All around the world last year, $80 billion dollars were invested as ‘impact investments’.[1] The trend is growing and changing the way we think about finance, investment, development and corporate responsibility. Emery Brusset, Managing Director at ELL’s new partner, Social Terrain, describes what ‘impact investment’ is and how his company is using it to revolutionize even the most intractable industries: mining and minerals.
Levin Sources associate Kathleen Charles tells Anna Barker about her work commuting to Africa from Paris, how no miner is an island to herself, and dinner with Nelson Mandela.
Ever wondered what you pack for research in Afghanistan, a conference in Tanzania or a trip to Argentina? Anna Barker talks to her jet-setting colleagues about packing, pleasant surprises and post-trip regrets.
Ever wondered what you pack for research in Afghanistan, a conference in Tanzania or a trip to Argentina? Anna Barker talks to her jet-setting colleagues about packing, pleasant surprises and post-trip regrets.
Levin Sources assoiate Kathleen Charles tells Anna Barker about being sept-lingual, road trips with Estelle Levin, and where Cameroon’s got it right
Actions taken by the CCCMC have attracted great attention from stakeholders around the globe. These groundbreaking steps are taken by China, to regulate and provide guidance to Chinese companies, conducting mining-related business overseas.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament debated a bill on the adoption of a Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas.
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone disproportionately affected poor people. Here is why.
Ebola worsened the situation of many Sierra Leone orphans, creating uncertainty regarding their future.
From contact tracing to staffing checkpoints, young people played a key role in managing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Here is how.
During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, people suspected of being infected were quarantined, often to a dear societal cost.
Looking into the medical and military responses to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone