RE: Locals laud plan of developing Moheshkhali-Matarbari as seaport-oriented township8 Sep 2025 18:10
GCM standards comply with the below
IFC Performance Standards
The Equator Principles are, in part, based upon the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability. There are eight Performance Standards which relate to different issues such as Involuntary Resettlement and Land Acquisition and Indigenous Peoples. In each case, the first principle is to avoid any adverse impacts and where this is not possible, to mitigate against these. For example where resettlement cannot be avoided, the standards require project developers to improve or at least restore the livelihoods of displaced persons and to improve their living conditions through provision of adequate housing with security of tenure.
United Nations Global Compact
In January 2009, GCM became signatory to the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and shortly thereafter joined the UK Network and Bangladesh Local Network of the UNGC. GCM continues to embrace, support and enact, within its sphere of influence, the set of UNGC principles covering the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption, all of which are consistent with the core values of GCM.