Sawit Watch, SETARA Jambi, Ketua Adat Suku Anak Dalam Batin Sembilan and Forest Peoples Programme
15 May, 2013
This complaint is directed to Wilmar Group regarding its sale agreement of PT Asiatic Persada (Jambi, Indonesia) to Prima Fortune International Ltd and PT Agro Mandiri Semesta.
Forest Peoples Programme
8 March, 2012
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20 February, 2012
The Equator Principles (EP) are a set of voluntary principles developed by private banks to guide their social and environmental risk management systems. There are ten principles in total, listed below.
Forest Peoples Programme
17 March, 2011
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18 February, 2011
The IFC review of its safeguard framework (see FPP E-news July 2010 and October 2010) is entering its final stage. The new draft proposed policies include some strong gains and some serious continuing concerns. ‘Free, prior and informed consent’ (FPIC) has finally taken the place of the previous approach of ‘good faith negotiation’ that is ‘successfully concluded’, a step that takes the IFC out of the realm of jargon and into an arena in which the standards can be better understood and defended more easily.
However significant problems remain, including: serious curtailment of the application of FPIC; different and weaker treatment of projects financed through financial intermediaries; staff still not being incentivized to use the safeguard system effectively; and a continuing lack of rigour in the changes to categorization of projects. Weak protection of basic human rights is also a matter of concern.
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14 October, 2010
Since the 1980s, the World Bank Group has invested more than US$2 billion to promote the global trade in palm oil. The expansion of the crop in intensive mono-cultures, especially in Southeast Asia, has been associated with the extensive clearance of tropical forests, land grabbing and widespread human rights abuses. In response to our complaints, the World Bank Group froze funding for the sector worldwide while it came up with a comprehensive strategy for engagement. A first draft document was released in July for comments. It has failed to address the main issues raised in the consultation, therefore Forest Peoples Programme and its partners have again appealed to the World Bank President for a rethink.
14 October, 2010
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announced in 2009 that it would be reviewing the social and environmental policies and standards that it uses to guide and regulate its lending in vulnerable sectors. This review has been on-going and has seen extensive engagement by civil society and by indigenous peoples’ representatives and organisations. Although the review was expected to end in August 2010, the IFC has just announced an extension to this process.
10 September, 2010
Letter from FPP and NGOs regarding continuing concerns about the World Bank palm oil strategy
15 July, 2010
FPP's submission to the IFC review of its safeguard framework, with specific emphasis on the issues of information disclosure, inaccurate categorisation of projects and the need to adhere to the principle of free, prior and informed consent.
July 2010
Oil palm plantation, Indonesia
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