by Gary MacDonald | May 21, 2016 | Agriculture, Capacity Building, Community Development, Community Relations, Crisis, Environmental Impact Assessment
HANOI, JANUARY 1, 2016–International funders and organizations looking for funding got a break last week when an internationally recognized consulting company founded a company in Hanoi. The company, Monkey Forest Consulting Vietnam Limited (MFC-VN), started...
by Gary MacDonald | Oct 8, 2013 | Communications, Community Development, Community Relations, Environmental Impact Assessment, Health Impact Assessment, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Influx Management, Resettlement, Risk Management, Security, Social Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement
New social performance management website engages practitioners in dialogue about what they do “If you’re doing this work without an ethical base you’re just co-opting people.” That’s what Wesley Cragg said recently at a session on social performance management in...
by Gary MacDonald | May 22, 2013 | Communications, Community Relations, Crisis, Social Performance Management
By Gary MacDonald You probably already know how it starts. You’re sitting at your desk when the reception or front gate calls to say that the road is blocked by a group of angry people. You may not have known that it was coming – that’s a separate problem for a later...
by Gary MacDonald | May 14, 2013 | Capacity Building, Community Relations, Local Content, Social Investment
By Rebecca Reiber When it comes to enterprise development, I wouldn’t recommend basing credit decisions on indoor toilets or gifts from relatives living abroad. That’s why a recent article on creditworthiness indicators and how lenders use data from informal channels...
by Gary MacDonald | May 9, 2013 | Community Relations, Crisis, IFC, Risk Management, Social Impact Assessment, Social Investment, Social Performance Management
Financial advisors count social performance By Carol Odell and Zoe Mullard You already know the markets have cooled off for most natural resource organizations and that means it is getting harder to find funding – but do you know what you can do about it? Improving an...
by Gary MacDonald | Apr 15, 2013 | Communications, Community Relations, Social Performance Management, Stakeholder Engagement
By Sylvie Charland Best practices in managing natural resources show that when community members are not only informed of the decisions affecting them, but also participate in the decision-making process, results are optimized. So what do you do when this concept of...