The Next Financial Bubble: Indigenous Peoples Rights - Report Exposes Risk to Shareholders When Indigenous Rights Are Ignored
Riepilogo
Date Reported: 19 Nov 2013
Location: Messico
Companies
Grupo México - Parent Company , Southern Copper (part of Grupo México) - SubsidiaryProjects
Buenavista del Cobre - UnknownAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Indigenous Peoples , Land Rights , Protests , Water pollutionSource type: NGO
[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Apache, Chevron, Cliffs, EOG, ExxonMobil, Freeport-McMoRan, Kinder Morgan, Kosmos Energy, Murphy, Newmont, Southern Copper [part of Grupo México], Soutwestern Energy, WPX to respond to the report. Responses & non-responses provided.] In October 2013, First Peoples Worldwide released “First Peoples Worldwide’s - Indigenous Rights Risk Report for the Extractive Industry - Preliminary Findings". The study identified 21 sites that are “highest risk” in terms of shareholder risk arising from potential infringement of indigenous people’s rights.