The IFC should require its clients to demonstrate community support for all high-risk projects
Inclusive Development International submitted additional comments to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding its ongoing Sustainability Framework review, calling for a stronger approach to ensuring community support for high-risk projects. Building on recommendations we jointly submitted earlier this year, alongside more than 30 other civil society organizations, our latest submission urges the IFC to incorporate a new client-focused Broad Sustainability Support requirement in the […]
Civil Society Organizations Respond to CAO Targeted Policy Review
The IFC’s independent accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, is a crucial, if imperfect, means of accessing justice for communities harmed by IFC-backed projects. A team of consultants hired by the IFC and MIGA Boards to review key aspects of the CAO policy recently issued a draft report making some important recommendations for improving how the […]
Submission on Reforming IFC Performance Standards on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is in the process of updating its Sustainability Framework, including its Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, a set of requirements for how IFC clients should avoid, mitigate and manage environmental and social risk in their projects. The IFC Performance Standards not only influence how the IFC and its […]
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 […]
Joint Statement on Bridge 4 Management Action Plan Implementation Expressing Civil Society and Survivor Concerns
Between 2013 and 2022, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested $13.5 million in Bridge International Academies, a for-profit school chain in Kenya, to support affordable education for low-income children. In 2020, allegations of child sexual abuse within Bridge schools surfaced and the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) initiated an investigation, and published its report in early […]
Joint Statement Urging World Bank Action on Cambodian Civil Society Reprisals
We, the undersigned organizations, call upon World Bank President Ajay Banga to condemn the Cambodian government’s assault on human rights groups, including reprisals against World Bank project stakeholders. In recent months, there has been a worrying escalation in the Cambodian government’s repression of critical voices. This has included attacks on two prominent human rights groups, […]
AngloGold Ashanti accepte un règlement financier avec la communauté « Area One » déplacée par sa mine en Guinée
Plus de 360 familles qui ont été déplacées de force pour permettre l’expansion de la mine d’AngloGold Ashanti à Siguiri, en Guinée, seront indemnisées par l’entreprise. Cet accord est l’aboutissement d’un processus de médiation de six ans sous les auspices du bureau du conseiller médiateur du Groupe de la Banque mondiale.
AngloGold Ashanti agrees to financial settlement with “Area One” community displaced by its Guinea mine
More than 360 families who were forcibly relocated to make way for the expansion of AngloGold Ashanti’s mine in Siguiri, Guinea will be compensated by the company. The agreement concludes a six-year mediation process facilitated by the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.
German government calls on Heidelberg Materials to disclose environmental and social risk assessment for Indonesia mine
Germany’s OECD National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct has issued a statement responding to complaints over Heidelberg Materials’ controversial plans to construct a cement mine and factory in Central Java.
Joint Civil Society Statement Ahead of IFC Remedy and Responsible Exit Framework Decision
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2024–Tomorrow, the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) of the World Bank Board of Executive Directors will discuss the IFC’s draft Remedy and Responsible Exit Framework, which is intended to outline how the institution will deliver remedy to communities harmed by projects it finances. This would be the first policy to focus specifically on […]