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This guide establishes a methodology for valuing bauxite in transactions between related parties, focusing on the 'arm's length principle'. It identifies key economic drivers of bauxite pricing—such as available alumina content and reactive silica impurities—and explains how to use market price indices from agencies like CBIX, Fastmarkets, and CRU to establish fair market values. The document also details necessary comparability adjustments for product quality, transport costs (Incoterms), and economic circumstances to prevent tax revenue loss in developing nations.

The EDGE model is a modular simulation tool developed by RMI to address the lack of analytical tools for evaluating distributed energy resources (DERs). It integrates resource portfolio planning, bulk power dispatch, distribution system simulation via OpenDSS, and rate/regulation accounting to determine the financial and operational impacts on utilities, customers, third-party providers, and society. While designed for utility or regional scales, it is not intended for national-level analysis or as a replacement for full distribution management systems.

The report proposes 'Natural Capitalism' as an alternative to the traditional border economy based on cheap labor and lax environmental controls. It outlines four shifts for businesses: increasing resource productivity, adopting biologically inspired closed-loop production, moving to a solutions-based service model, and reinvesting in natural capital. The document emphasizes that global supply chain pressures and consumer perceptions are forcing suppliers, including maquiladoras, to improve environmental performance to remain competitive. It further extends these principles to community development, distinguishing between 'expansion' (physical growth) and 'development' (betterment), and suggests strategies like import substitution, vendor matching, and waste-matching to increase local wealth without increasing environmental throughput.