Business, civil society, and local states collaborate for inclusive and conflict-sensitive energy production To sustain development and prevent conflict, former foes have agreed to work together to create power, build peace, and secure the communities they live in. The story of an innovative and pioneering partnership between big business, civil society and local governments, who agreed to drop their differences and address a Mindanao-wide power crisis in the Philippines in 2010, has been captured in a study jointly released by International Alert and Aboitiz Power Corp. An online launch was held on Human Rights Day to highlight the rights-based approach that guided the dynamics surrounding the construction and subsequent operation of the Therma South Inc (TSI) coal-fired plant in the Philippines on the border between Davao City and Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur.