Members of Addleshaw Goddard's team advise across a whole range of matters
in the extractive industries.
But while some ejidatario have been known to place ludicrous demands on corporations, most are looking for fair and reasonable comprises and many make their livelihood
in extractive industries.
Those working
in the extractive industries have 2017's Investing in African Mining Indaba; a regular event for investors and engineers, lawyers and financiers, infrastructure professionals and interested governments.
Holly also advises on incident response
in the extractive industries sector and the potential for corporate criminal liability for industrial accidents.
In extractive industries, costs (almost) always go up,» it said.
This is a powerful boost for the open contracting movement which is key to good governance
in the extractive sector.
Mountaintop removal mining is one of the most destructive processes
in the extractive industry: Peaks of mountains are literally blown to smithereens to access the coal seams within.
According to Salon.com, which obtained over 300 emails of personal messages between lobbyists and Canadian officials, the CEA is part of a sophisticated public affairs strategy designed to manipulate the U.S. political system by deluging the media with messaging favorable to the tar - sands industry; to persuade key state and federal legislators to act
in the extractive industries» favor; and to defeat any attempt to regulate the carbon emissions emanating from gasoline and diesel used by U.S. vehicles.
The EITI recommends that companies which bid for, operate and invest
in extractive industry assets publish the identities of ultimate beneficial owners.
«And four: as someone appointed to head NEITI, an organisation saddled with the weighty responsibility of promoting transparency and accountability
in our extractive sector, I and my colleagues need to demonstrate that we are not protected from the searchlight that we beam on others, that we are not excused from the standards that we hold others to.
It stated that it had key ethical concerns about the business conduct
in extractive industries.
The volatility of commodity prices makes it challenging to understand the true business value of companies
in extractive industries.
«We know we have these huge investments and opportunities, particularly in a huge swath of northern Canada, through the massive multibillion - dollar investments
in the extractive industries that will require tens if not hundreds of thousands of skilled workers who are not currently available,» Kenney said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made «responsible resource development» a central tenet of his government, completely overhauling legislation and government operations to spur investment
in extractive industries.
It said - after theological reflection, expert input, and site visits to mine sites and communities over a one year period - NIBs have switched to a «Christian approach» to investment
in the extractives industries.
Fast, who is leading a Southern African - focused trade delegation of Canadian companies active
in the extractives and energy sectors, was in Cape Town for the launch of SkyPower Cares, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of SkyPower — a Canadian developer of solar photovoltaic projects.
Not exact matches
Jamie Bonham, manager of
extractives research at NEI Investments, says such disclosure would help NEI better assess the risks of companies it invests
in.
Meeting
in Lough Erne
in Northern Ireland on 17 - 18 June 2013, the Group of Eight (G8) finance ministers discussed the themes of «Tax, Trade and Transparency» and agreed to make sure the world's poorest people benefit from the natural resources of their various countries by improving the transparency of their
extractive industries and land rights.
Last week, Trump appointed the long - time fossil fuel lobbyist Myron Ebell to lead the transition of the Environmental Protection Agency, and recently Trump's transition team released statements on «energy independence» that unambiguously favor the
extractive industries and
in which the team promises to «conduct a top - down review of all anti-coal regulations».
As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment
in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies
in the electronics, apparel, and
extractives sectors.
It was purely financial
in character —
extractive, not productive.
An added headwind is the seemingly steady trend towards more onerous conditions set by host countries for
extractive industries
in general, and the seemingly steady erosion of the rule of law
in locales once thought to be safe for new investment.
Banking has moved so far away from funding industrial growth and economic development that it now benefits primarily at the economy's expense
in a predator - like
extractive manner, not by making productive loans.
This is hypothesized to happen for many different reasons, including a decline
in the competitiveness of other economic sectors (caused by appreciation of the real exchange rate as resource revenues enter an economy, a phenomenon known as Dutch disease), volatility of revenues from the natural resource sector due to exposure to global commodity market swings, government mismanagement of resources, or weak, ineffectual, unstable or corrupt institutions (possibly due to the easily diverted actual or anticipated revenue stream from
extractive activities).
In recent years the NIBs have disinvested from two
extractive companies, over ethical and corporate governance concerns
But we all participate
in ideologies that can be brought to bear on the problems that plague our species — evils of war, poverty, racism, hatred, genocide, marginalization, consumerism, the systematic rape of our planet to support
extractive economies, etc..
Even those with little love for Rio or BHP would have to acknowledge that as a bit of a stretch, if only because pretty much every outpost of modernity
in the north - west has benefited
in some enduring way or other from the long - term commitment of the
extractive industries.
For other recipes beware that
extractives (such as vanilla) are usually extracted
in corn - derived ethanol.
Ingredient Statement (
In Order of Predominance by Weight): Skipjack Tuna, Avocado Oil, Spices (Black Pepper, Celery Seed), Lemon Peel, Garlic, Onion, Citric Acid, Parsley, Lemon Oil,
Extractive of spice.
These flavors are made with botanical
extractives in an alcohol base and uses the same strict standards and attention to detail as the Pure Vanilla products.
In ownership design, five essential patterns work together to create either
extractive or generative design: purpose, membership, governance, capital, and networks.
In an apparent move to lay a good example following his new appointment, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio, has released the details of his asset declaration.
After all, they represent instances of a few profiting from the collective, or as the Spanish writer Cesar Molinas recently said of «
extractive elites» sucking value from the system
in detriment of everyone else.
With a global
Extractive Industries Program which now operates
in more than 30 countries, Oxfam is working to address negative power dynamics
in resource - dependent countries and has commissioned political economy research
in several cases.
This project identifies ways that insights from political economy can be used
in the work of NGOs and local civil society organizations who are seeking to reform the governance of
extractive industries.
And many of them gladly paid lip service to voluntary reform efforts such as the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a program created
in 2002 to prevent corruption
in resource - rich states.
The recent most scandalous
extractive agreement is the paltry 13.75 % stake that the Ghanaian people own
in the Jubilee oil fields.
We have chosen through this report to be transparent
in disclosing payments we made to individual governments
in 2011 and we support the principles of the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
File photo Players
in Ghana's
extractive industry are discussing ways to restrain citizens from fronting for multinationals which invest
in...
She stated that the Region has become the home for GNPC's highly tech - based activities and thus need to invest
in the development of local capacity to ensure that the indigenes also earn a legitimate stake
in Ghana's oil and gas
extractive business.
Efforts to ensure more transparency
in the mining sector have been given a boost by Britain's decision to sign up to the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global organisation encouraging national governments to be more open about their dealings with the industry.
These among others are the key suggestions
in the 2015
Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) report on the oil and gas as well as the mining sector.
The delay
in producing the 2015 report has been a great source of concern for many, including the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) of the Ghana
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI).
This paper summarizes four Canadian National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian
Extractive Sector
in Developing Countries held
in response to a recommendation that the government «Establish clear legal norms
in Canada to ensure that Canadian companies and residents are held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and / or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies.»
Bosshard argued that much of the energy the World Bank helps to develop
in poor countries winds up fueling
extractive activities or is directed at urban centers.
In May 2014, Fernanda Monteiro attended a special meeting of the Human Rights Commission of Minas Gerais state, where citizens stood up to share their grievances in the town square of Diamantina and voiced their support for an extractive reserv
In May 2014, Fernanda Monteiro attended a special meeting of the Human Rights Commission of Minas Gerais state, where citizens stood up to share their grievances
in the town square of Diamantina and voiced their support for an extractive reserv
in the town square of Diamantina and voiced their support for an
extractive reserve.
One strategy favored by Monteiro and other people working
in the region involves transforming Sempre - Vivas National Park into an
extractive reserve, a type of protected area that would allow the sustainable harvest of flowers, and, possibly, other uses.
Global campaigns such as the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to bring more transparency to the oil and gas sectors
in an effort to alleviate the resource curse have yet to live up to their promises, a new study finds.
Queen's University political researcher Nathan Andrews has co-authored a report on the effectiveness of the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
in improving transparency and domestic government
in resource rich countries suffering from the «resource curse.»
The full study, titled Energy Governance, Transnational Rules and the Resource Curse: Exploring the Effectiveness of the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), has been published as an open source piece
in the journal World Development, and is available online.