Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity – Australian (& Rio Tinto) way
The rapid degradation of environments that accompanies economic development, especially in places like PNG where Rio Tinto, Highlands Pacific, Ramu NiCo, Lihir…
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July 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Reputational Risk Inseparable from Environmental Risk
While the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill steals the headlines, it is only one of many environmentally devastating activities from the likes of Placer Dome, Newmont Mining Corporation, Highlands Pacific, Lihir Gold, BP…
Philip Morris: The Milton Friedman Ideal
It is specious to argue, as Friedman and his followers do, that businesses shouldn’t focus on anything but profit, with the assumption social welfare naturally follows…
September 3, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post
Stop Chopping Down the Bloody Trees!
Climate Change is one of those great big ugly controversial topics in polite conversation for me, as too many people I respect or call friend disagree on whether it is happening. I can’t say who is right, and certainly I don’t need to be. It is a fact the science is sometimes wrong. If one [...]
Culture Dictates Behaviour
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not – as some companies seem to think – a marketing fad, a necessary evil, or a “check the boxes” exercise. It is a way of doing business. A company is in fact, either a socially responsible entity, or it isn’t…
