Local Social Performance Management in Energy and Extractives | BSR Insights+ | Sustainable Business Network and Advisory Services

Local social and sustainable performance is critical to energy and mining companies' ability to secure and maintain a social license to operate at various sites around the world. BSR's Director of Energy and Extractives Michael Oxman highlights a few areas that form the foundation for planning and implementation of social performance management, including human rights, community engagement, community development and social investment, and local content, and offers solutions for effective management of local social performance plans.

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Michael Oxman

Former Director, Advisory Services, BSR

San Francisco

Director, Advisory Services, BSR

San Francisco

Michael leads BSR’s global energy and extractives team, where he oversees work that focuses on members’ field-based capital and operating project challenges and opportunities associated with social performance, above-ground risk, and the delivery of local community benefits. Michael’s work at BSR has included risk analyses for unconventional and renewable projects, local content planning for a major mining company, and experience with both community engagement and human rights.

With 20 years of experience in energy and mining, Michael has worked at corporate headquarters and at the business unit level within the oil and gas industry and as a consultant to both energy and mining companies. Prior to joining BSR, Michael spent eight years at Chevron conducting strategic planning, commercial and fiscal analysis, and joint venture partner coordinaton activities. During this part of his career, Michael spent time in Kazakhstan focused on the Tengizchevroil project, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, and the offshore Kashagan project. He is fluent in Russian.

Michael has an M.I.A. from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from Rice University., and a B.A. in Russian Area Studies from Trinity College.

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Joyce Sood

Former Digital Communications Manager, BSR

San Francisco

Digital Communications Manager, BSR

San Francisco

Joyce leads BSR's digital strategy across all global regions. In this role, she oversees BSR's website, blog, and social media platforms, ensuring all digital communications are aligned with BSR's brand and overall communications goals. Prior to joining BSR, Joyce managed communications at the Glide Foundation, a nonprofit focused on breaking the cycles of poverty and marginalization, and led social media and editorial initiatives at Sun Microsystems. She has nearly a decade of experience as an advertising copywriter. Joyce holds an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of San Francisco and a B.A. in journalism and advertising from Temple University.

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Digital Communications, Social Media, Blogging, Copywriting, Branding, Technology for Social Benefit

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Former Director, Advisory Services, BSR

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Former Digital Communications Manager, BSR

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