News & Updates

Over 150 organizations have called upon World Bank President Ajay Banga to condemn the Cambodian government’s assault on human rights groups, including reprisals against World Bank project stakeholders.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.