11 July, 2012 — Your stakeholder relationships are driven by people’s interests and concerns. A recent ruling by a Texas District Court judge has increased stakeholder’s ability to formerly include the air we breathe as a key component of their interests. The public trust doctrine has historically been confined to water issues but expanding its reach to air significantly increases stakeholder leverage.
Continue Reading →3 July, 2012 — Stakeholder Capital (or the lack thereof) manifested in the failure of a facility siting effort in China. A significant development given the powerful role of the central government.
$1.6B Molybdenum Copper Plant Derailed
Continue Reading →18 June, 2012 — From MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a good quick read on how Kimberly-Clark takes the hype out of sustainability and uses basic organizational principles to drive innovation. It’s worth ten minutes of your time.
Four Factors That Built Kimberly-Clark’s Remarkable Sustainability Goals
Continue Reading →Developing a mine is a difficult undertaking. Managing real-time technical and financial pressures in an unforgiving environment is not for the faint of heart. Having local stakeholders at your back or in your face makes all the difference.
A Cautionary Tale From the Mining Industry
Continue Reading →08 May, 2012 — The combined failure of two well-financed industry titans (the Kraft Family and Wynn Resorts) to secure local support for a billion dollar casino is a classic example of acting in the public sphere on the assumption that you have your stakeholder ducks in a row, when in fact, you do not.
In this case, a first-class brand and seemingly endless financial backing lost out to what can best be described as developer impatience.
Continue Reading →18 April, 2012
By now you’ve heard about Citigroup’s failure to secure shareholder approval for an executive compensation package. In retrospect, the Board should have asked better questions and listened more carefully before launching an ill-advised initiative. Another example of insufficient Stakeholder Capital.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/citigroup-has-few-options-after-pay-vote/
