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October 2, 2024

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.

September 10, 2024

In a major win for local communities, Indonesia’s Supreme Court ruled that an environmental permit granted to the Dairi Prima Mineral mine should be revoked.

August 19, 2024

Ahead of the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG)’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals meeting in Nairobi, Inclusive Development International and our partners created a briefing document to inform the panel about the concerns and demands of communities directly impacted by transition mineral mining and processing.

July 26, 2024

Inclusive Development International has joined more than 230 civil society organizations in endorsing a set of recommendations to the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, to guide its efforts to ensure that the process of supplying minerals needed to phase out fossil fuels is both rapid and just.

July 16, 2024

It is long past time for the Bank to acknowledge its duties and responsibilities under international law to remedy harm that it causes or contributes to.

July 15, 2024

The International Finance Corporation’s internal watchdog, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), announced that it is launching an investigation into the institution’s investments in a commercial bank that is financing construction of two new coal-fired power plants at Indonesia’s Suralaya Power Station.

July 8, 2024

A new analysis, published today by Recourse, Trend Asia and Inclusive Development International, demonstrates that publicly-funded Multilateral Development Banks are at risk of funding a wave of ‘captive’ coal expansion in climate-vulnerable countries, despite commitments to shift funds from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

June 15, 2024

Twelve Indigenous villages in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnamese agribusiness giant HAGL Agrico, following a breakthrough in a decade-long mediation process aimed at resolving a protracted land dispute.

June 8, 2024

This is a joint statement by over 115 international civil society organizations to call upon the Ugandan authorities to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Stephen Kwikiriza, who has been held incommunicado since his abduction by plain clothed officers in Kampala on June 4th 2024.

May 22, 2024

On May 16, 2024 the World Bank announced that it is hiring an outside firm to “explore the circumstances surrounding the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman’s (CAO) investigation of IFC’s investment in Bridge International Academies.” We commend the World Bank’s Board for taking the lead on this issue.