Corridor Context
CBAs are a key tool in our Community Protection programme. We advocate for CBAs at every major corridor project, provide model templates, and support communities in negotiation. CBAs signed through our facilitation are recorded source-verified via our evidence archive, creating permanent, publicly verifiable records of commitments.
How CBAs Work
A CBA is a legally binding agreement between a company and a community setting out specific benefits the company will provide in exchange for the community's support for a project. Benefits typically include employment commitments, local procurement targets, infrastructure investments, revenue-sharing arrangements, and environmental management obligations. Unlike discretionary corporate social responsibility, CBAs create enforceable obligations that communities can hold companies accountable for delivering.
Corridor Application
Our advocacy promotes CBAs as standard practice for all corridor projects. We provide model CBA templates translated into Portuguese, French, and local languages. CBAs facilitated through our programme are recorded on our evidence archive, creating permanent, publicly verifiable records of commitments. This prevents companies from later denying or minimising their obligations. We support communities in Kolwezi, Lobito, Chingola, and across the corridor in negotiating and monitoring CBAs.
Monitoring and Accountability
Our monitoring programme tracks how this concept is implemented in practice across the corridor, assessing whether stated policies, legal requirements, and institutional commitments translate into community-level outcomes. Field monitoring, stakeholder consultation, and document analysis provide the evidence base for our assessment. All documentation is preserved on our source evidence archive, creating permanent, verifiable records that support accountability when implementation falls short of commitment.
Understanding this concept and its practical implications is essential for corridor stakeholders — investors evaluating risk, communities asserting rights, regulators designing frameworks, and civil society advocating for improved outcomes. Our intelligence products, including quarterly ESG Scorecards, investigation reports, and analytical briefings, examine how this concept functions in the corridor context, providing the actionable intelligence that enables informed decision-making across all stakeholder groups.
Further Resources
Our analysis, intelligence products, and monitoring reports provide extensive examination of how this concept applies to corridor operations. Weekly intelligence briefs track developments, monthly situation reports provide country-level analysis, and thematic deep dives examine specific dimensions in detail. All publications are available through our website at lobitocorridor.com and preserved on distributed storage for permanent accessibility.
Our intelligence products provide extensive analysis of this concept's application across the corridor. Weekly briefs track developments, monthly situation reports examine country-level implementation, quarterly ESG scorecards assess performance, and thematic deep dives explore specific dimensions in detail. All publications are available at lobitocorridor.com and preserved on distributed storage infrastructure ensuring permanent accessibility regardless of changes to our primary systems.