Indigenous Peoples Rights evaluates how a company respects, protects and promotes the collective and individual rights of Indigenous Peoples that may be affected by its operations, projects or supply-chain activities. It covers:

• Free, Prior & Informed Consent (FPIC) – obtaining voluntary agreement through culturally appropriate consultation before exploring, developing or altering land, resources or traditional practices;
• land, territory & resource rights – recognising customary tenure, sacred sites and ecosystem stewardship, and avoiding involuntary displacement or encroachment;
• cultural heritage & traditional knowledge – safeguarding languages, rituals, artefacts, biodiversity knowledge and intellectual property from misappropriation or degradation;
• benefit-sharing & economic inclusion – co-designing revenue-sharing, local-employment, procurement and community-development agreements that deliver equitable value;
• governance, grievance & remedy – dedicated policies, board oversight, Indigenous advisory councils, accessible grievance mechanisms and transparent reporting of impact assessments, agreements and dispute resolutions - aligned with UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), ILO Convention 169, IFC Performance Standard 7, GRI S3 and forthcoming EU ESRS requirements.