Resources

Companies around the world engage in community investment (CI) efforts as a way to promote local development and benefit stakeholders in their areas of operations.  The aim of this handbook is to help IFC client companies and the wider private sector operating in emergining markets to think strategically about how they can support community investment projects that are successful, sustainable, and consistent with their business objectives. 

Agenda

This working paper by the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining Sustainable Minerals Institute outlines tools, procedures, and resources in community risks and opportunities.

IPIECA’s Social Responsibility Working Group organized a working session on Tackling Challenges to Successful Social Investment on 27th June 2008. The IPIECA Guide and this workshop seek to assist companies in understanding the challenges,
addressing them, and engaging with relevant stakeholders in dialogue to further improve communication and practice
in this area.

Grievance mechanisms provide a way to reduce risk for projects, provide an effective avenue for expressing concerns and achieving remedies for communities, and promote a mutually constructive relationship.