IFC Global Head of Mining Namrata Thapar discusses investor expectations and calls on companies to be more ambitious on impact investing, shared value creation, gender equality and water management.
Copper fundamentals remain strong and companies should recognise a deal that is too favourable to them, says Richard Adkerson, CEO of Freeport-McMoRan.
A standoff between the Ugandan government and the Tilenga project’s joint venture partners – Total, Tullow Oil and CNOOC – underscores the ways in which politics continues to hold up the development of Uganda’s oil sector.
Incoherence in the ESG movement is posing major challenges to resource companies and holding back on-the-ground outcomes, argues Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
In an article published by Project Syndicate, Critical Resource Founder & MD Daniel Litvin argues that the movement championing more enlightened financial capitalism is beginning to exhibit some familiar flaws.
Mining companies will need an expanded set of stakeholder skills to navigate the new challenges posed by battery metals, rare earth elements and other technology minerals.
Greater government action is needed to encourage natural resource companies to make a positive contribution to societal outcomes, says Eric Rasmussen of the EBRD.
Matthew Bateson, Critical Resource senior advisor, argues that companies should avoid knee-jerk reactions to target-setting, and that mining can learn from the oil and gas sector’s approach to industry-wide climate action.
A long-running blockade at MMG’s Las Bambas mine, which is among Peru’s largest and accounts for roughly 2 percent of global copper production, points to a difficult stakeholder environment for resources investors in the country.
ESG investing is unstoppable and companies will need an adaptable mindset as the energy transition proceeds, says Edward Mason of the Church of England, which leads high-profile investor pressure on climate change.
Developing countries have a right to drill for oil and underinvestment by oil companies due to climate pressures risks global price shocks, says Chair of Tullow Oil Dorothy Thompson.
Daniel Litvin will chair a session on local challenges around extractive-industry investments as part of the course, which is organised by Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government and the Natural Resource Governance Institute.
Responding to the ongoing debate around ESG rating methodologies, our latest white paper argues that to really understand ESG outcomes, investors and company decision-makers need in-depth and sector-specific analysis.
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
