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Ed O'Keefe

@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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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?

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

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

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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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

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

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

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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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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A smooth-talking accountant built a rickety empire with other people's money, from coal mines to a shipyard to offshore oil platforms to a historical Coast Guard icebreaker. Now the public may be left to clean up the mess. bloomberg.com/features/2022-… via @climate
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Here’s the Bloomberg version of the big coal story from @joshfromalaska, @zachmider and myself. More to come this afternoon on @npr: bloomberg.com/features/2022-…
Big Coal Uses This Playbook to Avoid Cleaning Up its Messes

Big Coal Uses This Playbook to Avoid Cleaning Up its Messes

How big companies shed their obligations to clean up old mines.

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For Black History Month, I wrote a blog for @OxfordBiology about trying to find representation as a Black biologist: biology.ox.ac.uk/article/you…
“You’ll find us there”: Dr Tanesha Allen for Black History Month 2022

“You’ll find us there”: Dr Tanesha Allen for Black History Month 2022

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Our new article explores how negotiated Community Benefit Agreements (CBA) could increase local benefits of mining and minimize negative impacts. We ask how CBAs could be implemented in Nordic #mining context in our case study of Sodankylä, Finland 🧵1/16. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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1/ Zama zamas are at the very bottom of an underworld economy extending far deeper than the abandoned mine shafts dotting the West Rand landscape. And its primary beneficiaries are South African scrap metal & gold dealers, refineries & exporters: dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Zama zamas just one part of a multibillion-rand organised crime economy that threatens SA

Zama zamas just one part of a multibillion-rand organised crime economy that threatens SA

%%excerpt%% Organised crime — of which illegal mining is an integral part — is an existential threat, inflicting a devastating toll on the political, economic and social fabric of South Africa, from...

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INSPIRE was launched on 30 June 2021 under the theme “How can we enable renewable energy to deliver transformational socio-economic impact through empowering social performance practitioners?” INSPIRE is grateful to all stakeholders involved during the first year of incubation.
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