by Gary MacDonald | Apr 27, 2012 | CSR, IFC, Mining, Social Performance Management
On Friday April 27, the Vancouver Sun published an opinion piece written by Monkey Forest principal Gary MacDonald and Marketa Evans, the Government of Canada’s Extractive Sector CSR counsellor, entitled: “Extracting the risk from mining – Current...
by Gary MacDonald | Feb 5, 2012 | IFC, Social Performance Management
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has released its updated Sustainability Framework that will come into effect January 1, 2012, for projects and companies that have embraced the IFC’s environmental and social performance standards. Chief among the changes to...
by Gary MacDonald | Jan 5, 2012 | IFC, Social Performance Management
In the latest issue of Mining, People and the Environment, Monkey Forest’s contributor Angus Wong writes about the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Sustainability Framework update. The Framework came into effect on January 1st, 2012. Read the MPE Update...
by Gary MacDonald | Mar 5, 2011 | IFC
The International Finance Corporation Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability has been at the core of services Monkey Forest Consulting Ltd. has provided to the extractive industry worldwide. Consequently, we have been following...