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 separate occasions since 2012. The AFSC, Earthjustice, and Banking on Climate Chaos document ongoing violations of the Wangan and Jagalingou's internationally protected rights to continue practicing their culture, use their ancestral homelands, and give or withhold free, prior, and informed consent. Adani held fraudulent meetings and manipulated the W&J's internal decision-making processes to secure approvals. In 2024 the W&J filed a Supreme Court case against the Queensland government to prevent destruction of the sacred Doongmabulla Springs by mine operations. Separately, in late 2024 U.S. authorities issued an arrest warrant for Adani's founder Gautam Adani on charges of bribing Indian government officials. |
| 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 appeals. Since mining began in 2013, Fortescue has shipped iron ore reportedly valued at roughly $80 billion from the Solomon Hub, approximately 75% of whose 400-square-kilometre footprint sits on Yindjibarndi native title land. Archaeologists working for both Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi have documented the destruction of more than one hundred Aboriginal heritage sites. The Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation is suing for $1.8 billion in compensation, including $1 billion for cultural loss, $678 million for economic loss, and $3.4 million for destruction of specific sites. Fortescue has not paid the Yindjibarndi people a single cent despite the native title determination. |
| 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 ordered by federal court, canceled by Trump administration Feb 2025; pipeline operational since 2017 carrying ~700,000 bpd; active litigation by Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Oglala, and Yankton Sioux tribes; Mni Sose (Missouri River) crossing is tribe's primary water source and sacred site |
| 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 of Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) peoples blasted to expand iron ore operations despite PKKP formal objection under WA Aboriginal Heritage Act; CEO and two senior executives resigned; parliamentary inquiry found systemic failure of FPIC process; Rio Tinto agreed A$3.5M compensation |
| 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 peoples without FPIC under Indonesian law or UN DRIP standards; mine has operated since 1972; tailings disposal has destroyed Kamoro fishing grounds creating a new river delta of waste; activist suppression in Indonesian Papua limits documentation; FCX holds ~82% economic interest |
| 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 indigenous community opposition and protests; violent clashes with security forces in 2012 left 5 dead; communities cite contamination of Andean wetland lakes (jalcas) that supply downstream water; opposition to expansion ongoing as Newmont proposes Yanacocha Sulfides project |
| 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 electrical systems, and dangerous black mold forced over 1,000 tribal residents to evacuate — a constructive eviction from their own sovereign land. Corporate negligence directly caused the displacement and endangerment of an indigenous community. |
| 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 and traditional agriculture. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre documents 630+ allegations across transition mineral mining globally 2010–2023; Albemarle directly linked to FPIC non-compliance and community harm. |
| 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; pipeline traverses treaty territory of Standing Rock Sioux without FPIC; active tribal litigation ongoing as of 2025; Mni Sose (Missouri River) pipeline crossing threatens tribal water supply |
| 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 2020. Belo Monte displaced at least 20,000 individuals, including multiple indigenous peoples. Social structures disintegrated and livelihoods were permanently destroyed. |
| 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 countries in Brookfield's infrastructure portfolio. Pattern of insufficient FPIC processes across emerging-market assets. |
| 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, Utiariti, and Rio Formoso Indigenous lands. |
| 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 protest. |
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