Procurement with Heart

Procurement with Heart

Inside Mining: Passionate People

Procurement with Heart: A reminder that there is good in the world. 

Balancing corporate needs and community reality is no mean feat. Between hitting key performance indicators and working with local resources, many a procurement officer has needed a river of coffee and numerous hail-marys. However, with a sensible head upon her shoulders, bottomless resolve, a huge heart and a tenacious work-ethic, Shannon Wilson of Newcrest mine has shown SEF what is possible for procurement and the local community, as working with Shannon has and continues to be a privilege for SEF. To share part of her story is to share what is possible, to highlight the greater goals that can be kicked off for mine and community, for entrepreneurs and small businesses, even amid significant challenges. Procurement success can be for long term and mean sustainable economic futures. 

Where truth meets impact: SEF - A unique sustainability report

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A unique sustainability report

Prevailing industry standards has meant reports regarding key performance indicators for a mine’s operations have commonly been written by external agents. 

Many now suggest significant insight and indication of operational success could derive more clearly from those on the ground. Written from within a project that was sponsored by the mine but run by the community. A report that tells the full story, highs and lows, as written by the community itself. A report like this may ring truly transparent and useful. 

Welcome Home: An interview with "Rocky" Jackson

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When art becomes theraphy

Working across the globe means that SEF has come into contact and formed relationships with an incredibly diverse and inspiring group of people. From South America to Africa, Mexico, Mongolia and on home soil in Canada, SEF has been encouraged by the spirit and tenacity of so many whose paths have overlapped with theirs. One such person is Richard Jackson, also known as “Rocky”, from northern BC in Canada, a town called Telegraph Creek. 

A Surprise Connection

A Surprise Connection

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A cut above the rest, how leadership and compassion make for good business.

The Eagle Mine project in Michigan was to be a large one an underground mine with surface facilities covering roughly 130 acres. Chantae Lessard had always striven for excellence in her approach to projects and as the Principal Advisor on Communities and Social performance for Rio Tinto on the Michigan Eagle Mine, this was to be no different.

The Goat Man

The Goat Man

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A reminder that there is good in this world

In a very remote mining town in Cerro San Pedro, central Mexico, SEF was partnering with New Gold Mining Company to support the smooth closure of a project. SEF was striving to create entrepreneurship that would extend past the closure through sustainable community means. The CSR team showed an eagerness and passionate resolve to come to the table and work alongside SEF on the ground on a daily basis, to create an SEF entrepreneurial development project that would benefit the whole community long after the mining ended.