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Business Call to Action Alliance

Issues

Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 516

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 484

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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 414

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Human rights

Description: Complaint frames concerns using the language of human rights violations.

Complaints with this Issue: 69

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Other

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts that do not fit in one of the other categories. Complaints about which there is no publicly available information regarding the issues raised are also included.

Complaints with this Issue: 235

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Sectors

Agribusiness

Description: Project relates to the agricultural industry, including smallholder operations. Examples may include support for production, distribution, capacity building, and access to credit.

Complaints in this Sector: 115

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Community capacity and development

Description: Project relates to programs targeted at training, capacity-building, and/or enabling public participation for specific groups within the community.

Complaints in this Sector: 131

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Project

Name: Business Call to Action Alliance

Investments: UNDP

Client: UNDP

Support:

Country: Uganda

Complaint

IAM: Stakeholder Response Mechanism and Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU)

ID: SECU0002

Date Filed: Feb. 12, 2016

Date Closed: March 26, 2021

Status: Closed With Outputs

Description

The Complainant claims that UNDPs partnership with Bidco Africa is in violation of UNDPs core mission and principles, and that the 'Business Call to Action' project failed to properly screen Bidco Africa as a partner given Bidcos alleged history of human rights, environmental, and other violations. The Complainant claims that Bidco Africa violates 'U.N. Global Compact principals' and that UNDP should 'examine the morally questionable association of such a distinguished U.N. organization with such a blatant violator of human rights.' The Complainant requests UNDP 'must immediately disassociate itself with such a company.'

Complaint Stages

Filing

Feb. 12, 2016

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Feb. 12, 2016

Registration

Feb. 18, 2016 -

Feb. 18, 2016

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Feb. 18, 2016

End Date: Feb. 18, 2016

Eligibility

Feb. 18, 2016 -

March 1, 2016

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Feb. 18, 2016

End Date: March 1, 2016

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Compliance Review

May 20, 2016 -

Feb. 10, 2017

Compliance Review

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: May 20, 2016

End Date: Feb. 10, 2017

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: Yes

Monitoring

Feb. 10, 2017 -

March 26, 2021

Monitoring

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Feb. 10, 2017

End Date: March 26, 2021

Closed

March 26, 2021

Timeline

Documents

Name Category Description
Closure Note Closing Report
Compliance Report Compliance Report
Monitoring Report Monitoring

Commitments

Type Category Description Status
Client Operational Changes Project Changes Changes to New Membership Accomplished
Client Operational Changes Project Changes Adopt UNDP's Due Diligence Policy Accomplished
Client Operational Changes Project Changes Action Plan Creation Accomplished
Client Operational Changes Project Changes Updates to Prodoc Accomplished
Environmental Protection Environment Screen Project Accomplished
Other Project Changes Project Changes Apply UNDP's Policy on Due Diligence and Partnershps with the Private Sector Accomplished
Policy Change Operations Management Updates to Due Diligence Policy Accomplished
Project-Level Grievance Mechanism Grievance Mechanism New GM Accomplished
Studies (not environmental) Consultation Full Due Diligence Process on Bidco Accomplished