World Benchmarking Alliance+NAT.C03.EB Land Acquisition Engagement+methodology

WBA analysed all publicly available group-level disclosure in English on the applicable group website, which was predominantly annual reports and sustainability reports. Draft assessments were then sent to each company inviting them to provide feedback. This feedback could include additional publicly available group disclosure published. These were then reviewed and finalised. Final assessments were then shared with each company before being published online.

For this metric the company must describe how it identifies legitimate tenure rights holders. This can be through engagement with relevant local stakeholders or through processes regulated by international standards. It has to provide a negotiation process/FPIC process/engagement protocol to guarantee adequate compensation. This indicator looks for evidence of current and recent cases. If the company has not engaged in any land transactions in the past two years, it should describe its approach to identifying and negotiating legitimate tenure rights holders in general.