Social performance for projects where the stakes are highest.
35 years of field experience across four continents.
Trusted by the institutions that wrote the standards.
Services
What MSP Delivers
Due Diligence & Assessment
Rigorous environmental and social assessment for international funders — built on direct experience with IFC, EBRD, and Equator Principles frameworks.
Learn more →Team Creation
End-to-end team building for major projects — from recruitment and training through to operational independence. Proven at multi-billion-dollar scale.
Learn more →Crisis & Conflict
Strategic response when organizations and projects face community conflict, political instability, or security threats. Decades of experience in volatile environments, delivered with discretion.
Learn more →Management Systems
International Standards-compliant systems covering stakeholder engagement, grievance management, resettlement, livelihoods, and community health.
Learn more →Training & Capacity Building
Programs that raise the capability of internal teams, funder consultants, and regional practitioners to meet international social performance standards.
Learn more →Track Record
Selected Experience
Gary has delivered social performance management for some of the world's most complex extractive, energy, infrastructure forestry and land-development projects — for both the institutions that finance them and the organizations that build and run them.
Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Mine, Indonesia
Built a 60-person team that transformed a key project's community relationship from crisis state to stability during the post-Suharto period.
Mega Extractive & Refinery Project, Madagascar
Social due diligence for a mega-scale project under construction during political upheaval, on behalf of export credit agencies and private banks.
Oil Refinery Complex, Vietnam
QA/QC advisory for social performance on a US$9 billion complex — one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
Latest Insight
From the Field
March 2026 · 8 min read
What Lenders Actually Look For in Social Due Diligence
After two decades of leading assessments for IFC, EBRD, and Equator Principles banks, here's what separates the projects that pass from the ones that don't — and it's rarely what proponents expect.
Read on Substack →Let's discuss your project.
Whether you need an assessment, a team, or a strategy for a difficult situation — Gary MacDonald has likely done it before.
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