by Guest Author | Aug 29, 2014 | Human Rights Due Diligence, Mining & Energy
Guest post by Thorbjørn Waal Lundsgaard Sierra Leone is best known for its violent civil war (1991-2002) and “blood diamonds”. Today the country is in the news because of the Ebola outbreak. According to the WHO, there have been 422 deaths so far with over 1,026 more...
by Ulula | Jul 8, 2014 | Agriculture, Mining & Energy, Stakeholder Engagement
Brendan Murphy and Oseyi Ikuenobe New research by Daniel Franks (Center for Social Responsibility in Mining) and Queensland University and Rachel Davis (Shift) find that delays in world-class mining operations valued between US$ 3 and US$ 5 billion caused by conflict...
by Linda Pappagallo | Jun 9, 2014 | Mining & Energy, Stakeholder Engagement
Redeyef is a phosphate-mining town close to the border of Algeria, known to be the site of important uprisings in 2008, a foretaste of Tunisia’s 2011 Jasmine revolution. A few weeks ago, Ulula visited local miners to understand and discuss community needs related to...
by Antoine Heuty | May 16, 2014 | Mining & Energy
Antoine Heuty and Linda Pappagallo The costs associated from escalating conflict with neighboring communities can be substantial for extractive sector companies. Here are three examples of what the oil, gas and mining community labels “non-technical risk” – risks...
by Linda Pappagallo | May 14, 2014 | Mining & Energy
Antoine Heuty and Linda Pappagallo At the “Shared Value Leadership Summit: Investing in Prosperity” this week in New York, leading thinkers and practitioners from around the world meet to explore approaches in sustainably reconciling business goals and social impact....
by Linda Pappagallo | Apr 7, 2014 | Health & Safety, Mining & Energy, Uncategorized
Work environments in the oil, gas and mining sector are renowned to be amongst the most hazardous of high impact industries, concomitantly current efforts in Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) risk mitigation have not always been met with high success rates. The...
