Articles and Book Chapters

Category: Extractive Industries

• Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment ContractsSam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Northwestern Journal on International Law & Business, Volume 41 (2020-2021), 2020-06
• African Mining and the SDGs: From Vision to RealityKathryn Sturman, Perrine Toledano, Charles F. A. Akayuli, Mzamose Gondwe, in M. Ramutsindela and D. Mickler, eds., Sustainable Development Goals Series, (Springer, Cham), 2019-06-14
• Implementing Shared-Use of Mining Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development GoalsPerrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling, in Sumit K. Lodhia, ed., Mining and Sustainable Development, Current Issues (Series: Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development), Chapter 13, 2018-01
• Il Contributo Delle Compagnie Oil & Gas Nel Raggiungimento Degli Obiettivi Energetici E Climatici (How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change)Lisa Sachs, Nicolas Maennling and Perrine Toledano, RiEnergia, 2017-03-28
• ResourceContracts.org –A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum ContractsSophie Thomashausen, Mining Law Committee News, Volume 8, Number 1, pp. 14-15, 2016-04
• Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?Lisa Sachs, The Guardian, 2016-03-29
• A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra LeoneHerbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling and Lisa Sachs, GOXI, 2016-03-24
• Periodic Review in Natural Resource ContractsJacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz and John Hauert, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Vol 7, No. 1, 2016-01
• Emerging Practices in Community Development AgreementsJennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, Sam Szoke-Burke, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Vol 7, No. 1, 2016
• Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional IntegrationPerrine Toledano, GREAT Insights Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 6, 2015-12
• Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan AfricaSophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland, Mining Law Committee News, Volume 7, Number 1, pp. 9-11, 2015-10
• The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate ChangeJeffrey Sachs and Lisa Sachs, op. ed., Project Syndicate, 2015-01-29
• G7 Move for Fair and Stable Contracts Can Be a Boon to Developing EconomiesKarl Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2014-07-10
• Mining Contracts: How to Read and Understand ThemLise Johnson, Perrine Toledano, Lisa Sachs, 2013-12
• Why the Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value ApproachJulien Topal and Perrine Toledano, Business and Society Review, Volume 118, Issue 3, pp. 271–298, 2013-09
• On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based DevelopmentLisa Sachs, World Politics Review, 2013-08-06
• A Prickly Partnership Takes RootPerrine Toledano, Africa Investor, 2013-01
• Ask the Experts: MiningLisa Sachs, Americas Quarterly, 2013-01
• Can Timor-Leste Rely on its Endowments to Achieve the Strategic Development Plan Targets?Nicolas Maennling, 2012-11-01
• Devil in the Bidding Detail, op. ed.Lisa Sachs, Jacky Mandelbaum and Perrine Toledano, The Indian Express, 2012-09-28
• Slouching toward Rio, op. ed.Shefa Siegel, Haaretz, 2012-06-08
• Openness in Extraction, op. ed.Lisa Sachs and Shefa Siegel, Project Syndicate, 2012-06-01
• The Source of All AvariceShefa Siegel, review of Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World’s Deadliest Place, Haaretz, 2011-12
• Wider role for our miners in AfricaLisa Sachs, Joel Negin and Glenn Denning, The Australian Financial Review, 2011-08-31
• Zambezi Valley Development Study 2011-06-01 [+]
  In June 2011, the Vale Columbia Center released a consultative draft report on Resource-Based Sustainable Development in the Lower Zambezi Basin, the result of a year-long inquiry into how the vast resource deposits in Tete province, combined with other major investments along the Nacala and Beira corridors, can be the basis for sustainable, equitable and inclusive growth in the Lower Zambezi Basin. The report recommends a framework of actions by Mozambique and its public and private partners to ensure that Mozambique reaps a major boost to economic development from its vast resource endowments, while also respecting the profitability of private-sector investments in these important projects. In short, the report aims for a “win-win” arrangement in which all stakeholders, public and private, derive benefits from the mining sector in Tete Province. The consultative draft was presented in Mozambique in June 2011 to serve as the basis for discussion, comment, and engagement with the range of stakeholders- government, private sector, development partners, regional banks, and civil society. Comments are welcome on the report. The Vale COlumbia Center looks forward to working with stakeholders in the region on implementation.
• Memo to the SEC on the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActSusan Maples, 2011-03-02 [+]
  The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has been working to write rules for the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for several months now. Of particular interest to the VCC is section 1504, which would require oil, gas and mining companies to report payments made to governments for those natural resources. The law takes its inspiration from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Resource-rich countries that voluntarily adopt the EITI require both the corporate disclosure that Dodd Frank will require as well as government disclosure of revenues received from companies. As a part of the rule-making process, the SEC invited the public to provide comments and research to assist with implementation of section 1504 (among others). The VCC submitted research showing that this proposed law would not violate foreign confidentiality laws or cause companies to violate confidentiality clauses in their contracts with governments. The submission emphasized that, if anything, the opposite is true: countries are moving towards requiring these disclosures, not vice versa.