Oliver Balch
Oliver Balch
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Jul 13, 2012
Companies are looking to move beyond niche green products to system-level change. Internal indexes are becoming the favourite tool for making that happen
Jul 11, 2012
Despite a chequered past, international norms and political mobilisation point towards a gradual turnaround in the relationship between the mining sector and indigenous peoples
Jul 11, 2012
Climate cooperation, unemotional companies and what stakeholder really means
Jul 11, 2012
While indigenous groups and their NGO representatives are increasingly vocal about individual mining projects, they are also active in trying to shape the industry as a whole
Jul 11, 2012
More mining companies now acknowledge indigenous peoples’ concerns. Understanding the precise nature of those concerns is tough, but nothing compared with the difficulty of resolving them
Jun 5, 2012
China’s toy factories have long been dogged with labour abuse problems. A helpline service is now helping workers speak out and get heard
Jun 4, 2012
Consumption’s links with wellbeing, how to identify ‘bad’ companies and what ethical leadership looks like
May 4, 2012
Appetite for extracting potential resources locked under the Arctic Ocean is hotting up
May 3, 2012
The aviation industry is making slow, incremental progress on cutting its carbon footprint, with breakthrough ideas proving elusive
May 3, 2012
Sustainable philosophy, some multilevel analysis modelling and the benefits of an ethical chief executive