Meaningful stakeholder engagement is central to responsible business conduct and quality infrastructure development, helping to identify and mitigate adverse impacts, reduce conflict and avoid costly project delays. This policy paper maps stakeholder engagement expectations across international standards and industry frameworks, reviewing key definitions and principles that apply to businesses involved in infrastructure financing and development. Specifically, it examines expectations from internationally agreed instruments on responsible business conduct, performance standards from three multilateral development banks, the Equator Principles, and selected policies in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. This paper supplements four other country-specific papers analysing the role of responsible business conduct in enabling sustainable infrastructure.
