Xstrata in Peru: will CSR ‘best practice’ keep communities on side?
To avoid protests faced by other mines in Peru, Xstrata’s Las Bambas project has focused early & hard on community relations. Will that be enough?
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ICMM publishes guidance note on resolving local-level grievances
This key document – developed with support from Critical Resource – is aimed at ICMM members & other mining companies
Too much ‘small thinking’ by firms: interview with Global Witness
Global Witness’ campaigns director wants resource firms to think bigger about the socio-political context in which they operate
Ivanhoe: A golden opportunity – if Mongolia stays the course
Mongolia’s financial straits are helping to push Ivanhoe’s $3bn copper-gold project through its tortuous approval process, but deals signed by governments under financial pressure do not always stand the test of time
Chinese resource giants: plunderers or partners?
A new report points to evidence of improving environmental & social standards at Chinese resource firms. Interview with author Jill Shankleman
Relationship difficulties
A new book on building strong relations with local communities contains excellent advice – albeit it may not help those who need it most
Coups, corruption & resource firms – interview with Paul Collier
Oxford professor & Critical Resource senior advisory panel member argues firms can be ‘strategic in influencing how host governments evolve’
Kurdistan oil profits hinge on fraught Iraqi politics
Heritage Oil needs the current truce between Baghdad and Iraq’s Kurds to last. Read the first of a new series of ‘Flashpoint’ articles
ICMM publishes human rights guidance note
This key document – developed with support from Critical Resource – is aimed at ICMM members & other mining companies
Asian rivalry & access to resources – Interview with Bill Emmott
Former editor of The Economist & member of Critical Resource senior advisory panel on Asia’s great powers and their quests for natural resources
Oil, Gas and International Insecurity: Tackling a Self-fuelling Fire
More ambitious international policy initiatives are needed if oil & gas importing countries hope to tackle the roots of energy insecurity
Critical Resource update – Experts rate LicenseSecure™
Interviews with leading experts on our model for rating the ‘License to Operate’ have provided very positive feedback and interesting insights
‘The financial value of trust’
The downturn is a time to cut back – but not to cut stakeholder relationships
‘CSR and the crunch’ – New Statesman interviews Critical Resource
It would be a disaster for big business to discard CSR because of the credit crunch – particularly as it was originally caused by an ethical failure.
A new ‘native’ title
A new book on how extractive firms use ‘CSR’ to build relations with indigenous peoples convincingly outlines the problems but less so the solutions