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.
Critical Resource MD Daniel Litvin argues in the Financial Times that the global investor movement on climate is on a roll; however, the battle needs to target oil demand as well as supply.
Andrew Grant from the Carbon Tracker Initiative argues that oil and gas companies will have to credibly prove to investors that they are among the lowest-cost producers to survive the energy transition
Former CEO of Western Mining warns against the retreat of major mining companies from difficult jurisdictions.
Rising resource nationalism in Indonesia – set to feature prominently in the upcoming presidential elections – presents a challenging political environment for the development of the Abadi LNG project.
CEO and Executive Director of Anglo Pacific Julian Treger predicts an era of squeezed supply and high prices, and comments on the prospects of coal as a new rare earth.
Critical Resource’s Founder & MD discusses 'The Energy Transition: Corporate Adaptation Strategies' at Atlantic Council panel discussion.
Woodside CEO and MD Peter Coleman discusses the impacts of geopolitics on oil supply, what higher prices could mean for the industry, and how the idea of continuous improvement applies to the social license.
The DRC’s political volatility is only one of multiple significant risks that cloud the operating environment for China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume mine amid the positive global outlook for cobalt.
Shell Chairman and Critical Resource Senior Advisory Panel member Chad Holliday advises oil and gas companies to be more proactive on climate change and to become comfortable with elevated political risk.
