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How Oil Companies Can Address Risk & Exposure for Human Trafficking
K&L Gates and Acorn International hosted a panel discussion on the emerging...
Upcoming Panel Discussion on Global Ethical Supply Chains
What Officers, Directors, and Counsel of International Oil Companies Should Know...
ISSUE 42: WHAT LENDERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORKING WITH IESCS
Banks engage Independent Environmental and Social Consultants (IESC) to identify...
ISSUE 41: WHO CARES ABOUT CONSENT?
HINT: COMPANIES, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, MANAGERS, AND LENDERS NEED SOCIAL LICENSE...
ISSUE 40: COVID CULTURAL REACTIONS WORLDWIDE – A FOLLOW-UP VIEW FROM BEHIND THE HEADLINES
This time last year we checked in on our on-the-ground partners in >50 countries...
ISSUE 39: DANCING ALONG THE EDGE
Balancing the responsibility to protect vs. respect human rights in challenging environments.
ISSUE NO. 38: LENDERS’ GUIDE TO TCFD CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT APPLICATION – LESSONS LEARNED AND OUTLOOK
wo years ago, Blackrock[1] and other investors released reports citing that climate...
ISSUE NO. 37: WHAT THE “S”? PART THREE – COMPANY APPROACHES TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DEI)
In our previous posts exploring the social aspects of ESG, we have discussed the...
ISSUE NO. 36: THE EXTRACTIVES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVEMENT
“Indigenous people don’t favor economic development!” “Tribal people are...
ISSUE NO. 35: OIL & GAS AND NGOS: NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT?
Update: 10 Years Ago We Were Thinking… It has been just about ten years since we...
ISSUE NO. 34: DEAR COLLEAGUE: R U REACHING UR STAKEHOLDERS?
We know from experience that in-person stakeholder engagement is the ideal format...
ISSUE NO. 33: THE TWO CULTURES: MINING VERSUS EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND WHAT MINERS SHOULD DO ABOUT IT – PART TWO
Two factors dominate the mining industry’s DNA – one business-based and the other...