Our belief is that a deep understanding and responsible, strategic management of these issues will be a key source of competitive advantage for companies in the years ahead.
We provide three types of services: due diligence and assurance that stakeholder, political and reputational risks are well understood and managed, prior to our clients making key investments or strategic decisions; practical support at the project level to help in-country teams achieve project outcomes; and finally, group-level strategies to align and position organisations as a whole to mitigate risks and realise opportunities.
Our network of advisors combines strong industry expertise with on-the-ground intelligence in over 80 countries. The senior advisory panel for the company includes eminent figures from industry, finance and global development. Our core team brings together experience working for major resource firms, The Economist, McKinsey, OECD, UN, and Chatham House, among other organisations.
As the energy transition accelerates and hydrocarbon revenues dwindle, oil and gas producing countries in the developing world will face significant challenges. Our latest analysis examines some of the associated socio-political implications and how international investors can demonstrate strategic partnership.
Our latest ‘Critical Conversation’ podcast features an exclusive discussion with Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, authors of the critically acclaimed “The World for Sale”, on the influence, impact and growing scrutiny of an industry that, until recently, has largely flown under the radar - global commodity trading.
Accelerating global climate action in 2021 will further increase expectations on oil and gas companies to strategically prepare for the energy transition. Our latest research explores anticipated pressure points and how companies might consider responding in order to stay ahead of the curve.
In an exclusive interview, Lukas Lundin (Lundin Group Chairman) argues that we are on the brink of another commodity supercycle, and emphasises the need for companies to do more to protect their social license to operate.
Many mining executives are concerned about what growing investor pressure to implement the TCFD recommendations might mean for their businesses. However, as we argue in our latest analysis, a rapid – but phased – approach toward TCFD-alignment can present significant opportunities.
The world faces considerable social and economic fallout from Covid-19, a vaccine rush, rising global inequality and shifting geopolitical dynamics. In a volatile and fast-evolving context, our latest analysis looks at three megatrends that could shape the operating context for the natural resource sector in 2021.
Our latest 'Critical Conversation' features an exclusive interview with Chad Holliday (Chair of Shell), discussing the lessons senior executives can draw from a turbulent 2020 - and the need for forceful action to address climate change and global inequality going forward.
Rising global inequality and the transition towards automation will require companies to reconsider how socio-economic benefits are created for local stakeholders. Our latest article sets out three ways that companies can safeguard stakeholder support.
In an exclusive interview, Sheila Khama (a NED of Tullow Oil and former CEO of DeBeers Botswana) argues that companies will need to strengthen regional supply chains in Africa, and highlights the risks of an economically unjust energy transition on the continent.
