Sample Case Studies

• • Global Development & Peacebuilding
  • Social & Economic Policy

  Helping OECD Members use Mediation to Resolve Complaints About Multinational Enterprises

  April 17, 2024

  CBI worked with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to improve member governments' use of mediation and informal problem-solving to respond to complaints about corporations' adherence to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

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• • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Helping WWF Drive Conservation Impact Through Collaboration

  April 17, 2024

  CBI has supported the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) with strategic planning and designing dialogues to develop responsible production standards.

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• • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Honing World Wildlife Fund's Forest Strategies

  April 17, 2024

  CBI helped the World Wildlife Fund's Forest Goal Team refine its strategic focus and prepare for challenges, as it worked with diverse sectors to promote responsible forest management and trade, as well as deforestation-free supply chains.

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• • Water Resources

  Interbasin Coordination in the Northern Sacramento Valley

  January 31, 2023

  CBI helped groundwater sustainability agencies identify and share technical and general information, directed participants to consider cross-boundary flows and stream interactions, and helped establish a framework for long-term regional coordination.

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• • Global Development & Peacebuilding
  • Natural & Cultural Resources
  • Water Resources

  Joint Environmental Mediation Training in the Middle East

  April 17, 2024

  CBI partnered with the Middle East think tank Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information to create the Joint Environmental Mediation Service, which trains Israelis and Palestinians in mediation and negotiation and supervises trainees as they mediate active disputes.

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• • Energy
  • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Managing Energy Sector Conflict in Nepal

  April 17, 2024

  The World Bank, which manages a substantial energy program supporting Nepal’s government, engaged CBI to conduct an analysis of the conflict dynamics around transmission siting and to propose potential mechanisms for resolving them.

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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

• Natural Resources Defense Council

• Neponset River Watershed Association

• Netherlands Ministry of Environment, Housing and Spatial Planning

• New York City

• New York City Housing Authority

• Northeast Regional Ocean Council

• NY State Dept. of Environment Conservation

• Ohio Department of Transportation

• Open Society Foundations

• Open Society Institute Russia

• Organization of American States

• Overseas Development Institute

• Oxfam America

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Packard Foundation

• Palestine Ministry of Environment