Exploring shared prosperity: Indigenous leadership and partnerships for a just transition

This report from Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help you understand why the benefits of the energy transition must be shared with Indigenous Peoples around the world. The first section outlines the growing trend of benefit-sharing between business and Indigenous peoples in recent decades. It then explains the legal foundations for benefit-sharing, how it can create positive impact, and where it can go wrong. It also highlights co-ownership as an emerging model for benefit-sharing. The second section outlines the role of both government and companies in enabling the conditions for fair and equitable benefit-sharing. The third and final section offers project-level guidance on identifying and implementing benefit-sharing with a focus on equity co-ownership agreements. This resource will benefit professionals at any organisation whose activities affect the ancestral lands, territories, and resources of Indigenous Peoples, and will be widely applicable to project developers as well as sustainability, finance, legal, risk, and community relations teams.