Complaint > SN Power-01/CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal: Case of IFC and MIGA involvement with SN Power with special focus on the Allain Duhangan Hydropower Project in India, December 17, 2009

...Vice President initiates an audit, a memorandum explaining the rationale for the proposal to audit will be submitted to the Executive Vice President of IFC/MIGA. The final decision to conduct an audit will be taken in consultation with the Executive Vice President(s), but at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. If the CAO decides to initiate a compliance audit, as a result of the compliance appraisal, the CAO will draw up a terms of reference for the audit in accordance with CAO’s operation...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Appraisal: appraisal

...Vice President initiates an audit, a memorandum explaining the rationale for the proposal to audit will be submitted to the Executive Vice President of IFC/MIGA. The final decision to conduct an audit will be taken in consultation with the Executive Vice President(s), but at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. If the CAO decides to initiate a compliance audit, as a result of the compliance appraisal, the CAO will draw up a terms of reference for the audit in accordance with CAO’s operation...

Complaint > Dinant-01/CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal for Audit of IFC: Corporacion Dinant S.A. de C.V., Honduras - Case of Appraisal initiated by CAO Vice President, August 13, 2012

...Vice President Summary This appraisal relates to IFC’s investment in Corporación Dinant, a vertically-integrated integrated palm oil and food company in Honduras.. In this instance a CAO’s compliance appraisal was initiated by the CAO Vice President in response to a letter submitted to the President of the World Bank Group in November 2010 and conversations between CAO...

Complaint > Ficohsa-01/ CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: CAO Compliance Appraisal of IFC investments in Banco Ficohsa - December 4, 2013

...Vice President, President of the World Bank Group or IFC/MIGA senior management. The focus of CAO Compliance is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities including the real sector, financial markets, and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisions. In many...

Complaint > Tata Tea-02/Assam

Appraisal: Compliance Appraisal for Investigation of IFC regarding Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), India, February 6, 2014

...Vice President, IFC/MIGA management, or the President of the World Bank Group. The focus of CAO compliance is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisions. In many cases, however, in assessing the performance of the project and IFC’s/MIGA’s implementation of measures to ...

Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Appraisal: English

...Vice President initiates an audit, a memorandum explaining the rationale for the proposal to audit will be submitted to the Executive Vice President of IFC/MIGA. The final decision to conduct an audit will be taken in consultation with the Executive Vice President(s), but at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. If the CAO decides to initiate a compliance audit as an appropriate response to a compliance appraisal, the CAO will draw up a terms of reference for the audit in accordance with CAO...

Complaint > Dinant-01/CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: CAO Communique Regarding Status of Dinant Case, Honduras, February 26, 2013

...Vice-President of the World Bank Group. “The primary focus of the audit is on IFC’s performance, but the role of the company may also be considered.” CAO has engaged an independent panel of experts for the purposes of the audit. The panel will convene in Washington, D.C. February 27-March 8, 2013. CAO will release the audit report publicly, together with any formal response by IFC, once cleared by the World Bank Group President. Full details on the case are available at: www.cao-ombudsman.org CA...

Complaint > Tata Tea-01/CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: Compliance Appraisal for Audit of IFC regarding Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), India: Case of Appraisal initiated by CAO Vice President, January 8, 2013

...Vice President Summary This appraisal relates to labor related aspects of IFC‟s investment in Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), a company which manages tea plantations in the Northeast of India. The scope of this compliance appraisal of IFC‟s investment in APPL was established by the CAO Vice President based on allegations submitted by the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) to IFC‟s Communication Portal for Performance Standard ...

Complaint > Compania Minera Antamina S.A.-03/Huarmey

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report Minera Antamina, Peru, September 2008

...President of the World Bank Group, the senior management of IFC or MIGA, or at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. A CAO Compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Through CAO Compliance appraisals, the CAO ensures that compliance audits of IFC or MIGA are initiated only for those cases with substantial concerns regarding social or environmental outcomes. A compliance audit is concerned with assessin...

Complaint > Wilmar Group-01/West Kalimantan

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report III "Fourth investment" for Audit of IFC, March 2009

...President of the World Bank Group, the senior management of IFC or MIGA, or at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. A CAO Compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Through CAO Compliance appraisals, the CAO ensures that compliance audits of IFC or MIGA are initiated only for those cases with substantial concerns regarding social or environmental outcomes. A compliance audit is concerned with assessin...

Complaint > Bujagali Energy-08/Bujagali

Appraisal: Appraisal of IFC investment in Bujagali Energy (IFC Project #24408) and MIGA guarantee of World Power Holdings (MIGA Project #6732), Uganda, (CAO Complaint 08), April 12, 2018

...vice president, IFC/MIGA management, or the president of the World Bank Group. The focus of the CAO compliance function is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities, including the real sector, financial markets and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisio...

Complaint > Bidco-04/Thika

Appraisal: CAO Compliance Appraisal Report - Kenya Bidco-04 - March 2018- English

...vice president, IFC/MIGA management, or the president of the World Bank Group. The focus of the CAO compliance function is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities, including the real sector, financial markets and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisio...

Complaint > Lukoil Overseas-01/Berezovka

Appraisal: English

...Vice President has the discretion to request the compliance arm of CAO, CAO Compliance, to appraise the concerns raised in the complaint for a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Alternatively, a compliance audit can be initiated by request from the President of the World Bank Group or the senior management of IFC or MIGA. A CAO Compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Through CAO Compliance appraisals, the...

Complaint > Tullow Oil, Kosmos Energy & Jubilee FPSO-01/CAO Vice President Request

Appraisal: Appraisal Report: Case of IFC's Involvement Linked to the Jubilee Oil Field, Ghana, June 2011

...President of the World Bank Group, the senior management of IFC or MIGA, or at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. A CAO compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC/MIGA. Through CAO compliance ompliance appraisals, the CAO ensures that compliance audits of IFC/MIGA are initiated only for those cases that may raise substantial concerns regarding social or environmental outcomes. A compliance audit is conce...

Complaint > Lonmin-01/Vice President request

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report: Lonmin. August 30, 2013

...vice project finished on June 30, 2010. 3. Scope of the Compliance Appraisal On August 21, 2012 the CAO Vice President initiated a compliance appraisal of IFC’s Environmental and Social performance in relation to its investment in Lonmin. This decision was triggered by media reports of violent clashes between striking miners and police near Lonmin’s Marikana mine which claimed 44 lives earlier the same month. As requested by the CAO Vice President, this complianc...

Complaint > PL IV-01/Multiple locations

Appraisal: CAO Compliance Appraisal - PL IV 01 - Panama - January 2020 - English

...vice president, IFC/MIGA management, or the president of the World Bank Group. The focus of the CAO compliance function is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities, including the real sector, financial markets and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisio...

Complaint > Ficohsa-02/Tela

Appraisal: English

...Vice President, IFC/MIGA management, or the President of the World Bank Group. The focus of CAO’s compliance function is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities, including the real sector, financial markets and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provisions...

Complaint > Trans-Anatolian Pipeline-01/Vale

Appraisal: CAO Appraisal Report TANAP-01 - March 2018- English

...e president, IFC/MIGA management, or the president of the World Bank Group. The focus of the CAO compliance function is on IFC and MIGA, not their client. This applies to all IFC’s business activities, including the real sector, financial markets and advisory. CAO assesses how IFC/MIGA assured itself/themselves of the performance of its business activity or advice, as well as whether the outcomes of the business activity or advice are consistent with the intent of the relevant policy provi...

Complaint > BTC Pipeline-31/Naokhrebi

Appraisal: English

...Vice President has the discretion to request the compliance arm of CAO, CAO Compliance, to appraise the concerns raised in the complaint for a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Alternatively, a compliance audit can be initiated by request from the President of the World Bank Group or the senior management of IFC or MIGA. A CAO Compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Through CAO Compliance appraisals, the...

Complaint > Mahindra Farm Services-01/Confidential

Appraisal: English

...Vice President has the discretion to request the compliance arm of CAO, CAO Compliance, to appraise the concerns raised in the complaint for a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Alternatively, a compliance audit can be initiated by request from the President of the World Bank Group or the senior management of IFC or MIGA. A CAO Compliance appraisal is a preliminary investigation to determine whether the CAO should proceed to a compliance audit of IFC or MIGA. Through CAO Compliance appraisals, the...