Free, Prior and Informed Consent

"Resource extraction companies must at least review these new FPIC standards and consider their adoption if they are to ensure their expensive investments see a return. And the more progressive companies are the ones that are recognizing the need for community consultation and the delivery of tangible benefits to impacted communities. If FPIC [Free, Prior and Informed Consent] has not yet fully arrived, it is clearly on the horizon." - Robert Walker, Vice President of Sustainability for Ethical Funds

See: Sustainability Perspectives: Winning the Social License to Operate - Resource Extraction with Free, Prior, and Informed Community Consent, by The Ethical Funds Company

FPIC is enshrined in the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.