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Blog: Sustainability in the Oil, Gas, and Extractives Industries: A Conversation with BSR Senior Advisor Nick Wood

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific

BSR's new Senior Advisor Nick Wood, a former Shell International executive who will focus on the global oil, gas, and extractives industries at BSR, shares his thoughts on the industries' sustainability challenges and opportunities—and why companies need to give up some control to get it right. Read more →

Posted: January 6, 2013 | Topics: Climate Change, Community Engagement & Development, Energy, Mining

BSR Insight Article: Devex Impact: Where Business and Development Meet

Nancy Wildfeir-Field, Former Director, Global Partnership Development

How does a company do well and do good? Increasingly, companies want to know how to create solutions to maximize economic outcomes, how to use their expertise to improve development outcomes, and how to put in place stewardship and governance policies that create a level playing field.   Read more 

Posted: November 20, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Conference, Economic Development, Strategy & Integration

BSR Insight Article: (Not) Sharing the Benefits: A Business Risk?

Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research

Ernst & Young's most recent annual report of business risks facing the mining and minerals industry has a notable addition this year: "sharing the benefits." Read more 

Posted: October 2, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Energy, Mining, Stakeholder Relations

BSR Insight Article: Community Engagement With Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Jasmine Campbell, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Based on a workshop BSR held in June, we have launched a new report that discusses how extractives companies can use free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) to engage affected communities throughout project development. The report defines FPIC and discusses best practices for stakeholder engagement that can be applied within the company and with external stakeholders: Internally: Read more 

Posted: September 25, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Mining, Stakeholder Relations

Report: Engaging With Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Jasmine Campbell, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Based on a workshop BSR held in June, we developed a report that discusses how extractives companies can use free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) to engage affected communities throughout project development. Read more 

Posted: September 24, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Mining, Stakeholder Relations | Download (PDF)

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