The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™
The politics of resources redefined™

We help clients understand and resolve potential stakeholder and political challenges using tools based on global best practice and our on-the-ground experience.

ASSESSMENTS & ASSURANCE

Using our LicenseSecure™ methodology we provide assessments and assurance that risks are well understood and managed. Read more.

ACHIEVING PROJECT OUTCOMES

Achieving commercial success by building common ground with stakeholders. Read more.

GROUP-LEVEL STRATEGY

Supporting senior executives to design and implement group-level strategies, including on climate change. Read more.

What makes us different?

Resource industry specialism

  • Critical Resource focuses exclusively on political and stakeholder issues in mining and energy, with particular expertise in asset-level work.
  • Our team includes leading industry figures, including former executives in resource firms with decades of experience managing these issues responsibly first-hand.

Unrivalled knowledge base

  • Having analysed or worked on 250+ mining and energy projects, we are uniquely positioned to evaluate, and identify effective strategies for, key socio-political risks.
  • We have developed a rigorous proprietary methodology for analysing and securing the socio-political ‘license to operate’.

Unique networks & reputation

  • We have extensive networks in the majority of the world’s resource-rich nations, with expert advisors in 80+ countries. Our teams include former ambassadors, ministers, and social development experts.
  • Through our work for clients, we have developed good relationships with major investors, NGOs and international institutions.

Map of Critical Resource expertise

 

Please note: Critical Resource will assist clients to manage issues with integrity. Some services are outside the scope of Critical Resource’s work. Critical Resource is not a PR or lobbying firm. While able to provide fact-based content for potential external use, Critical Resource does not undertake media relations itself or represent clients externally. Client confidentiality is a core principle for Critical Resource.