{"id":30355,"date":"2009-11-05T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=30355"},"modified":"2009-11-03T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T10:38:27","slug":"world-bank-gains-ethical-tinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/world-bank-gains-ethical-tinge\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The World Bank Gaining An Ethical Tinge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30358 lazyload\" title=\"South Africa Government Mining Figures\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/South-Africa-Government-Mining-Figures.gif\" alt=\"South Africa Government Mining Figures\" width=\"315\" height=\"287\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 315px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 315\/287;\" \/>An interesting story from <a title=\"South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa<\/a> has caught my eye. It demonstrates how fraught the introduction of sustainability related legislation could be, and perhaps contains a signpost as to what the future may hold.<\/p>\n<p>In an unprecedented move the <a title=\"International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes\" href=\"http:\/\/icsid.worldbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Centre for Investment Disputes (ICSID)<\/a> at the <a title=\"The World Bank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Bank<\/a> has allowed non-disputing parties (NDPs) to give evidence at a tribunal and ordered the parties in dispute to reveal their evidence and conclusions to the NDPs.<\/p>\n<p>This implies that while the ICSID may feel itself competent to rule on purely business grounds it needs additional input to ascertain the \u201csofter\u201d issues in the case: in this case, the human rights of South Africa\u2019s long oppressed black majority.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Mining Companies Must Allow Disadvantaged Ownership<\/h2>\n<p>In 2004 the <a title=\"Mineral and Petroleum Development Act\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dme.gov.za\/pdfs\/minerals\/act28r.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mineral and Petroleum Development Rights Act<\/a> came into force in South Africa.\u00a0 This had a number of objectives, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> ensuring ecological development<\/li>\n<li> protecting communities effected by mining<\/li>\n<li> promoting equitable access to South African mineral resources<\/li>\n<li> eradicating all forms of discrimination and redressing the results of previous racial discrimination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to implement these objectives the South African government introduced a <a title=\"South African Mining Charter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedti.gov.za\/bee\/beecharters\/MiningCharter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mining Charter<\/a> which was subsequently endorsed by the majority of investors in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>This charter obliges companies holding mining concessions to divest 15% of their equity to \u201chistorically disadvantaged South Africans\u201d by 2009 and 26% by 2014.<\/p>\n<p>If a company wishes mining rights obtained pre-2004 to be renewed under the act, it needs to sign up to the charter.<\/p>\n<h2>Europeans Fight Against Ownership Dispersal<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30364 lazyload\" title=\"White Miner Leaving Work\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/White-Miner-Leaving-Work-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"White Miner Leaving Work\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/White-Miner-Leaving-Work-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/White-Miner-Leaving-Work-135x200.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/White-Miner-Leaving-Work.jpg 338w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 202px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 202\/300;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There were, of course, dissenters to this new world order.\u00a0 A collection of European investors clubbed together and brought the action <a title=\"ICSID Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli and others v. Republic of South Africa \" href=\"http:\/\/icsid.worldbank.org\/ICSID\/FrontServlet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli and others vs the Republic of South Africa<\/a> to the ICSID.<\/p>\n<p>So far so good.\u00a0 It is well within South Africa\u2019s remit to modify the terms of its mining concessions and well within the rights of investors to challenge when they believe the changes to be disproportionate or unfair.<\/p>\n<p>However, in this case the ICSID has set an interesting precedent.\u00a0 For the first time ever it has invited and accepted petitions from non-disputing parties (NDPs) to participate in the tribunal, something both sides in the dispute resisted.<\/p>\n<p>In total, five NGOs have been allowed to submit evidence: <a title=\"International Commission of Jurists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the International Commission of Jurists<\/a>, the <a title=\"Centre for Applied Legal Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/web.wits.ac.za\/Academic\/Centres\/CALS\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Applied Legal Studies<\/a>, the <a title=\"Centre for International Environmental Law\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for International Environmental Law<\/a>, the <a title=\"International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.interights.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights<\/a> and the <a title=\"Legal Resources Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lrc.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal Resources Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In order that the NDPs can participate effectively the ICSID has ordered the parties to disclose their evidence and findings to the NDPs and has committed to discussing the NPDs\u2019 evidence in their final judgement.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent <a title=\"ISCID NDP Order\" href=\"http:\/\/ita.law.uvic.ca\/documents\/ForestiNon-DisputingPartiesOrder.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timetable changes<\/a> mean the NDPs\u2019 submissions must be  filed with the tribunal by December 21st 2009 with a final hearing scheduled for 12-23rd April 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>World Bank Allows Expert Human Rights Opinion<\/h2>\n<p>I may be being more optimistic than realistic, but I see in this a tacit acknowledgement that disputes in the future will acknowledge the ramifications for people and planet as well as the traditional financial implications.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not quite a revolution, but it\u2019s important for two reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly this is the World Bank and, like it or not, its influence is huge.\u00a0 If it starts to develop an ethical tinge it will have a dramatic effect upon corporations and governments alike.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, this is South Africa.\u00a0 As the final fortress of European apartheid it\u2019s tried to redress the balance as fairly as possible, and whatever is decided here will be taken as a blueprint across Africa and in other countries and continents.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?\u00a0 Does this mark a real sea change in attitude, or is it nothing more than a brief blip because of the sensitivity of land ownership in South Africa?<\/p>\n<p><sup><strong>Photo Credit<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usnationalarchives\/3907178074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miner, Who Has Just Finished His Shift at Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4, near Richlands, Virginia 04\/1974<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usnationalarchives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The U.S. National Archives<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr <\/a>under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution License.<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting story from South Africa has caught my eye. 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