Latest posts tagged with #FPIC on Bluesky
Our primer about the International Finance Corporation (IFC), private sector lending arm of the World Bank details #IndigenousRights in the IFC’s sustainability framework and opportunity to improve performance standards. www.tallgrassinstitute.org/articles/ind... #FPIC #SustainableInvestment
#WBGMeetings: Join us for a panel on Indigenous rights & consent in private sector standards.
We'll look at how #FPIC is applied in practice & explore how to strengthen standards for IPs.
📍 14 Apr, 15.00-16.30, I 2-220
Register for remote participation by 3 Apr: www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/...
From policy to practice—what does #FPIC really look like on the ground?
Join the conversation as we share lessons, gaps, and pathways to strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ consent in development.
📍 World Bank, Room 2-220
🕒 Apr 14 | 15:00–16:30 EDT
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#WBGMeetings | REP is co-organizing:
“From Policy to Practice: Upholding the Consent of Indigenous Peoples in Private Sector Standards.”
With @oxfamamerica.bsky.social, Tallgrass Institute & Recourse, plus IFC & private sector actors.
#FPIC #IndigenousRights
“We really want to be the kind of organization that builds bridges in a landscape that's pretty divided…where #Indigenous communities and #mining companies could meet as partners to enable safe dialogue...”
#FirstNations #economy #FPIC #CAMA
Respecting Indigenous sovereignty and the right to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) must be central to investment decisions.
Shift assessed whether or not Canadian pension funds have investment policies that cite #UNDRIP and #FPIC #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/reportcard20...
Meanwhile, at #PDAC in Tkaronto, ...
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#FreeGrassy #IndigenousRights #RespectTheTreaties #cdnpoli #WaterIsLife #FPIC #UNDRIP
First year that more than half of automakers take initial steps on #IndigenousRights, but implementation gaps persist. #SIRGECoalition examines findings in the 4th annual #LeadTheCharge automotive supply chain leaderboard. www.sirgecoalition.org/statements/p... #FPIC
This is such an important issue. Impact Assessments on multi-billion #nuclear programs require thorough and objective assessments. #Indigenous #climatechange #canada #ontario #sdg13 #UNDRIP #FPIC #rights #fairness
Conclusion: By prioritizing and securing #FPIC, companies can proactively minimize conflict, support #IndigenousPeoples' self-determination and decision-making authority, reduce the risk... and contribute to more stable and rights-respecting supply chains within a #justtransition. #IndigenousRights
For decades, the #Indigenous Dayak Bahau communities have resisted the intrusions of logging companies on their lands. Now a #WorldBank ”forest carbon” project risks reinforcing the same power structures that enabled these companies to operate without genuine consent.
#REDD+ #FPIC
In the wake of two recent B.C. court decisions upholding Indigenous rights, politicians appear to have abandoned their favourite line in favour of something more equivocal — the suggestion that the law is not so much a rule, but something to be altered and manipulated.
#FPIC #UNDRIP #NoPipelines
The Gabna Indigenous reindeer herding community has withdrawn from its cooperation agreement with Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB, citing the absence of Free, Prior and Informed Consent for mineral extraction on their lands. #FPIC
culturalsurvival.org/news/indigen...
The Indigenous reindeer herding community Gabna cancels their cooperation agreement with LKAB, the Swedish state-owned mining company. #IndigenousRights #FPIC
Read their press release: cs.org/news/indigen...
Official language re rights of #IndigenousPeoples in #justtransition: obtain their #FPIC in accordance with #UNDRIP and ensure "all just transition pathways respect and promote the internationally recognized collective and individual rights..." More: www.sirgecoalition.org/news-and-art...
Nov. 27 is the #DayofMourning. The links below focus on #IndigenousJustTransition, #landback, #UNDRIP, #FPIC, & #IndigenousSovereignty. Justice for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (#MMIR)! #decolonize
www.ienearth.org/justtransiti...
ndncollective.org/landback/
nativegov.org/news/beyond-...
This new documentary by exposes the hidden costs—and the Indigenous solutions we must embrace.
Watch, share, and engage - for a real just energy transition.
#HumanRights #FPIC #EnergyTransitions #RightEnergyPartnership
youtu.be/ALlGFMTkrEY?...
🌍📖Sierra Leone Learning Tour - WoMin's 1st steps in our Land & Nature Commons building efforts with women from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe & Sierra Leone, defending customary land & Right to Say NO to extractivism.
#R2SNO #FPIC #landrights #ecofeminism
Dagens Nyheter & Fair Finance Guide Sweden reveal “green” Swedish funds backing Weda Bay Nickel mine in #Indonesia, linked with serious human & envi harm. As #COP30 ends, we call for a Global #JustTransition Mechanism that protects rights, the envi & #FPIC.
bit.ly/4i7RLys
Bryan Bixcul (Maya Tz'ojoti) from SIRGE Coalition discusses what a #JustTransition looks like in practice, highlighting Indigenous practices and solutions that truly support a fair and inclusive transition. #COP30 #FPIC #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalJustice
On November 19 and 20, the State of Guatemala will be reviewed by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Among the issues under evaluation are the persistent violations affecting Indigenous community radios. #IndigenousRights #FPIC #CulturalSurvival
Aimee Roberson, Executive Director of #CulturalSurvival, stands in solidarity with #IndigenousDefenders demanding to be heard and included in climate negotiations at #COP30. Indigenous Peoples are stewards of Mother Earth and reject false climate solutions. #EnvironmentalJustice #DemarcãoJá #FPIC
Analysis of the final draft of the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative #CMSI shows low threshold for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and raises new concerns about governance, accountability, and the very definition of consent. Read the paper: www.tallgrassinstitute.org/s/Paper_CMSI... #FPIC #Mining
At #COP30, Binalakshmi Nepram (Indigenous Manipuri) reminds world leaders that 132 ongoing wars are major drivers of global pollution. Peace, she argues, must be at the center of climate action. #IndigenousRights #FPIC #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateChange
#DemarcacaoJá
A community’s lands are still included in a #WorldBank carbon project, even AFTER they opted out.
#FPIC only counts if denied consent is respected. Their complaint challenges a system that rewards commercial exploitation over Indigenous stewardship.
Read: accountabilitycounsel.org/client-case/...
“Redwashing is the gap between a company’s marketing and its reality. A company cannot ‘redwash’ its operations by sponsoring a community festival while simultaneously ignoring its duty to obtain consent on a project.”
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #development
“If you can fine a company for lying about its environmental claims, you can and must use those exact same anti-misrepresentation powers against a company that lies about its Indigenous partnerships.” #Indigenous #redwashing #FPIC #FirstNation #ONpoli #Ontario #reconciliation #securities #regulator
Implementing Indigenous rights through climate–health governance: advancing the Indigenous Determinants of Health framework within the UNFCCC
#COP30 #onehealth #planetaryhealth
Paris Agreement Article 7.5
#UNDRIP #FPIC #culturalsafety
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
Seven Anacé leaders face death threats for defending their territory. Their People are suing TikTok to stop a data center on their ancestral land in Brazil. #FPIC #IndigenousRights
restofworld.org/2025/brazil-indigenous-g...
