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Signatories of a petition objecting to the certification of SOCFIN Agricultural Company by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil have been a target of arbitrary harassment and criminalization.

Host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC in Edo State, yesterday, staged a protest over alleged blockade, digging of trench on the road leading to their communities by the company.

Last year, the Belgian Hubert Fabri's plantation group Socfin saw its turnover rise sharply to more than 800 million euro. The profit even climbed to 80 million.

Le groupe de plantations Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri a vu son chiffre d'affaires augmenter fortement pour atteindre plus de 800 millions d'euros l'année dernière. Le bénéfice a même grimpé à 80 millions.

The Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association has submitted a petition signed by 1,475 of its members objecting to the certification of SOCFIN by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

The complaint to the OECD lodged by Friends of the Earth was supposed to deal with adverse impacts of three of the bank’s palm oil clients, ranging from human rights and labour rights violations to deforestation

SOCFIN's subsidiary Okomu Oil Plc has announced changes to the board of directors following the resignation of Dr. Luc Boedt and Mr. Philippe De Traux De Wardin.

Sólo la presión pública puede convencer a la ONU de hacer lo correcto y abandonar sus contratos con el Grupo Bolloré.

The oil palm plantation company has been embroiled in disputes over land ownership and its use of military forces for the protection of its plantations and environs.

Sauvons la forêt et l’Oakland Institute ont envoyé une pétition de 72 643 signatures à trois organisations des Nations Unies - le PNUD, le PAM et l’Unicef - afin de les alerter sur leurs relations d’affaire avec le Groupe Bolloré, qui est accusé de corruption et, via sa filiale Socfin, de liens avec l’accaparement de terres.

The Bolloré Group is involved in rubber and oil palm plantations through its 39.4 percent shareholdings of SOCFIN, which controls close to 400,000 hectares of concessions for plantations in Asia and Africa.

El Grupo Bolloré, uno de sus mayores proveedores de servicios, está acusado de corrupción y, a través de una filial, de acaparar tierras.