Complaint > Nedbank Tier II-01/Kintinian

Filing: Letter of complaint to CAO with annexes - Nedbank-01 - April 2017

...President and CAO Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvani a Avenue NW Washin gton, DC 20433 USA E-mail: CAO@worldbankgroup.org April 27, 2017 Dear Vice President Gratacos Re: Complaint concerning IFC loan to NedBank Group Ltd (Project no. 26014) 1. Centre de Commerce International pour le Developpement ("CECIDE"), Le Memes Droits Pour Tous ("MDT"), and Inclusive Development International ("IDI'') are submitting this complaint to the Office o...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Eligibility: English

...requesting this information directly. CAO expects to remain engaged and informed of progress relating to this request in order to understand the responsiveness of the grievance mechanism to concerns from its community. - 11 - 5.3. Does the project have a No Objection Certificate? The No Objection Certificate (NOC) is a required permit, issued by the village-elected council – the Panchayat – to indicate local support for significant development ...

Complaint > Axzon-01/Halych and Kalush

Filing: Danosha Complaint - ENG

...requests to the company regarding access to the environmental information and the course of implementation of the Environmental and Social Action Plan presented on the IFC web-page. These were the requests No.125-1/307 as of 26th July 2013 and No. 125-1/363 as of 30th September 2013. The company has replied to the first request; however, no environmental information was included (Annex 2). The second request was ignored by the company. All copies of requests from community and NECU, as well as t...

Complaint > Lonmin-02/Marikana

Appraisal: Compliance Appraisal Report- Lonmin-02 - December 2017

...President, the President of the World Bank Group or IFC/MIGA senior management. Following a compliance investigation, CAO may determine that it is necessary to monitor actions taken by IFC or MIGA until such actions assure CAO that its compliance findings are being addressed.1 For more information about CAO, please visit www.cao-ombudsman.org. 1 CAO, Operational Guidelines (2013) para. 4.4.6. Compliance Appraisal Report – Lonmin, South Africa 3 Tabl...

Complaint > BTC Pipeline-22/Tsemi

Eligibility: Tsemi Assessment Report, February 2006

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints by people affected by projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of projects in which these IFC and MIGA play a role. In the first instance, complaints are managed through the CAO’s Ombudsman function. The purpose of this assessment is to: 1. Provide a neutral assessment of the facts gathered during the assessment that are associat...

Complaint > Lukoil Overseas-01/Berezovka

Eligibility: English

...President Wolfowitz, appear to respond directly to complainants’ requests that IFC “acquire more independent monitoring of its projects” and that IFC “increase transparency and citizen participation in project monitoring” (April 2005 Assessment Report, page 9). In addition, the KPO initiatives as described by IFC appear to respond directly to the following CAO recommendations, which appear in the April 2005 assessment report: • KPO should continue the process of appoin...

Complaint > Compania Minera Antamina S.A.-02/Huarmey

Eligibility: Capacity Building Workshop Summary and Recommendations - Huarmey, Peru, July 19 and 20, 2006

...requested by both CMA and by CMVFAH following CAO’s assessment and closure of a complaint filed in May 2005 by members of the Federación de Pescadores del Perú. Among the recommendations in CAO’s final assessment report was that the company work more closely with the environmental monitoring committee to strengthen CMVFAH’s technical capacity; improve communication between the two parties and between the committee, the complainants, and community members; and to improve strategies for interpreti...

Complaint > Bujagali Energy-07/Bujagali

Compliance Review: English

...President and Chief Operating Officer 2 Annex: IFC Tabulated Management Response: Bujagali-07 CAO Finding fFC Response IFC Actions Taken or Proposed 1. IFC properly recognized the IFC agrees that the IP was an associated NIA interconnection project as an associated facility, subject to the PS requirement for ...

Complaint > PL IV-01/Multiple locations

Eligibility: CAO Assessment Report - PL IV-01 - Panama - April 2019 - English

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints from people affected by IFC/MIGA-supported projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive, and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of those projects. For more information, go to www.cao-ombudsman.org. –2– TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTE OF ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................

Complaint > Kalahari Diamond-01/Kalahari

Eligibility: Assessment Report, June 24, 2005

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints by people affected by projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of projects in which these IFC and MIGA play a role. In the first instance, complaints are managed through the CAO’s Ombudsman function. The purpose of this assessment is to: 1. Provide a neutral assessment of the facts gathered during the assessment that are ...

Complaint > AES Sonel-02/Doula

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report_AES_Sonel - June_26_2014 - English

...president of the World Bank Group. CAO reviews complaints from communities affected by development projects undertaken by the two private sector lending arms of the World Bank Group: the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). For more information about the CAO, please visit www.cao-ombudsman.org Appraisal Report C-I-R4-Y14-F200 ...

Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Filing: Complaint with Annexes, August 5, 2009

...president of INTI estimated that the difference between values (over 500%) was due to the presence of the Botnia plant. The study was made on samples taken in August 2008. The fact is that the increase of these highly contaminating substances has been exponential, especially if we take into account that dioxines are biocumulative and not biodegradable, so that they accumulate both in the riverbed and in the food chain. The president of INTI himself declared that if these values continue to incre...

Complaint > Mozal-01/Matola and Maputo

Appraisal: Appraisal Report: Mozambique Aluminium S.A.R.L, Mozambique - Case of Justica Ambiental, Livaningo, Liga Mocambicana dos Direitos Humanos, Centro Terra Viva, Kulima, and Centro de Integridade Pública, July 24, 2012

...president of the World Bank Group. The CAO reviews complaints from communities affected by development projects undertaken by the two private sector lending arms of the World Bank Group: the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). For more information about the CAO, please visit www.cao-ombudsman.org Appraisal Report CAO Ref Code: C-I-R6-Y12-F160 ...

Complaint > TCQ-01/Puerto Quetzal

Eligibility: TCQ Assessment Report_Sept 10 2014 English

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints from people affected by IFC/MIGA supported projects in a manner that is fair, objective and constructive and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of those projects. For more information, see www.cao-ombudsman.org –2– TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS .....................................................................................................

Complaint > CBG-01/Sangaredi

Eligibility: CAO Assessment Report - Guinea / CBG -01 - August 2019 - English

...President of the World Bank Group, and its mandate is to assist in addressing complaints from people affected by IFC/MIGA-supported projects in a manner that is fair, objective, and constructive, and to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of those projects. For more information, see www.cao-ombudsman.org – ii – TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................

Complaint > Empresa Electrica Pangue S.A.-02/Upper Bio-Bio Watershed

Closing Report: English

...request of the complainants, Alto Bio Bio, Chile CAO Ombudsman continued to monitor the settlement by working with local and indigenous The Pangue Hydroelectric Project is a 450MW organizations to address broader cultural impacts hydroelectric dam on the Bio Bio River in Chile. of the project. The CAO began to work with the Completed in September 1996, the dam was Mapuche ...

Complaint > Bilt Paper-02/Sipitang

Compliance Report: CAO Compliance Investigation Report - Bilt-02 - April 13, 2018 - ENGLISH

...request. IFC reported that the reason for the request was that the sale was expected to be imminent (after which SFI would no longer be part of the IFC investment), and to avoid or minimize any transaction related sensitivities. In February 2016, IFC visited Bilt Paper’s plants in India. In accordance with the company’s request, however, no supervision visit was carried out to SFI at that time. IFC recorded its supervision findings in a document dated June 2016. IFC understood, based on limited ...

Complaint > Reventazon HPP-01

Compliance Report: English

...President, the CAO Vice President, or senior management of IFC/MIGA. CAO compliance investigations focus on IFC/MIGA and how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of a project’s E&S performance. The purpose of a CAO compliance investigation is to ensure compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and conditions for IFC/MIGA involvement, and thereby improve the institution’s environmental and social (E&S) performance. In the context of a CAO compliance investigation, at issue is whe...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Closing Report: CAO Exit Report, February 2006

...request of affected communities and the Mesa. Due to lack of US courts Magdalena, San Juan – cooperation from government authorities and desire by some health impacts from the complainants to seek remedies through litigation, health study was mercury spill not implemented. (see further explanation in Background section) Land, Soil, Air – impacts In November 2001, the President’s Office for the Government of The CTAR Mesa oversaw an environmental audit by...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Filing: Complaint from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers Rights) regarding Tata Ultra Mega, June 11, 2011

1 June 11, 2011 Vice President Meg Taylor Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20433 USA Fax: +1 202 522‐7400 Email: cao‐compliance@ifc.org Dear VP Taylor, We, members of the Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights), representative organization of the affected people, submit our complaint against the Tata Ultra Mega ‐ Coastal Gujarat Power Limited investment, with funding fr...