Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Towards the Integration of Conflict Assessment and Prevention in Extractive Industry Practice
Article from: OGEL 4 (2004), in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Research Paper: Assessments, Communities and Peace - A Critique of Extractive Sector Assessment Tools from a Conflict Sensitive Perspective.
For oil, gas and mining companies operating in areas of potential or open conflict, there are clear bottom-line and ethical drivers compelling them to manage their operations in such a way to avoid aggravating or triggering violence at the local and national levels. As the easy sources of valuable natural resources are exhausted, international firms are increasingly investing in frontier areas, which demand greater technical and political sophistication in order to succeed. In order to contribute to the promotion of more peaceful societies around the world, two NGOs, International ...