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Community Engagement & Relations
Community engagement and relations is a strategic process that fosters meaningful collaboration between organisations and community members to achieve long-term, sustainable outcomes. It involves various engagement methods, such as co-design, focus groups, and surveys, to understand community perspectives and build inclusive solutions. Key areas include economic development, employment opportunities, strengthening relations with Indigenous and rural communities, and poverty alleviation. Effective engagement enhances social license, corporate reputation, and long-term value creation, shaping investment strategies and risk management.
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Energy Transition Advisors
Energy Transition Advisors provide advisory and consulting services on energy markets to both the not-for-profit sector and for-profit sector. Their work aims to capture the transition away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable sources of energy.
Digging deeper: Human rights and the extractives sector
The report examines significant human rights issues in the extractives sector value chain, and summarises the key outcomes and insights of a PRI-coordinated (Principles for Responsible Investment) engagement with companies. Importantly, the report highlights the key elements that investors should consider when engaging with mining, oil and gas companies.
A portfolio approach to impact investment
This paper is a practical guide on how to build and analyse a portfolio of impact, which is based on a graphical assessment of impact investments along the dimensions of impact, risk and return. The framework offers insight into the construction of a target profile, mapping individual investments and aggregate portfolios, as well as risk management.
Global standards miss the nuance in local child labour
Research conducted by Young Lives on improving the current issue of child labour provided from a view that differs from the conventional approach: improving working conditions is more constructive than merely banning child labour altogether, as doing so would miss the social and economic nuances such as relationship ties, supporting families and gaining skills.
