Publication Library

Sep 25, 2024

Building Climate Resilience in the Mining Sector

This note offers guidance to mining companies on strengthening climate resilience both inside and outside the mine fence, guided by the best available scientific literature and tools.

Aug 13, 2024

Gender-Responsive Climate Governance and the Role of Women Leaders

Gender-Responsive Climate Governance and the Role of Women Leaders is a new IFC report designed to enhance the private sector’s ability to develop more effective gender-inclusive climate governance, strategies, and actions. The report focuses specifically on emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) and looks at underexplored aspects of the climate-gender nexus: whether EMDE companies have […]

Jun 18, 2024

Azito: Energizing Women’s Participation in Local Governance through Voice and Economic Empowerment

The case study “Energizing Women’s Participation in Local Governance through Voice and Economic Empowerment” highlights a collaborative initiative between Azito Energie and the IFC in Azito Village, Côte d’Ivoire. The project aimed to foster inclusive governance and socio-economic growth by empowering women and youth. Historically excluded from decision-making, these groups received training in financial literacy, […]

Jun 13, 2024

Digital Opportunities in African Businesses

How much do African firms use digital technology, for what purposes, and how can they be encouraged to use it more? While advances have been made in digitalizing Africa, with mobile payments a success story, firms still face challenges like higher costs of technology. Much more can be done to enable and empower them to […]

Jun 11, 2024

ASSA: Expanding Access to Markets in Indonesia’s Express Logistics Sector Case Study

Discover how logistics and connectivity are fueling economic growth in Indonesia by empowering millions of entrepreneurs, especially women. This case study explores the IFC’s $31 million investment in Anteraja, a leading digital logistics provider, and its impact on closing gender gaps, boosting business practices, and supporting women-owned MSMEs through targeted programs. Learn about the substantial economic potential and the successes of the Anter UMKM Sukses program in enhancing incomes, savings, and networking opportunities for female entrepreneurs.

May 29, 2024

Inclusive Business Investing Guide

The Inclusive Business Investing Guide addresses global challenges of poverty and income inequality by demonstrating how impact investors can create social impact for low-income populations. It leverages the experience of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), British International Investment (BII), and others to help investors adopt an intentional approach to inclusive […]

May 23, 2024

Community Engagement Playbook

Drawing from 14 years of human-centered design experience across 45 countries, this playbook highlights the importance of centering communities to create impactful and lasting solutions. It shares experiences, lessons learned, insights, and takeaways from various projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. By providing practical advice and real-world examples, the playbook aims to inspire designers and partners to […]

May 23, 2024

Green and Social Bond Impact Report – FY23

IFC’s annual Green and Social Bond Impact Report publishes a list of projects in emerging markets that have been funded through the proceeds of our green and social bonds. Green and social bonds are an integral component of IFC’s borrowing strategy, facilitating the financing of projects that drive positive social outcomes and contribute to a […]

May 22, 2024

Scaling Up to Phase Down

To meet climate and development goals, low- and middle-income countries need to transform their power sector infrastructure at a scale and pace that is unprecedented. The World Bank framework “Scaling Up to Phase Down” maps out steps to support developing countries, with the help of development partners, to scale up affordable, secure, and reliable clean […]

May 20, 2024

Adaptation & Resilience Impact: A measurement framework for investors

According to the 2023 UN Adaptation Gap Report, the annual climate adaptation financing gap in developing countries is estimated to be between USD194-366 billion, approximately 10-18 times more than current financing flows. Although investors increasingly recognize the opportunities for investments to cope with the risks and impacts of climate change, private investment towards adaptation and […]

May 14, 2024

Compendium of Good Practices on Quality Infrastructure 2024

In an era defined by the urgent climate crisis, unpredictable weather patterns and increasingly frequent natural disasters, ensuring infrastructure resilience to such events is paramount. This report discusses ways of enhancing government capacities to prevent, react and rebuild, thereby minimising the impact of natural disasters on infrastructure assets and operations. It identifies data, collaboration and […]

May 12, 2024

Geopolitics of the energy transition: Energy security

This report, developed under the IRENA Collaborative Framework on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation, provides new analysis to elicit informed and constructive dialogue on the evolving nature of energy security in the era of renewables.

May 9, 2024

Emerging Trends in Infrastructure 2024: Enabling Transitions

All at one time, we want to change our energy mix, our climate, our economies, our global trade patterns, our cities, our technology and our social equity. And we plan to do it all against a backdrop of a non-stationary environment, divisive geopolitical rhetoric and deep economic uncertainty. It is a mammoth task. Humanity’s success […]

May 8, 2024

Green, Social, Sustainability, and Sustainability-Linked (GSSS) Bonds Market Update – April 2024

Quarter 1, 2024 performance: The cumulative amount of green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds issued in the market reached USD 5.3 trillion. Performance in the first quarter of 2024 was strong, with cumulative issuance in Jan-Mar 2024 reaching USD 333 billion. 2024 is expected to be a year of broadening regional reach and instrument types […]

May 7, 2024

IGF Case Study: Leveraging Technologies for Gender Equality in Mining Communities

Case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and Peru How can sharing technological infrastructure support gender equality and serve the broad betterment of mining communities? While it has become an accepted practice for mining companies to share roads, electricity, and other traditional infrastructure with nearby rural communities, sharing new technological infrastructure, […]

Apr 29, 2024

The State of Global Environmental Governance 2023

In 2023, global environmental discussions primarily focused on funding the implementation of agreements and assessing performance across various issue areas. The year saw the conclusion of delayed COVID-19 milestones, including significant decisions to enhance global chemicals management and safeguard marine life in international waters. Much of the emphasis was on ensuring these agreements are effectively […]

Apr 26, 2024

Investing in Climate Resilience: Unlocking a Growing Market of Adaptation Solutions

The paper introduces a toolkit for investors focusing on climate resilience as a thematic area, particularly within public markets. It highlights the attractive investment opportunities that climate resilience solutions offer, both in terms of returns and growing demand. The paper explains the concept of climate resilience solutions, including products, technologies, and services that are increasingly […]

Apr 25, 2024

Measuring the Emissions and Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector: Implications for Climate Action

Enabling more people to get online and to use the Internet productively ​​can help deliver massive development payoffs, including by helping communities become more resilient to climate change through improved access to information and service delivery. Despite the sector’s remarkable growth, 2.6 billion ​​​people remain offline. In addition, the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rival […]

Apr 18, 2024

Integrating Gender In Plastic Waste Management

This business case aims to highlight some of the ways companies and investors, in partnership with local and national governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders, can leverage the gender advantage in plastic waste management through working in partnership with women and addressing their needs as informal and formal workers, entrepreneurs, and consumers. It examines first the […]

Apr 18, 2024

Renewable capacity statistics 2024

This publication presents renewable power generation capacity statistics for the past decade (2013-2023) in trilingual tables. Renewable power generation capacity is measured as the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable energy sources to produce electricity. For most countries and technologies, the data reflects the capacity installed and connected […]

Apr 17, 2024

Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?

The report discusses the future of the global energy system, highlighting the uncertainty and the significant impact of decisions made in the coming years on the climate and human civilization. It examines a range of long-term projections that imagine different futures based on various policies, technologies, prices, and geopolitical factors. A key finding from COP28 […]

Apr 11, 2024

Bridging the Divide: Women, Tech and Business Success

This report explores the experiences of women entrepreneurs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2023, focusing on the impact of the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic and geopolitical crises, and the rise of AI on their ventures. The report details challenges such as access to finance, macroeconomic instability, and customer retention while […]

Mar 27, 2024

Her Fintech Edge

Unlocking the potential of digital financial services (DFS) is crucial for women’s financial inclusion and empowerment. While barriers to access persist, fintech companies have emerged as key players in bridging this gap. However, limited research exists on how fintech companies are delivering on their promise and what practices lead to success. This study addresses these […]

Mar 19, 2024

Women, Business and the Law 2024

Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the tenth in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling environment for women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. This year, the study presents two sets of data: Women, Business and the Law 1.0 and an expanded version, Women, Business and the Law 2.0. Women, Business and the […]

Mar 11, 2024

Digital Progress and Trends Report 2023

Digital technologies are transforming economies, creating jobs, and improving lives. They have dramatically changed communications, business, health, education, finance and more. Yet the digital divide remains stark and is becoming synonymous with a development divide. Billions of people around the world are still offline, and digital advancement has been uneven, exacerbating the gap between the […]

Feb 29, 2024

Land Acquisition and Involuntary Settlement: Good Practice Handbook

This Good Practice Handbook outlines a framework and methodology for planning, collecting data, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the entire resettlement and livelihood restoration process to achieve the objectives of IFC Performance Standard 5 on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement.

Oct 25, 2023

Building a Future for Women in South Asia’s Plastics Waste Management

This report examines the role of women in South Asia’s plastic waste management systems and the challenges they face, and provides recommendations for collaborative action to improve and safeguard women’s livelihoods in the sector.

Oct 23, 2023

Inclusive Employment: Advancing Economic Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid

There are 4.5 billion people living at the base of the pyramid worldwide, surviving on low incomes and lacking access to goods, services, and opportunities. Workers at the base are often in the informal sector or low-skill jobs with limited earning. By adopting inclusive employment practices that enhance advancement, and empowerment of these workers, companies have a critical role in expanding access to better livelihoods for these workers. 

Oct 18, 2023

IFC Gender and Infrastructure Toolkit

A comprehensive suite of resources to empower companies to address gender inequality in the workforce, supply chain, and community activities.✅ Tool Suites: Practical tools and guidance on project planning, recruitment and more ✅ Business Cases: Insights from companies who’ve implement gender-smart practices ✅ Interactive Toolkit Builder: Create a customized action-plan for your company

Oct 11, 2023

Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

This publication seeks to advance the concept of social sustainability and sharpen its analytical foundations. The book emphasizes social sustainability’s four key components: social cohesion, inclusion, resilience, and process legitimacy. By identifying interventions that work to promote the components of social sustainability and highlighting the evidence of their links to key development outcomes, this book provides a foundation for using social sustainability to help address the many challenges of our time.

Sep 28, 2023

Social KPIs Matter: Setting Robust Indicators for Sustainability-Linked Finance (Updated)

This draft paper highlights current trends in the use of social key performance indicators (KPIs) in Sustainability-Linked Finance, with a focus on the infrastructure sector.

Jun 10, 2023

Africa’s Resource Future: Harnessing Natural Resources for Economic Transformation during the Low-Carbon Transition

This book examines the role for natural resource wealth in driving Africa’s economic transformation and the implications of the low-carbon transition for resource-rich economies.

Subsoil assets such as metals, minerals, oil, and gas are key sources of government revenues, export earnings, and development potential in most countries in Africa. How can African economies tap into these opportunities while managing the downside risk to their fossil fuel wealth? “Africa’s Resource Future” explores these themes and offers insights to help navigate the uncertainty.

Jun 2, 2023

Lekela – The Power of Sex-disaggregated Data in Prioritizing Interventions

This company insights report is part of a series of short studies highlighting successful gender equality approaches taken by companies in the E2E program as they enhance their recruitment, retention, and promotion of women.

Jan 30, 2023

Net Zero Roadmap for Copper and Nickel Value Chains

A net zero transition guide that sets out a science-based decarbonization strategy for copper and nickel mining value chain actors.

Sep 26, 2022

Factsheet | Disclosure to Development ‘D2D’ Sierra Leone Project

IFC’s ‘From Disclosure to Development’ (D2D) Project in Sierra Leone strengthens the digital entrepreneurship ecosystem, with a focus on sustainably supporting mining communities.

Mar 12, 2022

Brochure | Sustainability-linked Finance

Sustainability-linked finance (SLF) is a powerful tool for mobilizing capital as the world moves towards a greener global future. SLF incentivizes companies to pursue ambitious, long-term environmental and social goals, and its use can help countries achieve the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Feb 21, 2022

Sustainability-Linked Finance—Mobilizing Capital for Sustainability in Emerging Markets

This note shares examples of recent sustainability-linked financing, including several involving IFC in various roles, to highlight how investors can utilize these new instruments in emerging markets and mitigate greenwashing risks.

Nov 16, 2021

Sustainable Bonds: Bridging the Gap for Gender Equality

This guide provides a framework to the market on how sustainable debt instruments can be used to advance gender equality in both the public and private sectors.

Jul 8, 2021

Women and E-commerce in Africa

The rapid digital transformation underway in Africa has the potential to have an equally transformative impact on women entrepreneurs.

Jun 15, 2021

The Business Case for Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Mining

This document illustrates how gender-responsive climate-smart mining (CSM) strategies are good for business and good for the planet. It outlines entry points for gender considerations within the pillars of the CSM Initiative and enlists recommendations for different stakeholders such as companies, government and civil society to engage.

Apr 6, 2021

Gender-Responsive Training Methods: A Guidance Note

This Guidance Note highlights how training initiatives can respond to women and men’s different needs and learning preferences. It is intended to strengthen the skills and practice of training providers who run technical business courses for entrepreneurs—whether face to face, or virtually.

Dec 23, 2020

Capturing Hydropower’s Promise: Report Series

The series Capturing Hydropower’s Promise features suggested approaches on implementing local benefit sharing in hydropower projects, along with good practice examples.

Dec 23, 2020

10 Insights about Local Benefit Sharing in Hydropower Projects

This brief highlights 10 insights extracted from the publication Capturing Hydropower’s Promise: A Guide to Local Benefit Sharing in Hydropower Projects.

Dec 14, 2020

Mining Royalties Data in Colombia: Data at Work for the Voice of the People

In this report, IFC presents a set of recommendations for governments, industry and civil society aimed at improving data disclosure and use practices of mining royalty data to provide citizens with complete, relevant and actionable information. En el informe de D2D Datos de Regalías Mineras en Colombia: Datos en beneficio de los ciudadanos, IFC presenta […]

Dec 4, 2020

Guidance for Bolivia’s Municipalities on Investing Natural Resource Royalties

Royalties paid by natural resources companies active in Bolivia are intended to support local community development. But often local communities that are impacted by projects do not receive critical benefits to improve their living conditions, such as access to basic services and infrastructure. This can create a difficult operating environment, with host communities looking to […]

Dec 2, 2020

Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-Smart Investing

This guide has been developed to address key questions and gaps in information we have experienced and observed through extensive discussions across the gender smart investing field over the past few years. It is a practical “how to” step by step guide for fund managers on how to strengthen gender diversity within their own firms and incorporate a gender focus into investment operations.

Oct 23, 2020

Mayor’s Toolkit to Help Build Trust with Communities During COVID-19 and Beyond

This readiness self-assessment tool was designed for use by municipal governments as part of IFC’s advisory support to clients. It leverages knowledge and experience of IFC’s From Disclosure to Development (D2D) program which aims to improve effectiveness of data and information use for the benefit of communities. The tool complements the implementation of guidelines by […]

Aug 4, 2020

The Role of Indigenous People in Major Project Development – Part II Indigenous Ownership of Electricity Infrastructure: A Case Study

This paper aims to help enable the increased adoption of Indigenous equity ownership arrangements by providing a detailed, specific and scalable partnership model, focused on transmission development.

Aug 4, 2020

The Role of Indigenous People in Major Project Development: Paths for Indigenous Participation in Electricity Infrastructure

This paper, prepared by the First Nation Major Project Coalition, highlights the growing world examples of Indigenous ownership in major projects including energy infrastructure.

Jul 21, 2020

Integrating Gender in Cities Projects

This note highlights how increasing gender inclusivity in urban development projects is a key factor in achieving development and investment outcomes.

Jul 16, 2020

Integrating Gender into Water & Sanitation Projects

This brief highlights the benfits of cities involving women in service design, tariff structures, and the water and sanitation workforce

May 12, 2020

Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition

A World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It estimates that over 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be needed to deploy wind, solar and geothermal power, as […]

May 4, 2020

Gender and COVID-19: Key Considerations, Resources and Support for Infrastructure and Natural Resource Companies in Emerging Markets

This note is designed as a quick reference guide to help companies understand how smart, gender-inclusive strategies can bolster the effectiveness of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 15, 2020

Highlights: Local Benefit Sharing in Large-scale Wind and Solar Projects

These are key highlights from the paper “Local Benefit Sharing in Large-Scale Wind and Solar Projects,” providing insights into the unique social challenges and opportunities for wind and solar developers.

Mar 8, 2020

Integrating Gender in Mining Operations

When companies recognize the opportunity of a more diverse workforce and supply chain, and of engaging more broadly with communities, they can increase productivity, reduce costs, and strengthen social license to operate.

Mar 8, 2020

Series: Pursuing Gender Equality Through Infrastructure and Natural Resources

This series of briefs provided tools for infrastructure and natural resources companies to benefit from gender equality.

Mar 8, 2020

Integrating Gender in Power Operations

As the sector responds to the challenges of clean, reliable, and affordable energy services—there are emerging pathways to close gender gaps and bolster performance across the energy value chain—by including women as potential employees, owners of SMEs, and as consumers.

Mar 8, 2020

Integrating Gender in Transport Operations

By understanding the differentiated ways women and men benefit from, contribute to, and experience modes of transport, IFC clients can leverage these insights to maximize their profits while better sharing risks and benefits across the communities they serve.

Feb 29, 2020

Highlights: Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources

These are key highlights from the knowledge publication “Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources” which describes how companies can use new data tools, approaches, and techniques to generate and sustain social license in communities.

Feb 29, 2020

Highlights: Data in Action

These are key highlights from the publication “Data in Action” which consolidates the findings of the natural resources data assessments conducted in: Colombia, Ghana, Mongolia, and Peru by the From Disclosure to Development (D2D) program.

Feb 29, 2020

Highlights: Transparency for Impact

These are key highlights from the publication “Transparency for Impact” which intends to help natural resources companies, government agencies, and development practitioners, design and implement transparency-related interventions.

Jan 30, 2020

Data in Action: Natural Resources Disclosure for People and Progress

his discussion paper consolidates the findings of D2D’s natural resources data assessments conducted in: Colombia, Ghana, Mongolia, and Peru. It describes key challenges and makes recommendations to industry, governments, and civil society that help bridge the existing data gaps and unlock data-enabled opportunities in the natural resources sector.

Jan 30, 2020

Transparency for Impact: Lessons from IFC Projects in Peru’s Natural Resources Sector

This document is part of a series of knowledge products by IFC’s From Disclosure to Development program. Two other publications in the series are Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources and Natural Resource Data: Challenges and Opportunities.

Jan 30, 2020

Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources

This report describes how companies can use new data tools, approaches, and techniques to generate and sustain social license in communities.

Aug 30, 2019

Setting Site Water Targets Informed By Catchment Context: A Guide For Companies

This guide aims to help companies set effective site water targets that are informed by catchment context, which can create value and lessen risks for the company and support collective action.

Aug 17, 2019

Improving the Investment Climate for Renewable Energy: Through Benefit Sharing, Risk Management, and Local Community Engagement

The study provides recommendations on how to improve the investment climate for renewable energy and wind energy, in particular, through benefit sharing, risk management, and local community engagement.

Jul 31, 2019

Trailblazers – Portraits of Female Business Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Markets

Part of IFC’s Women on Boards and in Business Leadership Program, the publication features the inspirational personal stories of 20 female business leaders and their advice to other female professionals aspiring to top positions. It highlights the positive impact of their leadership on private sector development in emerging and frontier markets. It also provides key […]

Jun 28, 2019

Data for Social License Brochure

Can data help firms increase profits while decreasing social friction? This report shows how firms in the natural resources sector can leverage new sources of data to form and deepen relationships with local communities and stakeholders in ways that are profitable, inclusive, and sustainable for all parties concerned. The report showcases the experience of firms […]

Jun 28, 2019

[Draft for Discussion] A Guide to Community Engagement for Public-Private Partnerships

Good community engagement strengthens PPPs by giving communities voice, enfranchising and mobilizing them to enhance positive impacts while reducing potential negative impacts. This new guide explains how to engage with the communities that will be affected by a PPP project. Aimed at improving development outcomes, the guide provides practical, systematic advice for PPP practitioners. It […]

Jun 18, 2019

Sustainability Exchange 2019 Conference Program Booklet

IFC’s flagship Sustainability Exchange was held in Dakar June 18-19 to explore how to drive innovation through inclusion. The Exchange convened game changers in infrastructure, natural resources, science, and the arts to challenge assumptions and build a pipeline of sustainable investments across Africa and the globe.

Jun 10, 2019

Local Benefit Sharing in Large-Scale Wind and Solar Projects

This paper offers insights into the unique social challenges and opportunities for wind and solar developers. It distills lessons from the experiences of wind and solar companies in securing and maintaining social license to operate by ensuring that local communities share in the benefit from their projects.

Feb 28, 2019

Generating Private Investment in Fragile and Conflicted-Affected Areas

The private sector can help break the cycle of conflict, fragility, and poverty that persists in many fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS).

Dec 4, 2018

Inclusive Future of Work

This report focuses on workers facing a double disadvantage—those who are most likely to experience technological disruption from automation yet have fewer resources to transition to new career pathways.

Nov 8, 2018

Mikuna Kawsanapaq Recipe Book

This recipe book includes the most innovative nutritious menus created by farmer families from Apurimac.

Nov 8, 2018

Certification for Yachachiq

This guide was developed in partnership with the Government of Peru to help Yachachiqs (local leaders on small-scale agriculture) understand and become familiar with a certification process.

Sep 21, 2018

Local Shares: An In-depth Examination of the Opportunities and Risks for Local Communities Seeking to Invest in Nepal’s Hydropower Projects

Nepal is leading the way in benefit sharing with its Local Shares phenomenon that sees up to 10% of shares in hydropower developments set aside for purchase by people in affected communities.

Sep 3, 2018

Estimating the Effects of the Development of the Oil and Gas Sector on Growth and Jobs in Ghana (2015-30): A Modelling and Value Chain Analysis

Recent oil and gas discoveries in Ghana present a unique opportunity to boost economic growth and increase the prosperity of its people.

Jul 27, 2018

Ayninakuy in Pictures

Through pictures, this publication illustrates the results of IFC’s Ayninakuy project and how it impacted local families, as well as the outcomes of public-private partnerships to enhance farmers’ livelihoods in the mining region of Apurimac, Peru.

Jul 27, 2018

Allin Kausay! 9 Key Ideas to Live Without Violence

This guide aims to help local agricultural leaders (“Yachachiq”) address domestic and gender-based violence and promote healthier gender relationships using public channels and resources available to guide women and families.

Jul 13, 2018

Municipal Good Governance Guides

IFC has compiled in a series of guides its experience and learnings promoting good governance best practices among local governments in Peru to provide municipal officers with the basic tools for improving investment management, transparency mechanisms, and citizen participation.

May 18, 2018

Unlocking Opportunities for Women and Business: A Toolkit of Actions and Strategies for Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies

A growing number of oil, gas, and mining companies have committed to create more diverse, gender-balanced, inclusive industries – recognizing that it is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes business sense.

May 18, 2018

Creating Value Through Global Youth Engagement: A Smart Investment for the Infrastructure and Natural Resource Industries

This report offers practical, actionable guidance and makes the business case for companies to engage more proactively with young adults.

Feb 5, 2018

Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism

The Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LRPM) is a set of disclosures that seeks to standardise how the global mining industry and host countries measure and talk about local procurement.

Nov 6, 2017

Global Youth Wellbeing Index 2017

To offer a comprehensive view of successes and gaps for youth worldwide, the 2017 Global Youth Wellbeing Index includes 29 countries and covers seven domains: gender equality, economic opportunity, education, health, citizen participation, safety and security, and information and communication technology.

Jul 24, 2017

Mapping the Oil and Gas Industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas

Achieving the SDGs by the target of 2030 will require unprecedented cooperation and collaboration among governments, non-governmental organizations, development partners, the private sector and communities.

Jul 14, 2017

The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future

Climate and greenhouse gas (GHG) scenarios have typically paid scant attention to the metal implications necessary to realize a low/zero carbon future.

Jun 25, 2017

Political Settlements and the Governance of Extractive Industry: A Comparative Analysis of the longue durée in Africa and Latin America

This paper synthesises findings from research in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru and Zambia to address the following three questions

Mar 22, 2017

Shared Water, Shared Responsibility, Shared Approach: Water in the Mining Sector

Water scarcity poses a risk to companies in the mining and metals sector, but it also represents a significant opportunity–to catalyze collective solutions that improve water security and sanitation for all.

Mar 1, 2017

Follow the Money: Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

This handbook is intended as a tool for due diligence and project planning by policy makers, development interventions, civil society, and downstream businesses operating in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

Feb 28, 2017

[Draft for Public Comment] Mapping the Oil and Gas Industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas

Together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IPIECA (the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues), IFC has released for public review and commenting a draft report on how the oil and gas industry contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Feb 25, 2017

Informing Local Communities, Civil Society and Local Government about Oil & Gas

This guide is specifically designed for facilitators and trainers wanting to raise awareness of local communities in oil and gas producing regions.

Feb 16, 2017

Effects of Oil, Gas and Mining Investments on Jobs

It is widely recognized that growth and jobs help lift people out of poverty.

Feb 1, 2017

Use of Security Forces: Assessing and Managing Risks and Impacts

This Good Practice Handbook on the Use of Security Forces: Assessing and Managing Risks and Impacts has been developed for IFC clients and other private sector companies and their consultants.

Oct 25, 2016

When Oil, Gas or Mining Arrives in Your Area

The overall goal of this guide is to enable local communities affected by oil, gas and mining projects to carry out constructive, peaceful engagement and negotiation with companies and government, with the aim of achieving sustainable development and improved quality of life.

Jul 2, 2016

Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas

This Atlas maps the relationship between mining and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by using examples of good practice in the industry and existing knowledge and resources in sustainable development that if replicated or scaled up could make useful contributions to the SDGs.

Jun 6, 2016

Supporting Revenue Management Initiatives in Peru and Colombia

IFC’s Revenue Management Programs in Peru and Colombia bring greater accountability in the use of mining and oil & gas royalties through collaborations with companies, municipalities, civil society organizations and local leaders.

Apr 11, 2016

Preparing Public Investment Projects – A Guide for Indigenous Communities in Colombia

This guide about preparing public investment projects is addressed to indigenous communities in Colombia, to raise awareness about royalties from Extractive Industries, the rights they have to have access to these resources, as well as explaining the process to create investment proposals to tackle their needs with the support from local governments.

Mar 30, 2016

Social Accountability in Pictures

The document shows in a visual manner IFC’s experience promoting social accountability at the local level in Peru’s extractive regions through the implementation of the MIM (Improving Municipal Investment) Peru project.

Mar 24, 2016

Voluntary Responsible Mining Initiatives

This paper aims to help stakeholders better assess the voluntary initiatives space for mining and consider options to increase impact.

Mar 9, 2016

Why Agreements Matter

A resource guide for integrating agreements into Communities and Social Performance work at Rio Tinto.

Feb 10, 2016

Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements

A Community Development Agreement or CDA can be a vital mechanism for ensuring that local communities benefit from large-scale investment projects, such as mines or forestry concessions.

Jan 15, 2016

Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Preliminary Atlas

The draft report is a collection of maps to help mining companies navigate where their products and activities – from exploration, through mining itself, to end products and eventually mine closure – can help the world achieve the SDGs.

Jan 11, 2016

“This is what we die for”: Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Power the Global Trade in Cobalt

This report documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Dec 15, 2015

USEITI 2015 Executive Summary

As part of fulfilling the international EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) Standard, the Independent Administrator worked with the Multi-Stakeholder Group to develop an Executive Summary of the USEITI 2015 Report.

Dec 11, 2015

WBG Extractive Industries – 2015 Annual Review

This report provides a summary of World Bank Group (WBG) activities in the extractive industries (EI) sector in FY15.

Dec 8, 2015

Land Acquisition and Resettlement: Lessons Learned

The publication provides recommendations for managing the resettlement of local communities who have been displaced or whose livelihoods have been impacted due to the presence of mining.

Dec 7, 2015

Demonstrating Value – A Guide to Responsible Sourcing

Demonstrating value examines the context and drivers for responsible sourcing and provides practical guidance on approaches that companies can take to demonstrate that they are producing materials responsibly. 

Nov 30, 2015

An Investor’s Perspective: Long-Term Risk Assessment and Value Drivers for Mining Investors with Varying Time Horizons

Environmental sustainability factors related to mining operations can have significant impacts on both short and long term financial performance of mining companies.

Nov 30, 2015

Mining and Water: A Perspective on Legal and Regulatory Risks

This brief outlines the importance of taking into account legal and regulatory risks in investment decisions regarding copper and gold mines and briefly discusses the research the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is conducting to qualify and quantify those risks.

Nov 18, 2015

Report of the TSM Tailings Review Task Force

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has received the final report of the independent Task Force it commissioned to review its tailings management requirements and guidance under its Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative.

Nov 3, 2015

Peacemaking and the Extractive Industries: Towards a Framework for Corporate Peace

This book addresses a significant gap in international research on companies’ political/diplomatic role in peace processes in intrastate conflict—termed Corporate Peacemaking (CPM).

Nov 2, 2015

Indigenous Peoples and Mining Good Practice Guide

This guide is primarily aimed at providing guidance to companies on good practice where mining-related activities occur on or near traditional indigenous land and territory.

Oct 15, 2015

Managing Community Relations in the Palm Oil Sector

There is growing need for companies in the palm oil sector to earn a social license to operate (SLO) in response to stakeholder concerns and to manage business risks.

Oct 7, 2015

Licence to Legacy: Life Cycle Management and Social Impact in the Extractives Sector

The Anglo American Mine Closure Toolbox was formulated and developed around the concept of achieving sustainable closure through a multi-stakeholder approach based on an early forward-looking closure vision.

Sep 30, 2015

Establishing Foundations to Deliver Community Investment

Providing benefits to communities affected by a project can help a company to obtain and maintain a “social license to operate,” and manage project risks and stakeholder expectations.

Sep 30, 2015

Water and Mining in Mongolia’s South Gobi Region

South Gobi Water and Mining Industry Roundtable About the Program Mongolia’s mining sector is a critical source of investment, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of government revenue, and local economic activity – and a key water user. The extraction, processing, and transportation of mineral resources could potentially bring significant changes to pastoral landscapes and […]

Sep 2, 2015

Respecting Land and Forest Rights – A Guide for Companies

This document provides guidance, approaches and tools to companies to better manage issues of land rights and responsible governance of tenure.

Sep 1, 2015

A Practical Guide to Increasing Mining Local Procurement in West Africa

This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement in West Africa, in particular at a country level.

Aug 24, 2015

Rethinking the Value and Risks of Water for the Private Sector

What is the true value of water? What risks does water pose for the private sector? Why do various groups see the value of water differently, and how can these views be reconciled?

Jul 30, 2015

WBG Engagement in Resource-Rich Developing Countries: The Cases of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Zambia

There is strong learning potential in looking across a group of countries that have one common characteristic.

Jun 30, 2015

Delivering on the Promise: Leveraging natural resources to accelerate human development in Africa

Most governments have expressed a commitment to turn revenues from new natural resource discoveries into outcomes that matter for their citizens: better health, better education, and access to quality social services.

Jun 12, 2015

Veolia: The True Cost of Water

Veolia has developed the “True Cost of Water,” a tool that combines traditional CAPEX and OPEX calculations with analysis of water risks and their financial implications.

Jun 11, 2015

Agreement-making with Indigenous Groups: Oil & Gas Development in Australia

This resource document was jointly prepared by CSRM and BG Group, to provide source material and an analysis of trends in Australia regarding the challenges of negotiating and implementing agreements with Indigenous groups.

Jun 5, 2015

Land Access and Resettlement Planning at la Granja

Gaining secure land tenure is a fundamental business requirement for mine development that can result in displacement and resettlement of families and communities.

May 12, 2015

Local Procurement and Public Reporting across the Global Mining Industry An analysis of Company Reporting, 2012-2014

This report provides an overview of the global mining industry’s prioritization of local procurement.

Apr 15, 2015

Social Impact Assessment: Guidance for Assessing and Managing the Social Impacts of Projects

The purpose of this Guidance Note is to provide advice to various stakeholders about what is expected in good practice social impact assessment (SIA) and social impact management processes, especially in relation to project development.

Mar 20, 2015

Research on company – community conflict

In recent years, mining related company-community conflicts have received a great deal of attention by advocacy organizations and traditional and social media.

Mar 18, 2015

Global Reporting Initiative G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures

Part 1 of G4 has the Standard Disclosures that all organizations use to report their sustainability impacts and performance.

Mar 16, 2015

Stakeholder Research Toolkit

This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance for companies seeking to measure and monitor their reputation among all stakeholder groups. It has been peer reviewed by the University of Queensland.

Mar 15, 2015

Indigenous Women’s Rights and the African Human Rights System: A toolkit of mechanisms

Indigenous women form one of the most vulnerable groups on the African continent. They face multiple forms of discrimination associated especially with their indigenous identity, their gender, culture, religion and language.

Mar 1, 2015

SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions magazine in Extractive Industries

SUSTAIN magazine presents cutting-edge business solutions for achieving stronger performance while addressing sustainability challenges.

Feb 23, 2015

The Art and Science of Benefit Sharing in the Natural Resource Sector

If developed and managed appropriately, a country’s oil, gas, and mineral resources can make a major contribution to economic development and poverty alleviation.

Feb 18, 2015

Global Reporting Initiative G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: Implementation Manual

The Implementation Manual – part 2 of G4 – is essential for preparing a sustainability report.

Feb 4, 2015

African Woman in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining

Many studies into the mining sector have described how masculine the industry is.

Feb 4, 2015

A practical guide to catchment-based water management for the mining and metals industry

The guide aims to outline a comprehensive and systematic approach for identifying, evaluating and responding to catchment-based water-related risks.

Feb 1, 2015

MiningResettlement.org

MiningResettlement.org is an initiative of The University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.

Feb 1, 2015

ACET (2015) – Local Content and Value Addition in Ghana’s Mineral, Oil and Gas Sectors – Is Ghana Getting it Right?

Local content and value addition strategy is one of the methods resource-rich countries are adopting to increase the benefits from resource extraction to their economies, beyond securing optimal rents (royalties, taxes, shares, and other revenues).

Jan 1, 2015

Land Access and Resettlement: A Guide to Best Practice

This book is an up-to-date, accessible and practical guide on how to optimally plan for, implement and review land access and resettlement, and avoid pitfalls, based on the main lessons that have been learned on-the-ground over the past decade.

Dec 16, 2014

Stakeholder Engagement: Creating Value and Delivering Performance

The publication addresses the idea of how stronger relationships with stakeholders not only secure the business’ “license to operate,” but also contribute to its sustained innovative strength – creating financial and societal value.

Sep 26, 2014

‘What is legal?’ Formalising artisanal and small scale mining in Colombia

Colombia’s mining sector is characterised by widespread informality. A recent census revealed that 72 percent of all mining operations in Colombia are classed as ‘artisanal and small-scale mining’ (ASM), and 63 percent are ‘informal,’ lacking a legal mining concession or title.

Sep 21, 2014

Partnering for Impact: Supporting Systemic Change to Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Richard Gilbert, Deputy Director of Business Action for Africa and Beth Jenkins, Insights Director at Business Fights Poverty and Non-Resident Fellow of the Business Action for Africa published the first report in this series in 2009, focusing broadly on the role of business and development.

Sep 16, 2014

How Partnerships between Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Mining Companies Contribute to Community Development

Mining companies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are increasingly called to collaborate in the community development space.

Jun 15, 2014

Human Rights Training Tool

The Human Rights Training Tool (3rd edition) enables oil and gas companies to develop a better understanding of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and key human rights issues relevant for the industry.

May 16, 2014

A Strategic Approach to Early Stakeholder Engagement

The handbook takes the reader step-by-step through the process of building trust relationships and gaining and maintaining a social license to operate at each project lifecycle stage.

May 15, 2014

Addressing Project Impacts on Fishing-Based Livelihoods – A Good Practice Handbook: Baseline Assessment and Development of a Fisheries Livelihood Restoration Plan

This handbook is intended to be a guide for projects whose development and operations impact upon fish resources and the fishing-based livelihoods of small-scale subsistence and artisanal fishermen who depend upon these resources.

May 1, 2014

SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions magazine in Agribusiness

How can companies across the world achieve stronger performance while addressing sustainability challenges? How can they learn from each other?

Apr 23, 2014

Water Stewardship Framework

ICMM’s Water stewardship framework outlines a common industry approach for what is a complex and locally-defined issue.

Apr 21, 2014

Creating New Models: Innovative Public-Private Partnerships for Inclusive Development in Latin America

Mar 9, 2014

Baseline Community Perceptions Survey for International Finance Corporation – Final Report

In 2013, IFC commissioned a community perceptions baseline survey in the South Gobi region of Mongolia to assess the following issues: access to water, use of water and opinions on water management.

Feb 25, 2014

Local Procurement by the Canadian Mining Industry

This report measures the extent to which local procurement features in the 2011 and 2012 corporate responsibility reports of the top 50 Canadian mining companies.

Jan 22, 2014

Matching Skills and Labour Market Needs: Building Social Partnerships for Better Skills and Better Jobs

Skills are critical assets for individuals, businesses and societies.

Jan 20, 2014

Getting to the Table: How a new generation of organisations is improving dialogue and reducing conflict over mining in Latin America

No mining project in Latin America can succeed today without full community consultation.

Jan 7, 2014

Water Mining and Communities

Mining companies are increasingly concerned about water risk at all levels: physical, regulatory, reputational and investor.

Nov 11, 2013

Resettlement Action Plan (RAP): Ahafo South Expansion Resettlement & Land Access – Projects, Ahafo, Ghana

An example of a resettlement action plan (RAP).

Oct 16, 2013

Changing the Game: Communications and Sustainability in the Mining Industry

This report was produced by ICMM, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Brunswick.

Oct 1, 2013

Investing in Women’s Employment

Economic growth is more robust and sustainable when women and men alike participate fully in the labor market.

Jun 16, 2013

Discussion Paper: Stakeholder Engagement and the Extractive Industry Under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The first section provides an overview of existing guidance on stakeholder engagement, making a link to the OECD Guidelines.

Apr 27, 2013

ICMM Position Statement on Indigenous People and Mining

The statement, which came into effect in May 2015 for all ICMM member companies, articulates a progressive set of commitments.

Apr 15, 2013

Extractive Industries and Conflict Toolkit and Guidance for Preventing and Managing Land and Natural Resources Conflict

Experience shows that tackling the underlying causes of EI conflict requires a concerted and multifaceted approach that encompasses governance, macro- and micro-economic stability, capacity enhancement, and creative approaches that increase opportunities for dialogue while contributing to the peaceful resolution of conflict.

Feb 15, 2013

IFC Performance Standard Guidance Notes 4: Community Health, Safety, and Security

IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Feb 2, 2013

Community Health Assessment and Management

Companies often rely on local government support for provision of basic health services to communities around the project areas.

Jan 20, 2013

Toolkit and Guidance for Preventing and Managing Land and Natural Resources Conflict

Experience shows that tackling the underlying causes of EI conflict requires a concerted and multifaceted approach that encompasses governance, macro- and micro-economic stability, capacity enhancement, and creative approaches that increase opportunities for dialogue while contributing to the peaceful resolution of conflict.

Jan 15, 2013

Anglo American Advanced Social Management Programme: Resource Library

These materials have been compiled for the Anglo American Social Practitioner Capacity Development Initiative.

Jan 1, 2013

Global Mercury Assessment

Mercury is a global threat to human and environmental health.

Dec 20, 2012

Confronting Risk, Mobilizing Action

This paper builds the conceptual foundation for an action framework for conflict prevention in the context of large scale business investments in fragile environments.

Oct 18, 2012

Water Valuation: Building the Business Case

This publication, Water Valuation: Building the business case, aims to demonstrate the business case for companies to engage in water valuation and is supported by a review of 21 business case studies that illustrate why and how different companies have carried out water valuation.

Sep 3, 2012

Measuring Shared Value | How to Unlock Value by Linking Social and Business Results

The genesis of this article occurred at the FSG-hosted Shared Value Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 2011 where sixty company representatives and co-authors of the Harvard Business Review article “Creating Shared Value,” Michael E. Porter and Mark Kramer, identified measurement as a key driver of shared value adoption.

Jul 23, 2012

Community Development Toolkit

This document updates and replaces the original Community Development Toolkit (CDT), which was produced in 2005.

Jun 16, 2012

From Controversy to Consensus

When development projects entail potential risks for indigenous peoples or local communities, governments and companies must invest time and resources in ensuring the early and ongoing participation of these communities in project design and implementation.

Jun 12, 2012

Gender Dimensions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining A Rapid Assessment Toolkit

This is intended as an easy-to-use toolkit for understanding men’s and women’s differentiated access to the resources and opportunities associated with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and how they are affected by ASM.

Jun 12, 2012

Supply Chain Sustainability, A quick self assessment and learning tool

Supply chain sustainability is a topic of growing importance to businesses, governments and civil society partly because the scale, scope and severity of global economic, political, social and environmental challenges requires a coordinated response from all sectors of society.

Jun 11, 2012

Indigenous Peoples and the oil and gas industry: context, issues and emerging good practice

IPIECA is the global oil and gas industry association for social and environmental issues.

Apr 3, 2012

From blue print to scale: The case for philanthropy in impact investing

This report springs from a point of view shared by Monitor and Acumen Fund — that philanthropy is the essential but often overlooked catalyst that unlocks the impact potential of inclusive business and impact investing.

Mar 12, 2012

Water Risk Filter

The Water Risk Filter is an online application for corporate officers, facility managers, and investors to analyze the impact of their business activity on the water supply, understand potential risk exposures, and obtain ideas for mitigating risk in a proactive way.

Mar 10, 2012

Women Mean Business: Empowerment in Developing Markets

This research report presents a joint analysis by Corporate Citizenship and Nottingham University’s International Centre for Corporate Responsibility of the global business initiatives on women’s empowerment in emerging markets.

Feb 6, 2012

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure

The purpose of these Voluntary Guidelines is to serve as a reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure (ownership and access) of land, fisheries and forests with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.

Jan 21, 2012

Governance Strategies to Manage and Monitor Cumulative Impacts at the Local and Regional Level

This 18-month study commenced in October 2010. It examined the growing use of multi-stakeholder collaborative approaches for monitoring and managing cumulative impacts, focusing particularly on how these are being applied in the Bowen Basin, Australia to the management of water quality.

Jan 21, 2012

National Water Resources Framework Study Roadmaps for Reforms, India

In September 2011, through the 2030 Water Resources Group, the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) submitted a report to the Planning Commission of India titled National Water Resources Framework Study.

Jan 20, 2012

Operational level grievance mechanisms

This IPIECA Good Practice Survey on Operational Level Grievance Mechanisms builds on a decade of active engagement by IPIECA on business and human rights.

Jan 20, 2012

IFC Guidance Note 1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts

This Guidance notes supports IFC Performance Standard 1 and provides guidance on grievance mechanisms.

Jan 16, 2012

Community Consent Index

Increasingly, around the world local communities are demanding a meaningful voice in determining whether and under what conditions oil, natural gas, and mining projects take place.

Jan 16, 2012

IFC 2012 Guidance Note 1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts

This guidance note to Performance Standard 1 provides good advice on setting up stakeholder engagement programs and approaches.

Jan 16, 2012

Back to Basics: How to Make Stakeholder Engagement Meaningful for Your Company

To help companies get back to the basics, BSR published this report to guide internal discussions on tools and approaches to stakeholder engagement.

Jan 12, 2012

IFC Guidance Note 2: Labor and Working Conditions

IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Jan 12, 2012

A Catalogue of Good Practices in Water Use Efficiency

In this pilot phase, WRG has worked with three partner governments – Jordan, the state of Karnataka and South Africa – to identify three priority levers of action in each government’s water use transformation space, with each lever corresponding to ones in WRG’s Charting Our Water Future report.

Jan 11, 2012

IFC Guidance Note 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement

IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Jan 11, 2012

IFC Guidance Note 7: Indigenous Peoples

IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Jan 8, 2012

Voluntary Principles on Human Rights Implementation Guidance Tools (IGT)

This first-of-its-kind set of tools is designed to help companies implement the Voluntary Principles (VP) on Security and Human Rights.

Jan 6, 2012

IFC Performance Standard Guidance Notes (3: Pollution Prevention and Abatement, ,4: Community Health, Safety, and Security, and 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources)

IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.

Jan 1, 2012

World Economic Forum: Water Resources Group

The 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) is an innovative and neutral public-private-expert-civil society partnership helping government water officials and their partners accelerate reforms that will ensure sustainable water resource management for the long term development and economic growth of their country.

Oct 12, 2011

Local Content Strategy A Guide Document for the Oil and Gas Industry

Many oil and gas producing states are introducing requirements for ‘local content’ into their regulatory frameworks.

Oct 4, 2011

Striking Gold: Women in Mining Initiative in Papua New Guinea

The rapid development of the mining sector in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has illuminated the hardships faced by women in society, and in some cases, exacerbated them.

Sep 24, 2011

Analysis for stakeholders on formalization in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector based on experiences in Latin America, Africa, and Asia

This document seeks to generate awareness and provide guidelines to policymakers and other interested stakeholders in the formalization of this sub-sector of the mining economy.

Aug 4, 2011

Gender-Sensitive Approaches for the Extractive Industry in Peru: Improving the Impact on Women in Poverty and their Families

The negative impacts of extractive industry projects fall predominantly on women rather than men and are much more significant than generally recognized, including the breakdown of family relations and a significant increase in family tensions and domestic violence associated with the arrival of projects in poor communities.

Jun 22, 2011

A Guide to Getting Started in Local Procurement: For companies seeking the benefits of linkages with local SMEs

This Local Procurement Guide is designed to provide tools and resources for companies to effectively integrate Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as suppliers through capacity building and assessment tools, by creating a policy and strategy for local procurement.

Jun 19, 2011

Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Results

The Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results seeks to address new directions in planning, monitoring and evaluation in the context of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) corporate strategic plan, the requirements of the UNDP evaluation policy and the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Standards for Evaluation in the UN System.

Mar 11, 2011

The Water Assessment Manual – Setting the Global Standard

This year, IFC has made water efficiency one of the two core themes of its water strategy, and was recently part of a collaborative effort with the Water Footprint Network (WFN) to publish the Water Footprint Assessment Manual.

Jan 1, 2011

Forests and Gender

The primary objective of IUCN’s publication entitled “Forest and Gender” is to emphasize the importance of integrating gender equality principles in forest conservation and sustainability.

Nov 27, 2010

Managing the public health impacts of natural resource extraction activities

A framework for national and local health authorities

Nov 13, 2010

Women in Mining: A Guide to Integrating Women into the Workforce

Women in Mining provides a conceptual framework and a step-by-step approach to integrating women into mining and other extractive and heavy industries.

Sep 15, 2010

Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM)

This tool is designed to be a practical tool that enables companies to identify, understand, and evaluate actual or potential human rights impacts of a project at each stage of development and operations.

Jul 25, 2010

Local Supplier Development Company Self-Assessment Tool

The Local Supplier Development Company Self-Assessment Tool is designed to help companies or institutions with large procurement needs to create a supporting structure that will effectively allow them to use their procurement dollars to maximize the business value that the procurement function can bring.

Jun 21, 2010

Alliance Industry Guide: Extractive Sector

Public-private partnerships done right are a powerful tool for development, providing enduring solutions to some of our greatest challenges. To help familiarize you with the art of alliance building, the Office of Development Partners/ Private Sector Alliances (ODP/PSA) has created a series of practical guides that highlight proven practices in partnerships, demonstrate lessons learned, and […]

May 18, 2010

International Lessons of Experience and Best Practice in Participatory Monitoring in Extractive Industry Projects: Guidance Note on Designing Participatory Monitoring Programs

This guide highlights good practice in designing participatory monitoring programs as a form of socio-environmental management.

Apr 18, 2010

ASPIRE A Sustainability Poverty and Infrastructure Routine for Evaluation

This document provides a concise summary of the development of ASPIRE – a new software-based sustainability assessment tool for infrastructure projects which includes poverty reduction as an overarching agenda.

Feb 12, 2010

Working together: How large-scale mining can engage with artisanal and small-scale miners

The interaction between large-scale mining companies and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations has not always been positive, and encounters between the two sectors are increasing.

Jan 3, 2010

Strategic Community Investment (SCI): A Good Practice Handbook & Quick Guide for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets

The content of the Handbook is organized around seven key areas comprising a comprehensive strategic planning framework for community investment.

Dec 11, 2009

Projects and People: A Handbook for Addressing Project-Induced In-Migration

The handbook is divided into five parts

Oct 21, 2009

Building Alliances Series: Agriculture

Public-private partnerships done right are a powerful tool for development, providing enduring solutions to some of our greatest challenges. To help familiarize you with the art of alliance building, the Office of Development Partners / Private Sector Alliances (ODP / PSA) office has created a series of practical guides that highlight proven practices in partnerships, […]

Sep 20, 2009

Addressing Grievances from Project-Affected Communities

Grievance mechanisms are an important part of IFC’s approach to requirements related to community engagement by clients under the Performance Standards

Jul 22, 2009

Creating the Foundations for a Linkage Program in a Rural Setting

This Practice Note focuses on the early stages of the Ahafo Linkages Program by capturing important early lessons and providing broad guidance on how to create and run a unit dedicated to local procurement within a company’s supply chain department.

Mar 4, 2009

Mining Together: Large-Scale Mining meets Artisanal Mining

This guide, then, represents a step in the right direction to start transforming the relationship between large-scale and artisanal miners through win-win solutions that emerge out of the genuine interaction and dialogue of all stakeholders involved: governments, companies, communities, miners and development organizations.

Jan 21, 2009

Water for Business Version 3 (the first online guide specifically designed for businesses to help them manage water more sustainably)

In 2009, WBCSD and IUCN released Water for Business – the first online guide specifically designed for businesses to help them manage water more sustainably by providing them with an overview of water tools and initiatives which they can use or engage with.

Jan 21, 2009

Charting Our Water Future: Economic frameworks to inform decision-making

The report Charting Our Water Future was developed to take a first step in providing greater clarity on the scale, costs and tradeoffs of solutions to water scarcity.

Jan 20, 2009

Human Rights in Business: Guide to Corporate Human Rights Impact Assessment Tools

Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) are an important strategy for companies to accomplish this due diligence, and for stakeholders to monitor a company’s performance.

Jan 18, 2009

Why Gender Matters

This resource guide offers practical methodologies, frameworks and case studies for integrating gender considerations into communities and development work.

Jan 15, 2009

Human Rights in Business: Guide to Corporate Human Rights Impact Assessment Tools

This Guide to HRIA Tools aims to assist business managers of (multinational) corporations and their stakeholders to find their way in the world of Human Rights Impact Assessments.

Nov 21, 2008

The Anglo Zimele Model

The focus of this document is to articulate in detail the process, key components, and success factors associated with the Anglo Zimele model, the enterprise development fund established by Anglo American to empower black entrepreneurs through the creation and transformation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa.

Oct 17, 2008

A practical guide to dealing with land disputes

Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development.

Jul 18, 2008

Measuring Impact Framework

The Framework includes an analysis of why companies should measure and understand how they impact societies and how they can benefit from that knowledge.

Jun 18, 2008

Measuring Value: A Guide to Social Return on Investment (SROI)

SROI is a capacity-building and measurement framework. By incorporating social, environmental and economic impacts for a range of stakeholders, it more accurately reflects the value that organisations are achieving.

Jun 12, 2008

Developing a Transparent System for Local Contracting: A manual for practitioners based on the eProcurement Experience in Chad

This manual provides a step-by-step guide on how to enable local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies to get access to procurement opportunities with large companies through a transparent system for local contracting.

Jan 20, 2008

Participatory Water Monitoring: A Guide for Preventing and Managing Conflict – Advisory Note

Participatory water monitoring can be especially important in helping prevent water-related conflicts that may arise in the extractive industry and large-scale agriculture sectors.

Dec 19, 2007

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

UNDRIP is the global standard on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. While intended for governments, UNRIP sets forth principles and policies that private sector companies should consider when developing their policies and approaches for Indigenous Peoples.

Nov 17, 2007

Business Linkages: Lessons, Opportunities, and Challenges

The new publication, Business Linkages: Lessons, Opportunities, and Challenges, is an example of IFC’s ongoing commitment to sharing knowledge and good practices, and to partnering with key global players to address challenges and identify opportunities for linkages in developing countries.

Sep 26, 2007

Women and Sustainable Land Management

Land degradation, which affects more than 900 million people worldwide and as much as two-thirds of the world’s agricultural land, has important gender dimensions.

May 16, 2007

Stakeholder Engagement: A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets

The focus of this handbook is on stakeholder groups “external” to the core operation of the business, such as affected communities, local government authorities, non-governmental and other civil society organizations, local institutions and other interested or affected parties.

Jan 22, 2007

Expanding Economic Opportunity: The Role of Large Firms

This report explores four key strategies companies can use to expand economic opportunity: 1) creating inclusive business models; 2) developing human capital; 3) building institutional capacity; and 4) helping to optimize the “Rules of the Game.”

Jan 16, 2007

Stakeholder Identification and Analysis

The first step in the process of stakeholder engagement is stakeholder identification–determining who your project stakeholders are, and their key groupings and sub-groupings.

Jan 16, 2006

Community Engagement and Development

The Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry is an Australian Government initiative which has produced a series of internationally recognised handbooks on various topics.

Apr 15, 2005

Enterprise Solutions for Poverty: Opportunities and Challenges for the International Development Community and Big Business

This paper has two objectives. The first is to introduce the Shell Foundation and its way of working. The second is to offer up insights drawn from our experience as a contribution to the wider debate on how the private sector and the International Development Community (IDC) can most effectively catalyse equitable, self-sustaining development in poor countries.

Mar 20, 2005

Exploring the Links between International Business and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Unilover in Indonesia

The role of big business in poverty reduction cannot be overemphasized.

Nov 4, 2004

HIV/AIDS Guide for the Mining Sector

Southern Africa is particularly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Sep 19, 2004

Land & Conflict: A Toolkit for Intervention

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide a practical introduction to the relationship between land and violent conflict.

Feb 18, 2004

Monitoring and Evaluation: Some Tools, Methods, and Approaches

This documents gives an overview of a sample of M&E tools, methods, and approaches outlined here, including their purpose and use; advantages and disadvantages; costs, skills, and time required; and key references.

Jun 12, 2003

Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: Challenges and Opportunities

In many developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is largely a poverty-driven activity which plays an important economic role.

Mar 11, 2003

Meaningful consultation with indigenous peoples in forest management: a focus on Canada

Indigenous Peoples occupy a unique place in the world’s forests and can play a key role in the management of those forests.

Jan 15, 2003

Anglo American Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox

Anglo American plc (Anglo) has made its Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) freely available as a contribution to managing the socio-economic impacts of extractive, other natural resource and industrial operations.

Oct 27, 2002

Small Scale Mining and Development within the SADC Region

A comparative analysis and overview of small scale mining in six countries in the South African Development Community

Feb 22, 2001

The Sustainable Livelihood Approach to Poverty Reduction, SIDA

The concept of Sustainable Livelihood (SL) is an attempt to go beyond the conventional definitions and approaches to poverty eradication. These had been found to be too narrow because they focused only on certain aspects or manifestations of poverty, such as low income, or did not consider other vital aspects of poverty such as vulnerability […]