Our latest Critical Conversation podcast features an exclusive discussion with Sir Lawrence Freedman on the war in Ukraine, potential conflict over Taiwan and and potential lessons in corporate leadership from military strategy.
The mining industry needs to invest more in government and community engagement in order to convince stakeholders that it’s not only safe but in their interest to develop new mines in their ‘backyards’, argues Henry Hall.
Our latest Critical Conversation podcast features an exclusive discussion with Sean Gilbertson, CEO of Gemfields, on the ethical sourcing and development of Africa’s natural resources.
Project Syndicate has recently asked Daniel Litvin, Yanis Varoufakis, John H. Cochrane and Isabella M. Weber whether the benefits of a one-off tax on the energy sector’s war-fueled windfall would outweigh the costs.
Our latest analysis explores the consequences of increased state intervention in the extractive industries in Mexico and how investors will need to adapt to evolving challenges and scrutiny.
Our latest Critical Conversation podcast features an exclusive discussion with Dr Comfort Ero, President & CEO of International Crisis Group, on conflicts around the globe and the role resource companies can play in fostering the advancement of peace.
While the sustainable investment movement continues to hold great promise, it urgently needs reform, argues Daniel Litvin.
Our latest analysis explores some of the key stakeholder, environmental and socio-political challenges associated with developing renewable energy projects and the importance of establishing a strong ‘social license to operate.’
Our latest Critical Conversation podcast features an exclusive discussion with Sir Tony Brenton (former British Ambassador to Russia), on the potential trajectory of the war in Ukraine, the role of oil and gas in Russia’s political system and the fast-moving global geopolitics of oil and gas in light of the conflict.
Critical Resource’s Senior Advisory Panel discusses the global consequences of the war in Ukraine, the current energy crisis, and shifting human rights expectations on companies.
As ESG scrutiny of mining firms mounts, can the gold sector – a bit-player in the energy transition – justify its carbon footprint and other impacts?
The war in Ukraine may have a powerful effect in accelerating global responses to climate change, argues Daniel Litvin, Founder and Senior Partner of Critical Resource.
Our latest ‘Critical Conversation’ podcast features an exclusive discussion with Don Lindsay (President and CEO, Teck) on the mining sector’s role in the energy transition, highlighting that an undersupply of copper threatens the pace of the transition.
The Ukraine crisis highlights how half-formed climate policies can reinforce the geopolitical power of fossil fuel-exporters such as Russia in the short term. Western economies now need to force these policies to their conclusion, argues Critical Resource Founder Daniel Litvin.
Our latest ‘Critical Conversation’ podcast features an exclusive discussion with Karina Litvack (Chair, Climate Governance Initiative; NED, Eni) on the role of boards in managing ESG and climate change, arguing there is no longer an excuse not to act: these issues fall firmly within the fiduciary obligations of boards.
Voluntary carbon markets are expanding rapidly, yet the credibility of their climate impact is repeatedly questioned. Our latest analysis explores the importance of improving the integrity of these markets if they are to play a credible role in meeting net zero and the implications for companies seeking to use them.
With resource nationalism on the rise around the world, Critical Resource Founder and Senior Partner Daniel Litvin discusses five lessons resource companies can take from previous episodes of resource nationalism in an extended version of an article published in the Financial Times.
