Executive Training on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
Where: Columbia University, New York, NY
When: June 6-17, 2016
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Multi-Million-Dollar State Losses as 31 Extractive Industry Companies Fail to File Revenue
Thirty-one of 282 companies in the extractive industries failed to file their royalties and sales revenue, thereby causing millions of dollars in state losses, government figures show.
Togo: Mining Sector – Support From the World Bank
The World Bank approved on Thursday a US $15 million International Development Association credit to help the Government of the Republic of Togo strengthen its capacity to manage the mineral resources in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner.
Palm Oil Sustainability Body Takes Next Step
WWF has welcomed a move by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to launch RSPO Next, a voluntary add-on to the RSPO standard that provides a platform for innovative growers to demonstrate best practice in sustainable palm oil and help buyers deliver on their “no deforestation” commitments.
Public Consultation on the Draft Chinese Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
Deadline for comment: 7 November 2015
ICMM Issues Statement on Climate Change
Tom Butler, CEO of ICMM, today wrote to Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to offer support for an international climate change agreement. The letter included the following statement on climate change, endorsed by the CEOs of the 23 ICMM member companies which collaborate to promote responsible mining.
ICMM CEO Shares Insights into Resettlement
ICMM CEO Tom Butler shares insights into resettlement with Oxfam’s Chris Madden. The intrerview featured at Oxfam’s Sustainable Mining Symposium in Melbourne on 13 October 2015 and includes insights from Jon on Samuel, Group Head of Government and Social Affairs at Anglo American. View the video on YouTube.
IFC in Peru: Working with Clients and Communities for Benefit Sharing
How, and how actively, has IFC been engaged in the natural resources sector? Many poor countries depend on natural resource development to fuel social and economic investments. As such IFC promotes tangible benefit-sharing across all stakeholders groups. Read the full story here.
Gas discoveries spark dreams of making Tanzania new hot spot
Will recent natural gas discoveries help Tanzania become an economic powerhouse? The answer to this question isn’t quite simple. The gas and oil wealth will require a commitment from all the country’s stakeholders.
Social Inclusion: WikiStage and World Bank Group Special Event
Where: Lima, Peru
When: Tuesday October 6, 2015
5:00-7:00 pm (Lima) | 6:00-8:00 pm (EST)
Join us for an inspirational sequence of talks, performance and films, which features presenters drawn from a range of disciplines and who are creative and original in their presentations. Watch live and join the conversation on Twitter: #InclusionMatters #SocialInclusion #wblive
