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Indigenous Rights Violations

Conduct Screen Indigenous Rights

Companies complicit in violations of indigenous peoples' rights — including disregard for sovereignty and self-determination, destruction of sacred sites, forced displacement from ancestral lands, failure to obtain free prior and informed consent (FPIC), and resource extraction that degrades indigenous territories. Distinct from community_harm (which covers localized harm broadly) and conflict_zones (which covers active armed conflict).

13 companies currently excluded under this screen

Excluded Companies (13 total)

Showing 13 of 13 companies excluded under this screen.

Ticker Company Reason
ADANIENT Adani Enterprises Adani Enterprises is developing the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin on the traditional lands of the Wangan and Jagalingou peoples, who have rejected agreements with Adani on four se...
ALB Albemarle Corporation Operations in Salar de Atacama (Chile) and Jujuy province (Argentina) implicate FPIC violations against indigenous Atacamas communities. Brine pumping depletes water tables, threatening potable water ...
BBU Brookfield Business Partners LP Brookfield's Isagen subsidiary in Colombia triggered a blockade by the Wayuu Nation over water rights and community consent. A CBC 2025 investigation documented indigenous rights breaches across four ...
BG Bunge Limited As of 2023, Bunge was maintaining commercial relationships with farmers who had been directly fined by IBAMA (Brazil's environmental police) for illegally cultivating soy inside the protected Pareci, ...
EBR Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Eletrobras) Eletrobras is the controlling entity behind the Belo Monte hydroelectric complex. Norway's Council on Ethics found unacceptable risk of serious human rights violations. NBIM excluded Eletrobras in May...
EQNR Equinor ASA Equinor's Fosen wind farm in Norway was ruled by the Norwegian Supreme Court (2021) to violate Sami indigenous reindeer herding rights. Operations continued despite the ruling, drawing sustained prote...
ET Energy Transfer LP Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ongoing) — Energy Transfer; Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) built through treaty territory of Standing Rock Sioux without FPIC; Army Corps EIS ...
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc Environmental Rights Action / UN Special Rapporteur reports — Freeport-McMoRan (FCX); Grasberg mine (Papua, Indonesia): world's largest gold mine operates on land of Amungme and Kamoro indigenous peop...
FMG Fortescue Fortescue Metals Group operates its Solomon Hub iron ore mine on land over which Australia's High Court granted exclusive native title rights to the Yindjibarndi people in 2020, rejecting Fortescue's ...
LEN LENNAR A CORP The Seminole Tribe of Florida, acting as a sovereign entity, is suing Lennar for delivering 550+ defective homes across six tribal reservations. Severe structural failures, collapsed roofs, faulty ele...
NEM Newmont Corporation GRUFIDES / Global Witness — Newmont (NEM); Yanacocha gold mine (Cajamarca, Peru): operates on traditional territory of Quechua communities; Conga expansion project suspended 2016 following sustained i...
PSX Phillips 66 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ongoing) — Phillips 66; ~25% ownership stake in Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL); shares Energy Transfer's DAPL indigenous rights liability; pip...
RIO Rio Tinto PLC Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia inquiry (2020-2021) — Rio Tinto (RIO); May 2020 destruction of Juukan Gorge rock shelters (Western Australia): 46,000-year-old sacred sites...

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