Liberia

Green Advocates International, ARD, others launch CALLS project
- GNN Liberia
- 09 December 2021
Aim is to defend human rights within rubber concessions, including Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC).
Former GVL workers receive settlement over illegal dismissal
- GNN
- 25 October 2021
16 former workers of Golden Veroleum Liberia received their severance benefits following a settlement with the company, one year and eight months after they filed a complaint with the labor Office over their illegal dismissals.
La culture de l’iniquité fiscale: Le rapport Socfin
- Pain pour le prochain
- 20 October 2021
Un nouveau rapport sur la stratégie fiscale du groupe agroalimentaire Socfin révèle comment les multinationales peuvent transférer leurs bénéfices des pays d’Afrique et d’Asie où sont produites les matières premières vers des paradis fiscaux tels que la Suisse.
La culture de l’iniquité fiscale
- Pain pour le prochain
- 20 October 2021
Le groupe Socfin (détenu à 40% par le groupe Bolloré) transfère des bénéfices issus de la production de matières premières vers Fribourg, un canton suisse à faible fiscalité, selon un nouveau rapport de Pain pour le prochain, Alliance Sud et le Réseau allemand pour la justice fiscale
Palm oil giant’s industry-beating ESG score hides razed forests
- Bloomberg
- 16 September 2021
In Liberia, a unit of the world’s second-largest palm oil company has admitted to destroying forests and violating the rights of indigenous people. Yet its parent is among the industry’s leaders in investor ratings for ESG policies.
Senate Labour committee chair suspects malice in death of LAC employee who was minced by rubber processing machine
- FrontPageAfrica
- 01 September 2021
The Chairman of the Senate’s Labour Committee says that preliminary investigation into the incident that led to the death of an employee at SOCFIN's Liberia Agriculture Company has semblance of malice and negligence.
Au Liberia, le gouvernement ferme l’usine de caoutchouc LAC
- Commodafrica
- 30 August 2021
Suite à un accident travail survenu à l’usine de caoutchouc de la Liberian Agricultural Company, du groupe SOCFIN, qui a entrainé la mort d’un employé, le gouvernement a ordonné que l’usine reste fermée jusqu'à ce que toutes les mesures de sécurité mises en place soient évaluées par des techniciens indépendants.
Golden Veroleum Liberia comes under spotlight again for not living up to MOU
- Independent Probe
- 12 August 2021
New analysis from community exercises indicate palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments from the MOUs signed in 2014 with affected communities. T
The oil palm: a sad harvest
- Financieel Dagblad
- 13 July 2021
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
The global food economy, peasants, the state, capital and international organizations: Unequal power relations
- 13 July 2021
In this short paper, we discuss the various ways in which scholars and activists of the global food economy/regime/system examine the relationships among producers, the state and capital.
Liberia: Hundreds of sacked GVL employees still waiting for jobs; company blames the pandemic
- FrontPageAfrica
- 26 May 2021
“GVL came here and told our people to give it land so it can provide citizens with jobs and development. Now, we have given GVL land and the jobs have been taken away from us"
Holding companies to account
- Global Witness
- 30 April 2021
European companies, including oil and rubber giant Socfin, have long profited from human rights abuses, environmental destruction and climate breakdown. This briefing from Global Witness sets out proposals on how to change that under EU law,