A group of CSOs note several flaws with the Oyu Tolgoi Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and ask the company to respond to their concerns. On November 9, 2012, a network of international CSOs submitted a report to Oyu Tolgoi LLC (the Rio Tinto subsidiary that manages the mine) that outlines some of the main …
Group of Mongolian herder households files complaint with Meg Taylor, the Vice President of the IFC and MIGA’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (“CAO”), at the World Bank’s Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
Members of Congress, including Democratic Leader Pelosi and members of House Financial Services Committee, write to U.S. agencies and World Bank President Kim to back proper U.S. government oversight, independent accountability mechanisms and stronger safeguard policies
The World Bank Board of Directors has announced plans to consider a copper and gold mining project in the Mongolian South Gobi desert even though the Bank itself acknowledges that there is not enough water in the region to support the life of the Project.
The Institute for Development Policy (INDEP) has reviewed World Bank’s (WB) Draft Environmental Analysis for Kosovo and has identified significant errors in accounting for all environmental pollution-related costs.
Tata Mundra under investigation — if social and environmental policy violations are confirmed, project could face serious repercussions
Independent Syndicate of Energy of Kosovo (SPEK) meets with World Bank and U.S. government officials to discuss the effects of a new coal power plant project and the privatization of Kosovo’s electricity grid.
The Panel, which recently published its fact finding mission report, also urges the IFC and the ADB for an immediate financing suspension and full audit of the Tata Mundra coal power plant.