by Gary | Mar 27, 2013 | Agriculture, Capacity Building, Community Development, CSR, Forestry, Local Content, Mining, Social Investment
A huge opportunity many companies miss By Trevor Kalinowsky If trade press and conference promoters are anything to go by, local content is the latest trend to hit the social performance landscape. Apparently if your project or company doesn’t have a ‘framework...
by Gary | Jan 18, 2013 | Mining
Tim McLaughlin presented at the Asian Mining Indaba conference that took place on October 28-31, 2012 in Singapore. The presentation highlights the importance of conducting regular social due diligence reviews. Tim McLaughlin presented at the Asian Mining Indaba...
by Gary | Apr 27, 2012 | CSR, IFC, Mining, Social Performance Management
On Friday April 27, the Vancouver Sun published an opinion piece written by Monkey Forest principal Gary MacDonald and Marketa Evans, the Government of Canada’s Extractive Sector CSR counsellor, entitled: “Extracting the risk from mining – Current...
by Gary | Oct 20, 2011 | CSR, Human Rights, Mining
How extractive companies handle stakeholder grievances about their overseas behavior is increasingly influencing global public perception about them. The recent release of the first report from Canada’s “voluntary” process underlines this point. In...
by Gary | Jul 5, 2011 | FPIC, Mining
In the July 2011 issue of Mining, People and the Environment, a quarterly supplement to The Mining Journal, Maurice Bridge and Angus Wong of Monkey Forest Consulting examine the growing requirements for FPIC and the way they are changing mining practices the world...
by Gary | Mar 10, 2010 | Community Development, Community Relations, Mining
Craig Ford, the Vice President of People and Environment of Inmet Mining, and Gary MacDonald, and Carolina Silva of Monkey Forest Consulting will talk about “Building community relations and community development strategies from day one: A Case study of Inmet...
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