When it comes to engaging with host communities, even the best intentions can go awry without a robust process. Anglo American's award winning Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) provides a structured way to work with their neighbours to improve their well-being. The attached pdf document (which can be downloaded by clicking on the 'download' link) contains all the tools (forms) used at different stages of the process. This is clearly a good example of one way of how to be a force for good company.  You can also read an overview/summary of their overall approach here.

When it comes to engaging with host communities, even the best intentions can go awry without a robust process. Anglo American's award winning Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) provides a structured way to work with their neighbours to improve their well-being. The attached pdf document (which can be downloaded by clicking on the 'download' link) describes: the objectives of the SEAT process the key stages and the process flow who the process is designed for the time commitment the supporting tools for each stage how the SEAT process fits within the context of a detailed socio-economic context key performance indicatorsWith this level of detail, it is clearly a good example of how to be a force for good company. You can also read an overview summary of their overall approach here.

When it comes to engaging with host communities, even the best intentions can go awry without a robust process. Anglo American's award winning Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) provides a structured way to work with their neighbours to improve their well-being. The attached pdf document (which can be downloaded by clicking on the 'download' link) describes the evaluation carried out by the non-profit organisation "Business for Social Responsibility". It describes why BSI considers this a good example of how to be a force for good business: The review that was carried out The SEAT process The key findings ("SEAT represents an international best practice in sustainable community development" with explanations and examples of why this is so) Conclusions and recommendations The BSR website can be reached here. You can also read a brief overview/summary of the Anglo American approach here.

Using a case study from the Nilgris Biosphere Reserve in India, the Green Indian States Trust created a challenging presentation which analyses the link between poverty and environmental degradation as well as offering ideas of how to break the cycle.

As part of the Centre for Social Markets’ Climate Challenge India Initiative, this paper looks at the state of renewable energy in India.  The challenges faced by India, projected by the International Energy Agency to be the world’s 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases by 2015, are fairly daunting.  Although this means there are many opportunities as well. The Centre for Social Markets (CSM) is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to making markets work for the triple bottom line – people, planet and profits.