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Hundreds of Cambodian families took on Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol—supplier to global brands such as Nestlé, Mars and Coca-Cola—and reached a financial settlement.

Inclusive Development International has joined with civil society partners to share a series of recommendations for strengthening the independence, accessibility and effectiveness of the bank’s Accountability Mechanism.

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.

One year on, survivors of child sexual abuse at Bridge schools have received no remedy or relief. The “remediation program” that Banga promised the individuals who were abused at IFC-funded Bridge schools while IFC staff looked the other way is instead being designed as a public good community wide program to provide services for sexual abuse survivors in the districts where Bridge operated.

Inclusive Development International’s new ESG Watch website and company database illustrates how ESG investment routinely flows to companies linked to human rights abuses.

Following legal proceedings initiated in 2018, the Parties came to an agreement.

We are pleased to share our 2023-2024 Impact Report, detailing the impressive impact our team has had over the last two years, in collaboration with partners around the world.  

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.

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.

Over 40 banks globally have ruled out finance for the controversial Uganda-Tanzania pipeline, including 28 European banks.