The dismissal of a petition signed by 1,475 community members objecting to the certification of Socfin Agricultural Company by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil is an attempt to silence and criminalize opposition to the operation of SOCFIN in Sierra Leone
Land for Life Initiative, a civil society organization that advocates land rights, has issued a press statement calling on government to intervene and settle the land dispute between members of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) and Socfin Agricultural Company (SAC).
Press Statement on the disagreement between members of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) and Socfin Agricultural Company (SAC) in relation to the RSPO Certification, the counter-report of the Pujehun District Multi-stakeholder Platform (DMSP) and the position of Land for Life Consortium
In April 2022, Socfin’s Swiss subsidiary Socfinco FR announced it will stop providing managerial assistance to the state-owned Guinean rubber and oil palm company Soguipah by the end of 2022. A commentary.
Okomu Oil, one of the two commercial palm oil producers listed on the Nigeria's stock exchange, is reaping record profits from current rise in the price of palm oil.
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.
Socfin says the result of clauses limiting lease agreements to an initial max of 5000 hectares, and for a period not exceeding 21 years for non-citizens, would be no more investment in rubber, forestry, palm oil or other plantation crops
Sérieusement touchée par une crise chronique ces dernières années, la SOGUIPAH (Société guinéenne de palmiers à huile et hévéas) vient d’être lâchée par Socfinco FR qui met fin à l’assistance technique qu’elle lui a toujours fournie.
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.
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