Resources

The focus of the work is on the impact of China’s oil and mining companies’ recent overseas expansion on the governance of resource wealth.

This report explores some of the ways that international oil and gas companies (IOCs) can tackle energy poverty in the regions in which they operate. It focuses on Nigeria, a country with huge energy resources, yet suffering an ongoing energy crisis; a country that benefits from considerable oil investment, revenues and aid money, yet faces major environmental and poverty challenges.

Sea Change Radio interviews Bennett Freeman of Calvert and Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The following guidelines briefly outline some of the ways that EI can impact men and women differently and the associated development implications, and provide step by step suggestions for how to understand and integrate gender issues into World Bank Group EI project design

This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the performance and position of the global mining industry and also discusses current trends in the global mining industry.

This report provides an assessment of the impact of Century Mine to date on the development of the lower Gulf region; documents the likely impacts of completion of mining on the region and identifies strategies for mitigating these impacts and maximising long term development outcomes for the region.

This report illustrates some of the ways that the most advanced companies have created value from their environmental, social, and governance programs. It also explains why such programs are so hard to assess quantitatively, and lays out a framework for how companies can develop programs strategically, meaningfully assess the value they create, and communicate that value internally and externally.

McKinsey & Company examined the link between Environment, Social and Governance activities and financial value creation in order to determine what it takes to create value through ESG activities, develop a metrics to capture financial value, and build tools and methods to show people that value.

Agenda

A small town on the banks of the Amazon River, in the state of Pará, is the scene of the most ambitious project ever implemented by Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum producer. It is here that the company plans to transform a bauxite mine into an exemplary case of responsible exploration. The challenge: to manage the impact of the project on the lives of thousands of residents who think Alcoa should not even be there in the first place.