IFC’s dismissive response to the CAO’s findings regarding the Tata Mundra plant was met with immediate and heavy backlash from NGOs, especially those surrounding the Gujarati power plant. The full press statement from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, along with the documents in question (IFC response, CAO audit), can be found here. Since that time, though, there …
Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat, India The International Finance Corporation (IFC) broke its own social and environmental rules, says the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) which released an investigation report yesterday. A recourse mechanism for communities affected by private sector projects that the World Bank Group supports, CAO found that IFC committed serious violations of …
Last month, the World Bank Inspection Panel completed 20 years. The Panel is an independent recourse mechanism for people and communities who believe they have been, or are likely to be, adversely affected by a Bank-funded project. On September 26, BIC, along with the Center for International Environmental Law and World Wildlife Fund, hosted an …
Between August 14 and October 5 2013 the Bank Information Center held a series of seven children’s consultations in six countries on the World Bank safeguards. The countries in which consultations have been carried out include: Peru, Yemen, India, Cambodia and Uganda. The World Bank is currently reviewing its social and environmental policy standards, and is …
Soumya Dutta outside the World Bank headquarters, August 2013 BIC highlights the work of Soumya Dutta in the campaign against Tata Mundra. Soumya Dutta is the National Convener of the Indian people’s science group Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha and the Convener of the Climate and Energy Group in the Beyond Copenhagen collective in India, a network …
Photograph of Oyu Tolgoi mining complex courtesy of Oyu Tolgoi Watch. Press release originally published by CEE Bankwatch. Ulaanbaatar, 04 July 2013 A group of Mongolian herders submitted today an official complaint to the Project Complaints Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), hoping to initiate a process of evaluation of the …
In the consultations, which took place in Delhi, Bangalore, and Bhubaneshwar, civil society moved beyond the confines of Bank’s formal consultation meetings where assessments in earlier consultations have been mixed. In the protests against the consultations, Indian civil society has charged the World Bank with funding environmentally unsustainable projects while claiming the Bank has been complicit in numerous human rights abuses and environmental violations.
In abstaining, the U.S. representative cited concerns over the potential environmental consequences and an inadequate impact study of the mine plan.
The Board of Directors of both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have approved funding for the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper/gold mine in Khanbogd, Mongolia last week, despite local and global resistance to the project.
The IFC responds to a December 14 article that questions why the Bank is considering financing a huge Oyu Tolgoi mining project that includes a 750 megawatt plant despite a report that criticizes the flawed project impact assessment, water and climate concerns.