The Monkey Forest Consulting team has been helping clients engage with communities for more than two decades. They are social performance specialists who understand the overlapping needs of:

1. projects that are managing operational risk,
2. funders ensuring that international performance standards are met, and
3. communities balancing expectations for growth with preservation of traditional lands and cultures.

Monkey Forest Consulting meets this challenge by designing, implementing and assessing social performance programs that

1. earn social acceptance
2. conform with international standards, and
3. support access to funding.

Monkey Forest Consulting works extensively with enterprises that use or develop natural resources – mining, oil and gas, forestry, agriculture, property development or infrastructure. The clients include company senior executives and their social management teams, investors, funders and industry associations.

Values
Responsible – Neither the programs nor the assessments shall cause harm to communities or clients

Pragmatic – Social performance management works best when it is integrated into the schedule and management

Innovative – International standards are a foundation to build on but are still evolving. So is their practice

Responsive – Dialogue and relationship-building begin with seeing things from the perspective of other peoples

Respectful – Trust must be earned and maintained through honest, thorough and ongoing communication.