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Case Study: Twin Metals Minnesota: Using Early Stakeholder Engagement to Improve Strategy

By helping Twin Metals Minnesota engage early with a broad set of stakeholders for its development of an underground copper mine, BSR worked with the company to integrate stakeholder ideas into a more robust sustainability strategy for the company as a whole. Learn more →

Posted: October 22, 2012 Topics: Mining, Stakeholder Relations

Case Study: Bettercoal: Improving Performance in the Coal Supply Chain

In the next 25 to 50 years, despite efforts to shift to lower-carbon energy sources, increasing demand from large emerging economies means that coal will continue to be critical to meet energy needs. And, increasingly, future production is likely to be based in countries such as Mongolia, Mozambique, and parts of Indonesia that, to date, have had modest coal mining operations. Learn more →

Posted: October 22, 2012 Topics: Energy, Mining

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)