Advancing Land Investment Transparency CCSI conducts crucial research, facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue, and advocates for transparency around agribusiness, forestry, and renewable energy projects (“land investments”). Transparency is more than just disclosure. It also includes open processes and the ability of communities, governments, and other actors to access, understand, and use relevant information to protect rights and further sustainable approaches to the governance of land-based investments. Despite their far-reaching implications, land investments are often negotiated and approved behind closed doors. Rights holders and even regulators alike risk being left in the dark about different actors' responsibilities, increasing the risk of unsustainable investment and aggrieved communities. Even when information is available, different actors may face barriers in using that information to advance their objectives and protect human rights. Challenges with consultations, free, prior and informed consent, impact assessments, permits and authorizations, contract negotiations, monitoring, and grievance redress thus all exhibit important transparency implications.