Comentarios al Informe de Progreso de la Administración de la Corporación Financiera Internacional sobre la Implementación del Plan de Acción de la Administración relacionado con Alto Maipo – Chile Proyecto No. 31632

The authors argue that the IFC's accountability mechanism is structurally flawed and that the Management Action Plan is irrelevant to affected communities because it focuses on internal procedural improvements rather than remediating concrete environmental and social damages. They highlight ongoing ecological crises, such as the Maipo River failing to reach the sea in January 2023, and criticize the IFC's 'irresponsible' exit from the project in 2018, which they claim was used to evade responsibility for damages and reprisals against complainants.

• The IFC's complaint mechanism is described as having structural failures that render it useless for claimants, including a lack of independence from the bank's administration and a reactive nature that fails to prevent high-risk financing.
• The Management Action Plan (MAP) and its Progress Report are deemed irrelevant to affected Chilean communities because they focus on internal IFC procedural improvements for future projects rather than specific commitments to repair damages caused by the Alto Maipo project.
• The complaint process lasted six years, which the authors characterize as a dilatory strategy that allowed the project to proceed and cause irreversible damages while the investigation remained 'posthumous' and useless.
• The authors report severe environmental impacts, including air and noise pollution, groundwater infiltration during tunnel excavation, and a January 2023 event where the Maipo River failed to reach the sea for the first time on record.
• The IFC's exit from the project in 2018 is criticized as an attempt to evade responsibility for environmental and social damages, as well as for failing to address reprisals, including harassment and cyber-espionage against claimants.
• The authors call for the establishment of a 'Responsible Exit' framework for development finance institutions to ensure that divestment does not extinguish the responsibility to remedy adverse impacts.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2023). Comentarios al Informe de Progreso de la Administración de la Corporación Financiera Internacional sobre la Implementación del Plan de Acción de la Administración relacionado con Alto Maipo – Chile Proyecto No. 31632. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CIEL-Ecosistemas-CCNAM-Comentarios-Informe-Progreso-AM-Marzo-2023.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Comentarios al Informe de Progreso de la Administración de la Corporación Financiera Internacional sobre la Implementación del Plan de Acción de la Administración relacionado con Alto Maipo – Chile Proyecto No. 31632. 2023. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CIEL-Ecosistemas-CCNAM-Comentarios-Informe-Progreso-AM-Marzo-2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2023comentarios, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Comentarios al Informe de Progreso de la Administración de la Corporación Financiera Internacional sobre la Implementación del Plan de Acción de la Administración relacionado con Alto Maipo – Chile Proyecto No. 31632}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CIEL-Ecosistemas-CCNAM-Comentarios-Informe-Progreso-AM-Marzo-2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }