Why Every IAM Should Have The Power to Self-Initiate Investigations

In this month’s newsletter, Senior Policy Associate Gregory Berry and Policy Associate Leo Lou explore the practice of IAMs initiating compliance investigations without a complaint filed by an impacted person to shed light on the need for broader adoption of this mandate. Such proactive investigations can be powerful to (a) prevent and mitigate harm to the environment, (b) proactively address the chilling effect of actual or feared reprisals aimed at silencing the dissent of rights defenders, and (c) hold financial intermediary lending accountable.