Connor Hughes

The term "Social License to Operate" was coined in the late 1990s, particularly in relation to the Mining Sector. It encompasses the authentic approval received from the communities where mega-projects are undertaken. In Chile, corporations involved in projects with notable socio-environmental impacts confront a significant hurdle of acquiring and sustaining the Social License to Operate (SLO), thereby ensuring their feasibility. This license isn't a concrete permit but rather an intangible approval granted by the community within which the company operates. It is contingent upon the societal acceptance of the company's undertakings and initiatives and is vital for its enduring prosperity.…

“It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms.Lyn Slater will be the first to tell you her life has been a series of happy accidents and purposeful metamorphoses.“Because I’m constantly reinventing myself, my life is always a surprise. I’m an improvisational person. I don’t plan. I’m very in the moment,” said Ms. Slater, 70, a former professor of social work at Fordham University in New York. “That thinking has served me well. It has created endless adventures, surprises, incredible friendships and profound learning.”Indeed.In 2014, she…

The Biden administration on Monday announced a $1.5 billion award to the New York-based chipmaker GlobalFoundries, one of the first sizable grants from a government program aimed at revitalizing semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.As part of the plan to bolster GlobalFoundries, the administration will also make available another $1.6 billion in federal loans. The grants are expected to triple the company’s production capacity in the state of New York over 10 years.The funding represents an effort by the Biden administration and lawmakers of both parties to try to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing. Currently, just 12 percent of chips are…

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Big deals are waiting on the tarmac as Wall Street and the business world anticipate how the presidential election will change antitrust enforcement.President Biden has taken an aggressive approach to policing deals that some have called overreaching and others have lauded as a necessary return to scrutiny on the power wielded by big business. Dealmakers say they are holding some deals back in hope of a more lenient approach in the next administration.Doha Mekki is on the ground executing the strategy. She’s worked at the Justice Department under three administrations: as a trial attorney during the Obama presidency, in the…

In the latest sign of a growing backlash within corporate America to the 88-year-old federal agency that enforces labor rights, Amazon argued in a legal filing on Thursday that the National Labor Relations Board was unconstitutional.The move followed a similar argument by SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, in a legal complaint in January, and by Trader Joe’s during a labor board hearing a few weeks later.The labor board consists of a prosecutorial arm, which issues complaints against employers or unions deemed to have violated federally protected labor rights; administrative judges, who hear complaints; and a…