An ever-increasing number of companies use “pulse surveys” – frequent, real-time staff polls powered by digital technology – to gauge how happy and engaged their employees are. Reconfiguring these quick-fire polls for applications in occupational health and safety...
The explosive increase in sustainability reporting over the past ten years and the creation of supporting sustainability standards have been important achievements, but the they have yet to fulfill their promise of better aligning corporate goals with societal...
Technology innovation that allows for rapid and repeatable collection of aerial image and sensor data, such as drones and micro-satellites, is rapidly opening opportunities for more systematic monitoring of environmental impacts of industrial operations. At the same...
One of the big questions discussed this year at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2015 Convention, the biggest annual gathering of mining professional from all over the world, in Toronto last week was how to create better systems for...
Earlier this year, the Mongolian prime minister initiated an SMS poll to solicit feedback from citizens on how they though the government should stabilize the tugruk, the Mongolian currency. The two options Mongolian cell phone owners were given in the three-day poll...
Canada’s recent reforms in CSR regulations are not only a headliner, but also a practical challenge in terms of effective scalable stakeholder engagement. Over 50% of the world’s publicly traded mining companies are headquartered in Canada, and operate in over one...
