Accountability Counsel amplifies the voices of communities around the world to protect their human rights and environment. As advocates for people harmed by internationally financed projects, we employ community driven and policy level strategies to access justice.
Impact
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Communities Supported50
Our impact includes redesigned projects that now reflect community needs, harm stopped and prevented to defend water resources, and agreements resulting in compensation.
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Policy Influenced66
We advocate for the world's 66 accountability offices to be independent, transparent, fair, and effective. We have improved policy and practice at development institutions, U.N. agencies, and within the OECD.
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Complaints Tracked1,258
We created and run the Accountability Console, a comprehensive database of community complaints filed with independent accountability mechanisms about the impacts of internationally financed projects.
News
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30 November, 2020Updating investment ‘exclusion lists’ for deeper social and environmental impact
For decades, “exclusion” lists have helped investors avoid companies involved in activities that impose a negative social toll or carry significant legal or regulatory risks. The use of exclusion lists can be expanded to account for a broader spectrum of potentially negative economic, social, environmental and climate externalities that are counterproductive to the goals of most impact investors. -
25 November, 2020Disclosures For IFC’s Impact Principles Reveal Obvious Next Step For Accountability
The ever-growing field of impact investing seeks to transform traditional investing by focusing on positive impacts — such as increasing the use of renewable energy — and not just financial returns. As the field has evolved, a key question has emerged: how do we best measure and manage both positive… -
23 November, 2020Recommendations on the AIIB’s Environmental and Social Framework
Earlier this month, Accountability Counsel joined over 50 partners in the Asia region and elsewhere in a submission on the Environmental and Social Framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. -
19 November, 2020Plan and Design the Project with Us: Advice from Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Fisherfolk
Earlier this year, the Asian Development Bank withdrew its financial support for the Northern Province Sustainable Fisheries Development Project in Sri Lanka, effectively halting a years-long community-led effort to make funders accountable to community priorities. Anirudha Nagar -
13 November, 2020Accountability Counsel and Partners Advance Recommendations for Strengthened Accountability at the African Development Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is currently in the process of reviewing the effectiveness of its office for addressing complaints related to its financing, the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). Accountability Counsel and 53 partners from Africa and around the world recently submitted recommendations to ensure that the IRM is an effective tool to remedy impacts from AfDB projects.
