In recent years we all have noticed the three letters ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) have increased its presence in all our lives. From big supermarket brands to the metals and mining ...
A Practical View of ESG Practices in Brazil and Chile
Juliana Esper has over 25 years of experience working mostly for big companies within the mining industry in Brazil and Chile such as: Rio Tinto, Kinross Brazil, Xstrata, Kinross Chile and, ...
ESG Is Not A Tendency. It Is Here to Linger
Far from being a fad, there has been a strong demand for ESG that will undoubtedly continue to grow in the coming years. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) story dates back to 2004 with ...
Why mining companies should care about ESG
Sustainability, responsibility and, more recently, ESG are hot topics in the mining industry. In a recent interview with Mark Sitter, Vice President, Sustainability, for the Lundin Foundation, we ...
How the Internet of Things (IoT) is re-shaping the mining industry
There is no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) will reshape the mining industry and its workforce. Indeed, more and more operations are rolling out IoT projects; in 2018 it was only 2% of ...
Interviewing Andres Bonilla, HR Director at Zijin Continental Gold
Globe’s Head of Sales – LATAM, Fabiano Kawano, spoke with Andres Bonilla from Zijin Continental Gold to understand how technology has changed the way they have been conducting ...
Interviewing Gemma McDonald, Manager BI & Analytics at Newcrest Mining
Globe 24-7’s APAC Regional Manager Sabet van der Westhuizen caught up with Gemma McDonald – Manager of Business Improvement & Analytics at Newcrest to share her unique experience in the ...
Human Resources & Beehives: What’s the connection?
2020 was to be a fresh start. A new decade with a renewed optimism in the light of an improving global industry. And for three months, it was. And then there was Covid. HR practitioners around ...
Zinc and the energy storage industry: An interview with Stewart Dickson, CEO at Variscan Resources
1. Paloma Ortiz: How do you see the market after the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world? Stewart Dickson: Volatility is everywhere. Coronavirus will change many of our established norms. We ...
Diversity in the workplace, business as usual?
The increase in diversity encounter affects all companies, even domestic ones due to globalisation and movement of labour. For Herrera et al. (2011, p.2630) “the composition of the workforce is ...
Performance Management: Where to Now?
In HR text books, Performance Management (PM) is customary defined as a continuous process of identifying, measuring and developing the performance of individuals and teams and aligning ...
The Responsible Mining Index (RMI): What is it? What’s in it for Mining Companies & HR Professionals?
The first Global Index on responsible mining, RMI 2018, was released in April 2018. Who does it cover? The RMI is an ambitious initiative, covering 30 of the biggest mining companies in the ...
