FPIC validation

Peer-nominated orgs who can ground-truth consent for Indigenous, local, and Afro-Descendant projects.

Why

We have seen dozens of cases in the last year of poorly executed FPICs. Rather than complain, we’d like to provide a solution. To fund the development of this independent program please donate below.

  • Frankly, we've seen FPIC messed up by everyone, and regardless of their motivations. Including, multinational companies, multiple international governing bodies, cute regeneration projects, and everything in between.

  • We will check with people who actually know Indigenous and local governing law. To make sure you or your partners haven't intentionally, or unintentionally messed up your consent process. Then we will provide a simple, clear, and independent report why, or why not a project has been properly executed.

  • Sliding scale. The orgs in this list already do way too much FPIC advocacy and grievance processes for free. Free work is reserved for Indigenous nations. The price of this due-diligence cross-check is $5-$10k. Saving yourself from bad publicity, bad business partnerships, and extractive neo-colonialist relationships is priceless.

  • These orgs will probably refuse to work with you. They're going to be working for your investors, buyers, and certifiers instead and hopefully shutting you down.

  • Because we're the ones filing the international grievances when these processes are ignored. Every org on this list has been peer-reviewed for Indigenous competency and earned their nomination based on free, compliant, international advocacy.