Publication Archives - CommDev

The Strategic Value of Community Benefits in Offshore Wind Development

Building Climate Resilience in the Mining Sector

Gender-Responsive Climate Governance and the Role of Women Leaders

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

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

Inclusive Business Investing Guide

Community Engagement Playbook

Green and Social Bond Impact Report – FY23

Scaling Up to Phase Down

Adaptation & Resilience Impact: A measurement framework for investors

Compendium of Good Practices on Quality Infrastructure 2024

Geopolitics of the energy transition: Energy security

Emerging Trends in Infrastructure 2024: Enabling Transitions

The State of Global Environmental Governance 2023

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

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

Integrating Gender In Plastic Waste Management

Renewable capacity statistics 2024

Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?

Bridging the Divide: Women, Tech and Business Success

Her Fintech Edge

Women, Business and the Law 2024

Digital Progress and Trends Report 2023

Land Acquisition and Involuntary Settlement: Good Practice Handbook

Women Gender in Plastics Waste Management

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

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

IFC Gender and Infrastructure Toolkit

IFC Gender and Infrastructure Toolkit

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

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

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

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

Net Zero Roadmap for Copper and Nickel Value Chains

Factsheet | Disclosure to Development ‘D2D’ Sierra Leone Project

Brochure | Sustainability-linked Finance

Sustainability-linked finance

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

Bonds to bridge the gender gap UN Women IFC

Sustainable Bonds: Bridging the Gap for Gender Equality

Women and E-commerce in Africa

The Business Case for Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Mining

Gender-Responsive Training Methods: A Guidance Note

Capturing Hydropower’s Promise: Report Series

10 Insights about Local Benefit Sharing in Hydropower Projects

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

Guidance for Bolivia’s Municipalities on Investing Natural Resource Royalties

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

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

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

Integrating Gender in Cities Projects

Integrating Gender into Water & Sanitation Projects

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

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

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

Integrating Gender in Mining Operations

Series: Pursuing Gender Equality Through Infrastructure and Natural Resources

Integrating Gender in Power Operations

Integrating Gender in Transport Operations

Highlights: Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources

Highlights: Data in Action

Highlights: Transparency for Impact

Data in Action: Natural Resources Disclosure for People and Progress

Unlocking Data Innovation for Social License in Natural Resources

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

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

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

Data for Social License Brochure

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

Sustainability Exchange 2019 Conference Program Booklet

Local Benefit Sharing in Large-Scale Wind and Solar Projects

Ayninakuy in Pictures

Allin Kausay! 9 Key Ideas to Live Without Violence

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

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

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

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

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

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

Effects of Oil, Gas and Mining Investments on Jobs

Use of Security Forces: Assessing and Managing Risks and Impacts

When Oil, Gas or Mining Arrives in Your Area

Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas

Social Accountability in Pictures

Voluntary Responsible Mining Initiatives

Why Agreements Matter

Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements

Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Preliminary Atlas

USEITI 2015 Executive Summary

WBG Extractive Industries – 2015 Annual Review

Land Acquisition and Resettlement: Lessons Learned

Demonstrating Value – A Guide to Responsible Sourcing

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

Mining and Water: A Perspective on Legal and Regulatory Risks

Report of the TSM Tailings Review Task Force

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

Indigenous Peoples and Mining Good Practice Guide

Managing Community Relations in the Palm Oil Sector

Establishing Foundations to Deliver Community Investment

Respecting Land and Forest Rights – A Guide for Companies

A Practical Guide to Increasing Mining Local Procurement in West Africa

Rethinking the Value and Risks of Water for the Private Sector

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

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

Research on company – community conflict

SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions magazine in Extractive Industries

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

Stakeholder Engagement: Creating Value and Delivering Performance

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

SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions magazine in Agribusiness

Water Stewardship Framework

Local Procurement by the Canadian Mining Industry

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

Water Mining and Communities

Changing the Game: Communications and Sustainability in the Mining Industry

Investing in Women’s Employment

ICMM Position Statement on Indigenous People and Mining

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

Water Valuation: Building the Business Case

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

From Controversy to Consensus

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

Women Mean Business: Empowerment in Developing Markets

National Water Resources Framework Study Roadmaps for Reforms, India

Community Consent Index

World Economic Forum: Water Resources Group

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

Managing the public health impacts of natural resource extraction activities

Local Supplier Development Company Self-Assessment Tool

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

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

Mining Together: Large-Scale Mining meets Artisanal Mining

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

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

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

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Business Linkages: Lessons, Opportunities, and Challenges

Expanding Economic Opportunity: The Role of Large Firms

Community Engagement and Development

Monitoring and Evaluation: Some Tools, Methods, and Approaches

Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: Challenges and Opportunities

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