Local content commitment and the link with indigenous economic development: a case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Michele Villa
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Social Licence To Operate ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

This extended abstract discusses local content opportunities in economic development for the Aboriginal community. Local content requirements have become a strategic community development consideration during the past few years. This abstract links the topics of local content commitments and indigenous economic development via leveraging relationships with indigenous contractors in Australia. The creation of indigenous businesses that strive to succeed in the market and compete with non-indigenous companies is key in developing sustainable working opportunities for indigenous Australians. Many oil and gas players have publicly committed to contribute to indigenous business participation offering contractual opportunities and designing capacity-building programs and initiatives. The market for indigenous contractors services is, therefore, rapidly growing and presents considerable opportunities for existing and new players providing services to the resources industry in Australia. The specific demand is driven by corporate social responsibility policies and by the limited capacity of suppliers to deliver what is required by large new and expansion projects in the resource (both mining/oil and gas) sectors in Australia to maintain their social licence to operate. We present the results of a survey about policies and practices of some of the leading oil and gas operators in Australia, highlighting best practices in indigenous business engagement. We also analyse (from interviews with indigenous enterprises) barriers and issues encountered so far in indigenous contracting. International examples about the impact that indigenous enterprises can have on local community social and economic development complement the survey. Note: the term indigenous as used in this extended abstract refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Reversing the ‘Resource Curse’ Phenomenon in Nigeria: An Assessment of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Act After a Decade

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 141-162
Author(s):  
Nelson Ojukwu-Ogba ◽  
Patrick Osode
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Driving Potential

Abstract Natural resources endowment is a blessing to the endowed states due to their catalytic development-driving potential. The exploitation of the endowment should result in rapid socio-economic development. However, for most developing states, the blessing of these natural resources strangely tends to turn disadvantageous; a phenomenon that has been distinctly identified in the literature as ‘the resource curse’. This paper examines that phenomenon, using Nigeria as a case study given the serious environmental, political and socio-economic challenges occasioned by the country’s exploitation of its oil and gas endowment. The paper particularly considers the impact of the statutory intervention in Nigeria to reverse the trend through the instrumentality of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Act (NEITI Act) 2007. The paper further explores what could be the most effective means of containing the said problems in light of their implications for the future of the country and its people.

Adding value to Brazilian companies through corporate social responsibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Soares Batista ◽  
Alexandro Reis ◽  
Filipe Bortolini ◽  
Marcelo Alves de Souza ◽  
Miriam Borchardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives add value to Brazilian companies and how these companies perceive the impact of CSR initiatives on their customers, employees, and society. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study was conducted on 17 Brazilian companies, from diverse industries, that started their CSR initiatives between 1984 and 2011. Findings It is possible to identify ten companies with CSR initiatives disconnected from business strategy. In such cases, CSR started as an altruistic contribution to the local community. Actions have been limited to the employees and have demanded resources without perceived value for stakeholders. In seven companies, CSR initiatives are linked to the business strategy. In these cases, CSR initiatives add value to the companies promoting companies’ or brands’ reputation. It is observed to provide better working environment through employees’ motivation and their involvement in CSR initiatives. This value is perceived for the customers, employees, and for the society. However, to reinforce this perception, interested stakeholders should be informed about CSR initiatives and their contribution to the society. Originality/value This research attempts to analyze the CSR initiatives of the companies in emerging countries and to understand how CSR could add value to these companies and how this value is perceived. It also aims to understand how these initiatives have been organized and could support the altruistic efforts with effective results to the companies and to the society.

scholarly journals The Accountability of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Corporate Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 10019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuk Tjilen Alexander ◽  
Manuhutu Fenty ◽  
Hoja Hubertus
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Business Climate ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
Corporate Social

The paper underscores the varying and conflicting interests of local community, local government and corporate interest; how CSR implement should comply with the regulation sets by the Indonesia government or fulfill local community needs in aim to gain more favor. This paper aims to analyze the process of formulating the model, the form of execution and the synchronization the implementation of CSR, method used in this research is qualitative, with a case study on PT. Dwikarya Reksa Abadi , Wanam District, Merauke Papua Indonesia. This paper reviews the existing CSR implementation in Merauke Papua with objective of identifying gaps and developing a framework to guide the future CSR implementation. The results showed that the company PT. Dwikarya Reksa Abadi, has implemented CSR to the local community and local economic development around the company as planned but has not received support from labor and community for a conducive business climate, and there are still CSR activities that must be implemented to fulfill local community needs.

scholarly journals The Impact of Biogas Conversion Technology for Economic Development: A Case Study in Kilimanjaro Region

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
L. L. N. Mkiramweni
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Deforestation Rates ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Kilimanjaro Region ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Impact

In Tanzania the overall performance of the country’s social and economic development requires the minimization of the existing energy challenges. Currently, about 80% of Tanzanians live in rural areas, and 90% percent of the populations have no access to grid electricity but rely on fuel wood and charcoal, causing annual deforestation rates of about 500,000 hectares. This problem can be minimised, especially where there is potential, like Kilimanjaro region. However, the level of development of biogas in the region is low and no reliable data to show this effect quantitatively. The author here, therefore, attempts to fill the gap. He realizes that up to 0.5 giga m3 of biogas could be produced daily, exceeding by far the 0.72 million m3 required for cooking in the region. It was further observed that the energy required for small economic activity in the region is about 3.0 MWh, about 0.1% of the total energy that can be generated from agrowaste materials. The application of biogas in Kilimanjaro region is therefore technically feasible, socially acceptable, and economically viable, so sensitisation should therefore be enhanced and research conducted.

scholarly journals Oil and gas sector of Perm Krai: the actual status and prospects for development

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Stepanenko ◽  
Julia Karpovich
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Perm Krai ◽  
The Impact

The oil and gas industry of Perm Krai is one of the core industries that determines the actual status and prospects for the social and economic development of the region. This article assesses the impact of the oil and gas industry on the social and economic development of Perm Krai. The author comes to the conclusion that the industrial production, and in particular the oil and gas complex, remains the basic economy sector of Perm Krai, which plays a leading role in income generation of the territorial budget. On the basis of the oil and gas industry it is possible to develop the accompanying sectors in the economy. In other words, it can become a locomotive for developing other economy branches. Trends in the oil industry development in the Perm Krai coincide with those typical for the Russian Federation as a whole. Therefore, the sanction measures could not fail to have an impact on the economy of Perm Krai in general and the activities of the oil industry enterprises in particular. The action of economic sanctions led to a reduction in oil extraction, accompanied by a price drop; volumes of export; the limitation of supplies of specialized equipment and technologies for the developing oil deposits and oil production. To overcome this situation in the Perm Krai, the following measures can be proposed: creation of the new competitive capacities (which requires the additional investment sources) and creation of a petrochemical cluster.

Effective service delivery through quality management system (QMS) in oil and gas servicing companies, a case study of selected firms, Port Harcourt

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Management System ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Test Of Hypotheses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Effective Service

This study investigated the impact of Quality Management System (QMS) on effective service delivery in Oil and Gas Servicing Companies in selected firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The opinion of 50 respondents were sampled using questionnaires, interviews as well as observation from journals and texts used in this work to examine the Quality Management System (QMS) of the selected firms. Using simple percentages and the Chi-square (X2) test of hypotheses, it was hypothetically established that the implementation of QMS practices, has impacted the work process, procedure and improvement on quality over the years in the Oil and Gas Servicing companies in Port Harcourt Nigeria. The research identified an adopted use of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) tool as a continual quality improvement initiative developed in the local content oil and gas servicing operation for equipment handling, management and to drive sustained improved performance quality processes as a key driver of a progressive that will place local content companies as an options for producing companies and at par with multinational oil and gas companies.

The Role of Oil and Gas in the Economic Development of the Global Economy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Oil And Gas Producers ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Factor Inputs ◽  
The Impact

This chapter is concerned with the role of oil and gas in the economic development of the global economy. It focuses on the context in which established and newer oil and gas producers in developing countries must frame their policies to optimize the benefits of such resources. It outlines a history of the issue over the last twenty-five years. It considers oil and gas as factor inputs, their role in global trade, the role of oil prices in the macroeconomy and the impact of the geopolitics of oil and gas. It then considers various conventional views of the future of oil and gas in the primary energy mix. Finally, it challenges the drivers behind these conventional views of the future with an emphasis on why they may prove to be different from what is expected and how this may change the context in which producers must frame their policy responses.

scholarly journals Building and Rebuilding Buddhist Monasteries in Tang China: The Reconstruction of the Kaiyuan Monastery in Sizhou

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Anna Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Jiangsu Province ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Bai Juyi ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Its Regions

This article explores regional Buddhist monasteries in Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) China, including their arrangement, functions, and sources for their study. Specifically, as a case study, it considers the reconstruction of the Kaiyuan monastery 開元寺 in Sizhou 泗州 (present-day Jiangsu Province) with reference to the works of three prominent state officials and scholars: Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846), Li Ao 李翱 (772–841), and Han Yu 韓愈 (768–824). The writings of these literati allow us to trace the various phases of the monastery’s reconstruction, fundraising activities, and the network of individuals who participated in the project. We learn that the rebuilt multi-compound complex not only provided living areas for masses of pilgrims, traders, and workers but also functioned as a barrier that protected the populations of Sizhou and neighboring prefectures from flooding. Moreover, when viewed from a broader perspective, the renovation of the Kaiyuan monastery demonstrates that Buddhist construction projects played a pivotal role in the social and economic development of Tang China’s major metropolises as well as its regions.

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