Engagement with civil society and IPLCs

Overview

As part of our open innovation consultation process, the TNFD has engaged a wide range of civil society groups around the world to ensure their perspectives are incorporated into the TNFD’s guidance to market participants. They include:

  • Environmental and conservation organisations; 
  • Civil society organisations focused specifically on nature and human rights issues; and
  • Leaders of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). 

In addition to dedicated consultation sessions, many of these organisations provided valuable feedback in the process of developing the TNFD recommendations and additional guidance.

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Informing the TNFD recommendations and guidance

Recognising that Indigenous communities are stewards of the majority of the world’s remaining biodiversity and directly affected by business impacts on nature, the Taskforce convened an 18-month long dialogue process with the International Indigenous Forum for Biodiversity (IIFB) to incorporate input from a globally representative group of Indigenous leaders.

These dialogues, facilitated with the support of the IUCN, informed the final disclosure recommendations released by the TNFD in September 2023, specifically the Governance C disclosure and accompanying guidance on engagement with Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Affected Stakeholders.

 

Indigenous-led pilot testing

This engagement also encouraged a number of Mexican Indigenous-led enterprises to undertake a LEAP assessment of their own community-based enterprises to help identify ways in which to bolster the resilience of these enterprises given their impacts and dependences on nature.

Following a workshop held in partnership with Cielo Mex in Mexico City in June 2023 with these seven Indigenous enterprises, the TNFD and Cielo Mex showcased the findings of this unique collaboration at COP16 in Cali in November 2024.

A report on how Cielo Mex used the LEAP approach is now available in English and Spanish.

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Continued collaboration

The Taskforce is planning to continue its collaboration with IIFB and other civil society groups, in particular on the development and pilot testing of engagement training and capacity-building programmes, bringing business and IPLC leaders together to discuss how to pursue development projects and the use of nature-based resources in a more sustainable and just way, respecting the rights and knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local communities.

 

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    Meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and affected stakeholders is a critical part of any organisation’s identification and assessment of nature-related issues.

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