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Community relations

The Keys to Successful Compensation

Compensation plans for individuals and communities affected by large-scale infrastructure projects, including mining and gas exploration, have changed significantly in recent years. They are no longer last-minute financial settlements in reaction...

Boréalis
December 1, 2011

Community relations

Indigenous peoples and their inclusion in extractive projects

Who are indigenous peoples? Indigenous peoples are social groups with identities that are unlike the dominant groups in national societies. In many cases they are among the most marginalized and/or...

Patrick Grégoire
November 21, 2011

Social and Environmental Performance

Social Baseline in the Extractive Industry (Part 2)

It is good practice to establish a social baseline in a systematic way, with quality controls and the implementation of a Social Information Management System (IMS). When data and metadata...

Louis Lieutenant
November 8, 2011

Community relations

Human Rights Resources for Extractive Companies (part 2)

Management of human rights impacts by companies in the mining and oil & gas industries is part of a broader trend towards increased corporate social responsibility within the extractive sector...

Andrew Sanford
October 5, 2011

Community relations

Human Rights Challenges in the Extractive Sector (part 1)

It is only within the past decade or so that companies operating in the extractive sector have begun to properly assess and address the human rights impacts of their operations....

Andrew Sanford
September 18, 2011

Social and Environmental Performance

Information Management Systems for Biodiversity Conservation

One of the major challenges that conservation biologists and environmental managers face when working with biodiversity data is its sheer volume. These large volumes of data necessitate the use of...

Andrew Sanford
September 3, 2011

Social and Environmental Performance

Biodiversity Management in the Extractive Sector: Challenges and Best Practices

Companies working in the mining and oil & gas sectors face significant challenges in Biodiversity Management. This is true in both undisturbed environments and those that have already been affected by...

Andrew Sanford
August 22, 2011

Grievance Management

Grievance management in the extractive sector

If a company with operations in the extractive industry systematically ignores the complaints of people in its project area, does so at its own risk. Complaints that are not acknowledged...

François Robichaud
July 19, 2011

Grievance Management

Grievance Management Mechanisms

Grievance management mechanisms for community complaints are part of a series of processes that aim to prevent, mitigate, or resolve tensions and conflicts between companies and local communities. They constitute...

Boréalis
April 27, 2011

Community relations

Stakeholder Engagement: Planning, executing and tracking progress

Stakeholder engagement is one of the cornerstones in the development of major infrastructures projects such as we see in the mining and oil & gas industries. The IFC defines stakeholders...

Boréalis
June 17, 2010