The role of automakers in pursuing a rights-based and community-centered approach to bauxite mining in Guinea
Each year, the Lead the Charge Coalition, of which Inclusive Development International is a member, publishes its annual Leaderboard Report, scoring the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturers on their efforts to eliminate emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains. The 2026 Leaderboard, released in March, found that automakers’ commitments to responsibly sourced minerals and related requirements […]
2026 Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard shows growing demand for responsibly sourced minerals – signaling a clear trajectory for the mining industry
Automakers are increasingly pursuing responsibly sourced minerals for their electric vehicles, with leading companies starting to impose more stringent requirements on mining suppliers, according to a new analysis of 18 global automakers’ supply chain practices. The fourth edition of the Lead the Charge Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard finds that automaker commitments and supplier requirements for […]
Guinean communities at risk from transition mineral mining speak out
A new report released today by the international human rights organization Inclusive Development International and the Guinean NGOs Action Mines-Guinea, CECIDE and ADREMGUI, “I Will Do Anything to Stay Here”: What a Just Energy Transition Means to Communities at Risk from Bauxite Mining in Guinea, presents perspectives from people at risk from the anticipated expansion […]
Les communautés guinéennes menacées par l’exploitation minière des minéraux de transition expriment leurs préoccupations
Un nouveau rapport publié aujourd’hui par Inclusive Development International, l’organisation internationale de défense des droits humains, et les ONG guinéennes Action Mines-Guinée, CECIDE et ADREMGUI, « Je ferai tout pour rester ici » : ce que signifie une transition écologique juste pour les communautés menacées par l’exploitation minière de la bauxite en Guinée, présente les points de vue […]
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 […]
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.
Supreme Court Victory for Mining-Affected Communities in North Sumatra
Dairi Regency community representatives, students and civil society organizations demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Jakarta. Indonesia’s Supreme Court has ruled that an environmental permit granted to the Dairi Prima Mineral zinc and lead mine in North Sumatra should be revoked. This is a major win for local community representatives who have been fighting to […]
Joint Civil Society Recommendations to the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals
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. These recommendations were developed in […]
Open letter to President Ajay Banga of the World Bank Group calling for extreme caution and due diligence for transition mineral mining
Ahead of the World Bank Spring meetings in Washington DC, a coalition of 40 civil society organizations, some of whom are in mineral-rich countries and work with mining affected communities, has written to Ajay Banga calling on the World Bank Group (WBG) to take extreme caution as it looks to extend its investments in transition […]