UK Government’s corporate watchdog accepts complaint against Standard Chartered bank for coal financing
The UK National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct, a government body that monitors the operations of British multinational enterprises, has accepted a complaint against Standard Chartered bank for co-financing the construction of four coal-fired power plants in the Philippines, which have caused environmental, economic and health-related harms in surrounding communities. “To this day, communities […]
Displaced Cambodian families reach long-awaited settlement with Thai sugar giant
Lead plaintiff Hoy Mai. Flickr photo by Prachatai shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license More than seven hundred families who were driven from their land to make way for an industrial sugar plantation in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey Province in 2008 and 2009 have received a payment from the Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar […]
Joint Recommendations for Strengthening the Asian Development Bank’s Accountability Mechanism
Ahead of the Asian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting in Milan, Inclusive Development International joined with civil society partners to share a series of recommendations for strengthening the independence, accessibility and effectiveness of the bank’s Accountability Mechanism. The ADB’s Accountability Mechanism has historically been seen as a mechanism of last resort, creating barriers to accessibility and […]
Statement by Civil Society and Community Organizations on the Adoption of the First Remedy Framework at the World Bank Group
On April 3, responding to intense sustained advocacy efforts by project-affected communities and civil society organizations, the respective Boards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the private sector arms of the World Bank Group, approved their long-awaited Interim Remedial Action Framework (RAF) which has now been published. The […]
One year on: No remedy or accountability for survivors of sexual abuse at World Bank Group funded schools in Kenya
Joint Statement by Inclusive Development International and Accountability Counsel (March 13, 2025) – One year ago today, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga apologized to survivors of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies, acknowledging “the trauma they experienced” at the World Bank Group-funded schools and committed to supporting them. A March 2024 report from […]
Introducing ESG Watch: Holding “responsible” investment to its promises
Today, Inclusive Development International launched ESG Watch—a company database and website that tracks over $39 billion in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investment flowing to companies that are linked to serious social and environmental harm. ESG Watch provides a platform to amplify the voices of communities affected by harmful corporate activities, publicize evidence of harm […]
Cambodian families reach resolution with Thai sugar company, Mitr Phol: Joint Statement
Following the legal proceedings initiated in 2018 by the Plaintiffs against Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation Limited, and following the court mediation process, both Parties were afforded the opportunity to present their perspectives, thereby enhancing mutual understanding and facilitating a more comprehensive recognition of each other’s viewpoints, after which the Parties came to an Agreement and […]
The Power of Persistence: Our 2023-2024 Impact Report
Holding deep-pocketed corporations accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction is hard. To win against the mining, energy and agribusiness behemoths we are up against takes effective community organizing, a smart strategy and, most of all, tenacity. Tenacity and persistence have always been at the core of Inclusive Development International’s approach: We accompany communities […]
Statement of concern over criminalization of human rights defenders in Ecuador
This week, three community leaders who have peacefully opposed the Curipamba – El Domo mining project in Bolivar, Ecuador, were sentenced to 4 years in prison for the alleged crime of violating private property. According to local civil society organizations, the trial was marked by irregularities and the judge prevented a monitoring group of national and international human […]
BREAKING: World Bank Group guilty of coal cash cover-up despite climate commitments
(MANILA, Philippines – January 21, 2025) – Communities and rights organizations involved in an ongoing complaint against the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, accuse the multilateral development bank of covering up the harms caused by its support for the construction of 10 coal-fired power plants in the Philippines. This follows […]