1. Capitalizing on Commitments New Initiatives, Lessons, and Next Steps for Engaging the Private Sector on Community Land Tenure World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2016 Bryson Ogden – RRI Ben Bowie – TMP Systems Thursday, 17 March 2016 Washington, D.C.

2. 2 State of Play 1.Private interest in land acquisition remains, but operational and reputational risk appears to be rising; 2.Proliferation of guidance & commitments – but much more to be done on uptake and implementation; 3.Growing recognition that respecting rights and managing risk requires different business models

3. 3 Interlaken Group  The Interlaken Group is a multi-stakeholder forum composed of representatives from companies, investors, international organizations and civil society groups.  The Group has met regularly since 2013 to identify practical ways that companies and their investors can support improved land governance and the land rights of rural populations.  Company representatives from some of world’s largest producers and purchasers of agricultural and forestry commodities Coca-Cola CDC Group DFID EIB ERM Forest Peoples Programme Global Witness Rabobank Rio Tinto RRI (co-chair) Stora Enso The Forest Trust TMP Systems Unilever IFC (co-chair) Landesa Nestlé OECD Olam Omidyar Network Oxfam

4. 4 A Land and Forest Rights Guide: Support for Aligning Company Operations with the VGGT Collaborative product - available as hard copy and web-based toolhard copy web-based tool Complements other guidance initiatives; only guidance driven by private sector in coordination with NGOs Promotes a “race to the top” for company performance Demystifies an area where currently only high level guidance exists through clear navigational support for respecting land tenure rights and reducing business risk

5. 5 Next Steps 1.Moving into an implementation phase:  Members socializing and promoting Guide within their networks;  Nestle tested Guide in field visit to palm oil suppliers in Indonesia;  IG members invited by EIB to hold dialogue with bankers and PMs, but also clients. 2.Exploring new products and/or issues:  Members reporting that legacy issues are emerging as a key, contentious issue, and a gap in the Guide;  Potential entry point for governments. 3.Pursuing country-level connections:  Leveraging the power of the RRI and IG member networks.

6. 6 Demonstrating Risk to Incentivize Action There is not such thing as a “clean concession” or “idle land”: Geospatial evidence shows that 93-99% of concessions are inhabited. Source: TMP Systems, 2014 The risks associated with failing to respect rights are significant: Analysis of almost 400 cases of dispute over rights shows that almost half suffered financial impacts and almost a third severe impacts. Source: TMP Systems 2016 Managing these risks demands an operational response: Just 7% of these cases were driven primarily by compensation. In 93% of cases the solution involves identifying and responding to local interests Source: TMP Systems 2016

7. 7 The IAN Tools: Managing Tenure Risk UK DFID (LEGEND) funded tools to help investors to avoid and remediate disputes over land and resource rights IAN Risk: Open source quantitative assessment tool that gives investors a quick and easy means of approximating exposure to tenure risk at the project and portfolio level IAN Diligence: Investor-oriented, sector-specific guidance on how to identify and manage tenure risk from beginning to end of the project lifecycle

8. 8 Engaging Investors and Supply Chain Actors Lowering barriers to engagement: free resources based on an evidence based assessment of the risk case Testing beta versions to create and document a track record of success and learning Demonstrating that local engagement stands at the heart of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues Local experts = local people

9. 9 bogden@rightsandresources.org ben.bowie@tmpsystems.net www.rightsandresources.org twitter: @rightsresources facebook.com/rightsandresources