@EdO_Keefe

Director at Synergy @SynergyGlobalCo, navigating the complexities of responsible business and social performance.

 Oxford, England
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Joined January 2016
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Another of our short courses completed last week! #CommunityRelations Practice: Managing Community Impacts from @WitsUniversity and @SynergyGlobalCo - great to have practitioners back together again 📷Zinhle Madlala
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Daisy & her Dad, Ed, are running the Leeds Half Marathon to raise vital funds for OXPIP 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Read about why and how to donate here: bit.ly/leedshalf24
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🚨 Exciting news in the world of #bizhumanrights! #CSDDD Want to dive deeper into #HRDD? Our #HRDD Training Facilitation Guide is available in 8 languages: English | Japanese | Mongolian | Nepali | Spanish | Russian | Portuguese | Thai 🔗 Download here: bit.ly/4229UoR
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Excellent from Faye Macleod, Skye: “Community-owned wind turbines inject 34 times the return per megawatt to their communities than externally-owned, large scale commercial wind turbine developments deliver to communities they are developing projects in.” whfp.com/2023/05/26/focus-wh…

FOCUS: What future for the Highlands and Islands economy?

"Centralisation of public services has had a significant impact" - Faye MacLeod. Pic Willie Urquhart FAYE MACLEOD, a local accountant who has worked extensively with the community development sector,...

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Cleaning up the west could be as lucrative as wrecking it. hcn.org/issues/54.9/infograp…

Can ravaged economies be healed with a restoration industry? - High Country News

Cleaning up the West could be as lucrative as wrecking it.

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Uncertainty on renewable retraining frightens South Africa’s coal communities climatechangenews.com/2023/0…

South African coal workers lack clear retraining path for energy transition

An investigation by Climate Home News and Oxpeckers in South Africa found a lack of information on retraining for renewables has frightened coal workers and their communities

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📣 Mind the (green skills) gap: Our investigation with @OxCIEJ explores the challenges of a South African #RenewablesRevolution: climatechangenews.com/2023/0… 📷 In video 1 of 2, @AshrafRSA hears from local coal worker Nelly Sigudla on the hardships this energy shift could bring.
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Mining in South Africa looks to solar, AI and chickens to go green news24.com/fin24/climate_fut… via @News24_Business

Mining in South Africa looks to solar, AI and chickens to go green | News24

Strategies to make mining more sustainable are key, as a shift to greener energy drives a surge in mining of "green" metals such as cobalt, copper and lithium.

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Do Solar Farms Lower Property Values? A New Study Has Some Answers insideclimatenews.org/news/1…

Do Solar Farms Lower Property Values? A New Study Has Some Answers - Inside Climate News

A new study finds that houses within a half-mile of a utility-scale solar farm have resale prices that are, on average, 1.5 percent less than houses that are just a little farther away. The research...

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Controversial Alberta coal mine could soon get green energy makeover globalnews.ca/news/9557370/t…

Controversial Alberta coal mine could soon get green energy makeover | Globalnews.ca

Energy producers are hoping turn Tent Mountain's historic mining operation -- and its water-filled mining pits -- into a new stream of renewable energy.

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I am now presenting my report on 25 years of achievements by Human Rights Defenders to the @UN_HRC, highlighting how, through imagination & perseverance, HRDs continue to succeed against intimidating odds. 📑 The full report is available here: bit.ly/40apSvu #HRC52
Screen capture of the report's front page, titled Success through perseverance and solidarity: 25 years of achievements by human rights defenders

ALT Screen capture of the report's front page, titled Success through perseverance and solidarity: 25 years of achievements by human rights defenders

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Cobalt Red, a new book on the Congo, recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It’s been rapturously received in the West. africanarguments.org/2023/03…

Who wants to hear about White Saviourism gone wrong? | African Arguments

The promo of Cobalt Red recycles stereotypes of Africa as a hopeless wasteland in need of saving. It’s been rapturously received in the West.

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In Trust, a new podcast from Bloomberg and iHeartMedia, is out today. This story starts with Osage headrights -- shares in the Osage Nation's mineral estate -- but it goes far beyond that. bloomberg.com/features/2022-…

In Trust: A Bloomberg Podcast

Bloomberg investigates a massive transfer of Native American wealth, and how the federal government played a role creating a modern American dynasty.

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I've returned to my parents' home in West Oxfordshire this Christmas to find people angry and worried about the future of the village. Why? Because they say "Europe's biggest solar farm" is about to be built on their doorstep. 🌞a festive thread🌞 1/
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Why do local communities support plans for the new mine in Cumbria? My take - based on preliminary analysis - is below. Tldr, deindustrialisation drives a sense of societal decline. In this context, new fossil extraction projects gain appeal.../1 theconversation.com/cumbria-…

Cumbria coal mine: how to understand local support for the new pit

Local people describe a purposeful past in this former mining community – and a bleak future.

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TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH Thank you to all implementation partners this year! Masechaba Mabilu (Forethought Africe), Mischa Minne (MM), Yumnaa Firfirey (Towards Uhuru), Fowzia Davids (Bloem &Co), Alison McCallum (Social Resonance), Ashleigh D (Meraki)...
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We have assessed 127 companies from the food and agricultural products, ICT manufacturing and automotive manufacturing sectors on their #humanrights performance. Read the results and insights from out 2022 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark here: bit.ly/CHRB2022 #CHRB2022
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All-female African mine carves out sustainable future ft.com/content/c69cff7c-8b32… #Zimbaqua

All-female African mine carves out sustainable future

The Zimbaqua gem mine is empowering women from a rural community in Zimbabwe to become financially independent in a male-dominated industry

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The cost of getting South Africa to stop using coal ft.com/content/3c64950c-2154…
Could we be on the verge of a Scottish gold rush? @thetimes speaks to our CEO, Phillip Day, about the opportunity at our Cononish gold mine in Scotland, being environmentally minded, and building a mining company for generations to come. #sgz #scotland thetimes.co.uk/article/ff397…
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