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Displaying 21 - 25 of 334Responsible Agricultural and Forestry Investments: How to Set Up Company-based Grievance Mechanisms
This handbook explains investors the necessity of company-based grievance redress mechanisms and how to establish them in order to manage the concerns and grievances of their workers, affected local communities and other stakeholders.
Achieving Effective and Inclusive Community Engagement for Responsible Agricultural and Forestry Investments in Lao PDR
This manual provides practical guides and tools for effective and inclusive engagement with affected communities in different stages and processes throughout the investment cycles from planning, operation and closing.
Procedures and Processes to Ensure Responsible Agricultural and Forestry Investments in Lao PDR
This guides provides steps that investors have to take to establish an agricultural and forestry investment in Laos, and the key processes involved e.g. land acquisition and clearing, labour, import and export in the investment operation, and social and environmental rehabilitation in the closure phase.
Environmental and Social Safeguards for Responsible Agricultural and Forestry Investments in Lao PDR (2023)
This guide aims to help investors identify the impacts and mitigation measures to minimize the impacts of the proposed investments in the agricultural and forestry sector in Laos. Further, the document provides guides on measures for environmental and social safeguards throughout the investment cycles.
Grievance Redress Mechanisms for Communities in Lao PDR
This handbook aims to help local communities affected by an investment to access a company-based grievance mechanism, official government conflict resolution mechanisms or village-level mediation when they feel that investors violate their rights or have a concern about the investment operation in their regions.