustainability reports.
Just five firms updated their community relations work more than annually while only 57 companies disclosed how much they were spending on community relations.
Only 71 companies had carried out a community survey and/or had explicitly appointed someone in a community liaison position.
The study used a basic nine point binary scoring system where a point is earned if a firm has disclosed a key indicator eg: demonstrated a project.
On LSE the top ranked company was () with eight points while () () () () and () all got a score of seven.
Meanwhile on AIM tanzanite miner () and () got six points while iGas Energy () and () received five points.
Companies in Australia had the best average score at 2.89 while South Africa as a region was second with an average score of 2.72.
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