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Webinar

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) | Guidance for resource extraction and development

29th October 2025 | 8 am PT / 11 pm ET / 4 pm UK

Panellists

Kaki Comer
Kaki Comer Sustainability Consultant
Daniel Cardenas
Daniel Cardenas CEO National Tribal Energy Association
Yadira Ocoguaje
Yadira Ocoguaje Siekopai Nation
Wayne Kaboni
Wayne Kaboni Muskoka Group Corporation

Key Topics:

In this webinar, jointly organised by Equitable Origin and TDi Sustainability, the speakers discussed the importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in resource extraction and development. During the panel session and Q&A, the speakers covered:

  • The role of FPIC in development opportunities and challenges facing indigenous communities
  • Ensuring project proponents are following the community’s own protocols and including marginalized groups within Indigenous communities
  • How FPIC principles might help repair inherited relationships and re-establish good faith with affected communities
  • Ensuring that information shared with communities is truly “informed”
  • Best practices for resourcing Indigenous communities so they can participate equitably in FPIC processes.

Who should watch this webinar?

  • Mining, energy and other natural resource companies and project managers who want to understand their responsibilities when developing new projects – both large and small
  • Sustainability managers who are looking for innovative ways to ensure rightsholder and community engagement in project development
  • Sustainability Standards and NGOs working with the private sector to engage local communities in project development

Need more information?

Q&A

In this document the webinar speakers summarise their responses to the questions that we didn’t manage to get to during the session.

Spanish slide deck

During the webinar the slides were displayed in English. Download the slides here to view them in Spanish.

Want to find out more?

Book a short introduction to FPIC-360 with TDi and Equitable Origin.

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