by Gary | Oct 8, 2013 | Communications, Community Development, Community Relations, Environmental Impact Assessment, Health Impact Assessment, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Influx Management, Resettlement, Risk Management, Security, Social Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement
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...
by Gary | Aug 7, 2013 | Health, Risk Management, Safety, Security
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...
by Gary | Jun 17, 2013 | Environmental Impact Assessment, Health, Health Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment
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...
by Gary | May 22, 2013 | Communications, Community Relations, Crisis, Social Performance Management
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...
by Gary | May 14, 2013 | Capacity Building, Community Relations, Local Content, Social Investment
By Rebecca Reiber When it comes to enterprise development, I wouldn’t recommend basing credit decisions on indoor toilets or gifts from relatives living abroad. That’s why a recent article on creditworthiness indicators and how lenders use data from informal channels...
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