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Terms of Reference – Interlaken Group Steering Committee

The Interlaken Group’s Steering Committee met earlier this year to renew its governance structure to include representatives from corporate, civil society, investor and rights-holder organizations.

Advancing Community and Private Sector Engagement: Lessons from the Interlaken Group

The Interlaken Group was invited to present at the Tenure Facility Learning Exchange virtual event to share lessons learned from Interlaken Group experience engaging communities and companies.

Indigenous community in Indonesia meets with leadership of palm oil company for first time in 25 years

In 2019, RRI conducted an initial investment chain analysis of current concessions in the Talang Mamak’s customary territory, in support of the development by AsM of new community-based monitoring (CBM) frameworks to monitor the socio-environmental impacts of supply chains and investments.

2021 Annual Review

Statement from the Interlaken Group on COVID-19

A statement from the Interlaken Group on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects

Laos: Joint Action and Collaboration for the Promotion of Responsible Tree Plantation Investments in National Production Forest Areas

Statement and summary from the Interlaken Group's November meeting in Laos

Interlaken Group Special Session: Strategy Review and Program Update

A special session of the Interlaken Group, hosted at the offices of the Rights and Resources Initiative on March 27, 2019 in Washington, DC

Our Vision for Expanding and Leveraging Private Sector Action to Secure Community Land Rights

Read about the Interlaken Group’s vision and commitment to work with all parties—including companies, governments, investors, international development institutions, Indigenous Peoples, communities, and civil society—to scale-up and implement global efforts to secure collective land rights on the ground.

In fight for secure land rights, corporations and communities find common ground

Conflicts over land rights are on the rise around the world, as resource exploitation pits corporations against local and indigenous groups. The Interlaken Group wants to reverse the trend by having corporations, investors, international NGOs and land rights activists sit down at the same table to actively seek solutions. Can it work?

The Interlaken Group: Catalysing Private Sector Respect for Community Land Rights

The Interlaken Group has raised hopes of better private sector performance on land rights. What can the Group do for companies and investors looking to fulfill ambitious commitments on land rights across sprawling global supply chains?