The Company has now completed demarcation of more than 20,000 ha of land and transferred payments to 170 smallholders under the supervision of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank
French logistics giant Bolloré SE has been deemed an unethical investment by some of Switzerland’s most powerful pension funds.
- Mongabay
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29 September 2023
The Swiss association of the largest public pension funds, has decided to exclude shares in the French group Bolloré SE. The exclusion is justified by “potential human rights violations in Liberia, Cambodia and Sierra Leone”.
- Gotham City
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12 September 2023
L'association suisse des plus grandes caisses publiques de retraite a décidé d'exclure les actions du groupe français Bolloré SE "à la suite de violations potentielles des droits humains en Libéria, Cambodge et Sierra Leone".
- Gotham City
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12 September 2023
Ausländische Investoren haben Sierra Leones Kleinbauern mit Pachtverträgen über Jahrzehnte Land abgeluchst. Neue Gesetze sollen das nun verhindern.
Foreign investors have been grabbing land from Sierra Leone's small farmers for decades. New laws are now aimed at preventing this.
A grievance assessment mission commissioned by Belgian oil palm and rubber company Socfin has been rejected by communities affected by the company’s operations in several African and Asian countries.
Canadian company pursuing a carbon offset project in Sierra Leone says it is committed to equitable revenue sharing arrangements with local smallholders and a transparent consent process monitored by the NGO Namati.
- Armchair Trader
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16 June 2023
Episode 1 of a new podcast that highlights the different layers of oppression women face once industrial plantations invade their territories.
- WRM & WONARPI
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17 January 2023
La empresa de plantaciones de palma aceitera Socfin ha traído violencia y opresión a varios países africanos. Sierra Leona no es una excepción.
Total project area covers 25,000 hectares and will produce up to 17 MM tCO2e over life-of-project, with a further 37,000 hectares secured reforestation rights in Sierra Leone
- Klimat X
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29 November 2022
Organisations call upon the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to undo certifications to Socfin, Africa's biggest plantation company.
- FoE Netherlands
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25 August 2022