Purpose & Summary
This guidance outlines requirements, best practices, and practical considerations for companies to fulfill their obligation to secure the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in relation to their own operations and supply chains, elaborating on Core Principle 2.2.3.
This guidance is consistent with numerous binding international instruments and voluntary standards affirming FPIC as a legal and ethical norm. It references and builds upon this existing body of material to distill essential and common elements of FPIC while helping to clarify how companies can approach key challenges in the implementation of FPIC.