Remembering Lloyd (Tom) Green
Tom Green was seldom what people expected. The first time we met I wasn’t quite sure what to make of him. It was the typical kind of cloyingly hot day in Indonesia where the spiced smell of cigarettes sinks into your clothes. Tom had a ready smile and a big handshake....
MFC appoints new chief of operations
WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 1, 2016—Social performance management leader MFC has named Krista Hendry as its new chief of operations. Hendry, formerly the executive director of the Fund for Peace, brings more than a decade’s experience working with companies and civil...
Health Report Finds On-going Damage To First Nations From Mount Polley Spill
VANCOUVER – A detailed impact assessment of the Mount Polley tailings-dam spill nearly two years ago has found ongoing damage to salmon fisheries and community life in First Nations communities. A report of the findings was released Friday, July 29, 2016, by...
mfc runs iaia session on managing worker influx
Managing worker influx is often a problem for startup projects, and that can especially be the case when one of the main goals of the project is to encourage economic transformation.
Vietnam gets first international social performance firm
MFC opens new consulting company in Vietnam. “Up until now if a organization wanted to get funding from an international financial institution it could only work with an international consulting company. MFC-VN changes all that,” said Timothy McLaughlin, the company’s director.
Stand up, speak out and get clear
New social performance management website engages practitioners in dialogue about what they do “If you’re doing this work without an ethical base you’re just co-opting people.” That’s what Wesley Cragg said recently at a session on social performance management in...
New Course: Health, Safety and Security in the Extractive Sector
New Course: Health, Safety and Security in the Extractive Sector Date: October 20-22, 2013 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Health, safety and security are some of the most severe outcomes that extractive industries face in international communities. In addition to...
Here’s why environmental and social impact assessments must be guided by health considerations
By Janis Shandro If we’re not doing impact assessments to protect human health and well-being for current and future generations, why are we doing them at all? Really. If impact assessments are of any use, don’t they have to give us tools primarily to predict and...
The nine things you need to do to manage a social crisis
By Gary MacDonald You probably already know how it starts. You’re sitting at your desk when the reception or front gate calls to say that the road is blocked by a group of angry people. You may not have known that it was coming – that’s a separate problem for a later...