Larger corporations should also consider the business benefits of having certification that include: attracting and retailing investors, benchmarking performance and helping to secure a SLO.
During 2012 social media continued to empower local communities, advocates and activists and it also became clear that the need for SLO had moved beyond resource extraction.
Over the last few years, SLO has become an imperative for corporations in the resource extraction sector that require support from local communities to secure financing and government approvals for their projects.
What we have going on right now that is so exciting is that we have a new displacement technology that is coming to market, called cloud computing, and it is going to impact five major industries that have been kind of in a slo-mo stage since the 2002 collapse of the tech stocks.