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September 14, 2023
Masyarakat Banten secara resmi telah mengajukan pengaduan terhadap Grup Bank Dunia yang secara tidak langsung mendukung pembangunan dua pembangkit listrik tenaga uap (PLTU) batu bara Jawa 9 dan 10 ke Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), Rabu (13/9).

September 14, 2023
Communities in Indonesia’s Banten Province have lodged a complaint against the World Bank Group for indirectly backing the development of two massive new coal-fired power plants, which expand an existing complex of eight plants that have caused devastating impacts on local communities and the environment.

September 7, 2023
An administrative court in Jakarta has ruled in favor of local community representatives who are challenging the environmental permit for a controversial mining project in North Sumatra.

July 6, 2023
We are pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report, detailing our accomplishments and our new, forward looking strategy.

June 29, 2023
Inclusive Development International joined 16 other organizations to send a letter to the new President of the World Bank Group, Mr. Ajay Banga, expressing concern that the institution is moving ahead with its Evolution Roadmap and plans to scale up lending to address the global climate and other crises without adequate safeguards in place.

June 20, 2023
As of May 2023, people impacted by the mining industry have a new forum to raise environmental and social concerns. This guide is designed to help explain the Mechanism’s procedures for individuals and communities harmed by corporate behavior.

June 5, 2023
In a significant development, Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced its non-involvement in financing the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

May 30, 2023
Two hundred Cambodian families whose land was forcibly seized to make way for a sugar plantation in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province have reached a financial settlement with key sugar industry supply chain actors.

May 24, 2023
We, the undersigned climate justice and human rights advocates worldwide, call for the
immediate release of prominent environmental lawyer, Dang Dinh Bach.

May 16, 2023
The StopEACOP coalition celebrates Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s (SMBC Group) recent declaration of non-involvement in the East African crude oil pipeline project (EACOP).
June 19, 2023
South China Morning Post
- Margaux Day, Yaqian (Zelda) Liang
China’s groundbreaking Green Finance Guidelines require both policy and commercial banks to establish grievance mechanisms for affected communities. The newly formed National Financial Regulatory Administration should see to it that Chinese banks implement this requirement.
March 27, 2023
ESG Clarity
- David Pred
As Adani Group stocks tanked last month, following revelations of fraud and market manipulation at the Indian conglomerate, some investors in ESG-focused funds were surprised to find themselves exposed to losses.
February 27, 2023
China Dialogue
- Margaux Day, Zelda Liang
A new mechanism for Chinese overseas mining needs to be free from company interference and to protect communities from retaliation.
October 17, 2022
BankTrack
- Margaux Day, Natalie Bugalski, Ryan Brightwell
Either they get solved at the annual meeting of signatories starting today in Seoul, or the principles risk fading into irrelevance.
September 9, 2022
ESG Investor
- Coleen Scott
Earlier this year, my colleagues at Inclusive Development International published an investigation that revealed a staggering figure: more than US$13 billion of ESG-labeled investments have gone to companies involved in arming, funding and legitimising the brutal military regime in Myanmar. As shocking and disturbing as that is, it is not an anomaly.
May 9, 2022
Devex
- aaron pedrosa, David Pred, kate geary
In July 2016, environmental activist Gloria Capitan was brutally killed in front of her 8-year-old grandson in the Bataan province of the Philippines, allegedly due to her anti-coal advocacy as the leader of the Coal-Free Bataan Movement. Climate change is perhaps the biggest threat that humanity faces, yet the people who devote their lives to this cause are under attack.
March 21, 2022
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- David Pred, Natalie Bugalski
ESG-labeled funds have exploded in popularity in recent years, hitting $3.9 trillion in assets under management last year. Driven by marketing claims that ESG is a way for investors to align their money with their values, it’s now the fastest growing sector of financial services. But these funds are littered with companies with appalling records.
February 4, 2022
Medium
- David Pred, Natalie Bugalski
The UK government body charged with enforcing the OECD’s standards on responsible business conduct called out the sugar industry’s sustainability association last month for admitting a company responsible for gross human rights abuses.
December 16, 2021
Thompson Reuters Foundation News
- Dustin Roasa
Examples like this don’t just undermine the credibility of ESG. They also make it much more difficult for victims of corporate abuse to secure accountability.
October 27, 2021
The People's Map of Global China
- Natalie Bugalski
When the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was first announced by China in 2013, a flurry of speculation erupted around which countries would join and how closely the new institution would follow the path trodden by traditional multilateral development banks such as the World Bank.
September 15, 2023
The Jakarta Post
Residents of Cilegon, Banten province, have accused the World Bank Group of indirectly financing a project to expand a massive coal-fired power plant (PLTU) in Suralaya village, arguing the expanded plant would negatively affect their health and livelihood, environmental groups said on Thursday.
September 14, 2023
Agence France-Presse
Residents and green NGOs have accused the World Bank of indirectly financing two new coal-fired power plants on Indonesia’s most populous island despite promises to shift to low-carbon funding, according to a complaint filed Thursday.
September 14, 2023
Eco-Business
They say the two new units could cause thousands of premature deaths and are arguably unnecessary in the oversupplied local grid. However, the bank’s lending arm clarifies that it does not have the ability to stop the project’s development.
September 14, 2023
Reuters
Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels.
September 11, 2023
The Guardian
In an area prone to natural disasters, residents claim a new mining project has damaged homes and livelihoods and left them fearing for their safety
September 5, 2023
China Dialogue
August 16, 2023
Mongabay
August 2, 2023
Mongabay
Opung Rainim Purba, perempuan Dairi, terlihat semringah saat berbicara di acara temu media akhir Juli lalu hybrid dari Medan, Sumatera Utara. Dia lega Majelis Hakim Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara (PTUN) Jakarta mengabulkan gugatan 11 warga Dairi, terkait persetujuan izin lingkungan yang dikeluarkan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (LHK) untuk perusahaan tambang, PT Dairi Prima Mineral.
July 28, 2023
Mining Magazine
A panel of judges at the Jakarta State Administrative Court have ruled against Dairi Prima Mineral (DPM), a subsidiary of China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction (NFC).
July 27, 2023
CNN Indonesia