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CBG-01/Sangaredi

Issues

Community health and safety

Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 363

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Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 538

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Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 494

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 345

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Pollution

Description: Complaint raises concerns about releases of pollutants related to the project, including hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals, minerals, metals, pathogens, odors, noise, vibration, radiation, light, and heat.

Complaints with this Issue: 229

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Sectors

Extractives (oil, gas, mining)

Description: Project relates to the extractive industries, including oil, gas, and mining. Examples may include mines, drilling operations, pipelines, and the associated legal frameworks.

Complaints in this Sector: 201

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Infrastructure

Description: Project relates to construction or improvement of large structures, facilities, or public works projects. Examples include roads and other transportation projects, sanitation and water treatment facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

Complaints in this Sector: 995

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Project

Name: CBG Expansion

Investments: IFC 34203

Client: Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée SA (CBG)

Support: Loans

Country: Guinea

Complaint

IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)

ID: guinea-cbg-01-sangaredi

Date Filed: Feb. 26, 2019

Status: Active

Description

In February 2019, local community members neighboring the expansion of the Sangaredi mine in Guinea (“the Complainants”) filed a complaint with the CAO supported by the Centre de Commerce International pour le Développement (CECIDE), Association pour le Développement Rural et l’Entraide Mutuelle de Guinée (ADREMGUI), and Inclusive Development International (IDI). The complaint raises concerns related to lack of compensation for loss of land and displacement, impacts on livelihoods, safety risks for the communities in relation to the Company’s operations, and air and water pollution. The complaint further raises concerns about lack of informed consultation, information disclosure and the effectiveness of the Company’s grievance mechanism. The complaint is available under “view document” below. More information on CBG’s reaction to the complaint is available on CBG’s website (http://www.cbg-guinee.com/2019/03/18/en-reponse-au-communique-paru-sur-le-site-internet-guineenews-concernant-une-plainte-de-villages-guineens/).

Complaint Stages

Filing

Feb. 26, 2019

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Feb. 26, 2019

Registration

Not Undertaken

Registration

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Not offered by mechanism, Stage is not practiced by mechanism

Eligibility

Feb. 26, 2019 -

March 31, 2019

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Feb. 26, 2019

End Date: March 31, 2019

Dispute Resolution

Aug. 20, 2019

Dispute Resolution

Status: In Progress

Start Date: Aug. 20, 2019

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage, Dispute Resolution in progress

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Complaint not yet reached stage

Closed

Not Closed

Timeline