SOCFIN

Allocution de bienvenu
- Synaparcam
- 16 April 2022
Allocution de bienvenu d’un des Chefs Traditionnel des Communautés Mbonjo suite à la visite de courtoisie et prise de contact du nouveau Directeur de Plantation SOCAPALM par intérim de Dibombari.
ING withdraws from complaint against the bank’s involvement in the palm oil sector
- Milieudefensie
- 08 April 2022
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
Nigeria: Okomu Oil Plc announces appointment of Philippe Fabri, Isabelle Chevalley as Directors
- Naira Metrics
- 25 Mar 2022
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.
Liberia: Villagers struggle to honor the dead after losing graveyards to investors
- Daily Observer
- 21 Mar 2022
Many rural communities affected by agricultural concessions in Liberia have seen their ancestral gravesites leveled in some of the worst land-grabs in human history.
RSPO certificate for Socfin in Sierra Leone despite blatant land conflict
- MALOA et al.
- 18 Mar 2022
This certification is next in line of a number of highly controversial certifications of the SOCFIN group in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
Un énième scandale frappe la RSPO
- FIAN Belgium
- 18 Mar 2022
Le label “durable” RSPO a été octroyé à Socfin en Sierra Leone malgré un conflit foncier flagrant
La procédure de plainte RSPO de Socfin : la paperasse contre la réalité
- Milieudefensie
- 18 Mar 2022
Le 3 mars 2022, Assurance Services International a publié le résultat d'une plainte déposée par Milieudefensie concernant le processus de certification des plantations de Socfin au Cameroun, au Nigeria, en Côte d'Ivoire et en Sierra Leone
Un nouveau rapport révèle la menace que font poser les grandes plantations agricoles sur l'accès à l'eau en Afrique
- Oakland Institute
- 15 Mar 2022
Une revue de 15 projets dans 11 pays tire la sonnette d'alarme sur l'accaparement de l'eau et appelle à une action urgente pour protéger le droit à l'eau en Afrique.
Drying out African lands: Expansion of large-scale agriculture threatens access to water in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 15 Mar 2022
A review of 15 large-scale agriculture projects across 11 African countries, exposes how these projects lead to the loss of streams and swamps and pollute water sources.
In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community pressure
- Mongabay
- 11 Mar 2022
Researchers say that cross-border campaigning and resistance by community land rights organizations is a major reason why the industry has faltered in Africa.
Oil firm laments gunmen attacks, seeks host communities’ help
- Guardian
- 10 Mar 2022
Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company, Edo State, Dr. Graham Hefer, lamented gunmen’s attacks on the company’s plantation and challenged host communities to volunteer information.
African oil palm expansion slows, reputation risks remain for FMCGs
- CRR
- 02 Mar 2022
The handful of companies that control industrial palm oil production in West and Central Africa have been linked to numerous social and environmental impacts, violating their buyers’ NDPE commitments.