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Social Cost and Material Loss: The Dakota Access Pipeline (Case Study)

The case study Social Cost and Material Loss: The Dakota Access Pipeline examines the numerous impacts attendant to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project to highlight the costs that companies, financial institutions, and investors faced by failing to account for the human rights of indigenous peoples. This case study asserts that social risk resulting from the absence of adequate human rights protections has material impacts.

Supply Chains & Sovereignty: Native-Led Food Systems Solutions

Though community-driven applied research, this report examines the current state of Native food supply chains and collates recommendations towards strengthening and expanding these chains from Native perspectives.

Harnessing Private Equity for Indigenous Peoples

Research to better understand how to scale enterprise in Indian Country through private equity shows enormous opportunity as tribes seek to diversify their economic development and, given the impacts of the global pandemic, provide jobs and economic opportunities to their citizens.

FPIC Due Diligence Questionnaire

The FPIC Due Diligence Questionnaire provides a list of considerations for investors seeking to implement best practices to solicit the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of indigenous peoples as to development or resources on and near their lands and territories.

Indigenous Rights Risk Report

The Indigenous Rights Risk Report is the first quantitative metrics for measuring risk of financial losses caused by conflicts with indigenous peoples. The metrics have been applied to 52 US-based oil, gas, and mining companies with operations on or near indigenous land, and predicted expensive controversies.

Indigenous Peoples Guidebook to FPIC and Corporation Standards

The Indigenous Peoples Guidebook to FPIC and Corporation Standards is a database of UN mechanisms and industry standard setting bodies that have FPIC commitments, with instructions for how indigenous peoples can influence and participate in their processes.

Managing the S in ESG: The Case of Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries

The paper Managing the S in ESG: The Case of Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries discusses how lack of oversight and suboptimal data are two key obstacles preventing positive relationships between companies and indigenous peoples.

Responsible Resource Development and Prevention of Sex Trafficking

The paper Responsible Resource Development and Prevention of Sex Trafficking discusses the intersection of sex trafficking and oil and gas development on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, and examines strategies to address this complex issue.

Indigenous Peoples and Engagement Timeline for Sustainable and Responsible Investing

The Indigenous Peoples and Engagement Timeline for Sustainable and Responsible Investing documents indigenous peoples’ long history of engagement with ESG investors, going back to the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s support for the Crow Tribe’s opposition to coal strip mining in 1971.

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