Cambodia has mandated legal requirements on relevant ESG for instance labor, health and safety, environmental protection, impact assessment, human rights, child rights, gender and private corporate governance. The study used a more qualitative approach for collecting data and information to formulate and analyze study findings from the six gold mining companies in the three provinces. The study was conducted in a participatory manner, ensuring the participation and involvement of key stakeholders in the different approaches of the study. The findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations are based on in-depth interviews with investment personnel, provincial in-charged departments, International/Non-Governmental Organizations (I/NGOs), semi-structured interviews with gold mining employees and field observations performed during the field data collection to Preah Vihear, Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri provinces in September 2022.

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