SOCFIN

Bolloré blacklisted over alleged rights violations on plantations in Africa and Asia
- Mongabay
- 29 September 2023
French logistics giant Bolloré SE has been deemed an unethical investment by some of Switzerland’s most powerful pension funds.
Salala Rubber Corporation’s woe deepens; parent’s company blacklisted for ‘land grab’ in Liberia
- Liberian Observer
- 28 September 2023
Local communities near Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Margibi County are seemingly winning a case of ‘land grab’ and ‘gross human rights violations’ brought against SRC; as its parent company, Bollore Group has been blacklisted by Switzerland’s largest public pension funds.
La Synaparcam toujours opposée aux intérêts de la Socapalm
- Financier d'Afrique
- 28 September 2023
Pour cette organisation composée d’agriculteurs et planteurs des villages où sont situées les plantations de la filiale de Socfin au Cameroun, il faut sensibiliser les riverains sur la nécessité de préserver leur territoire.
Years-long mediation leaves Bunong farmers indebted to multinational rubber firm
- CamboJa News
- 27 September 2023
More than a decade after subsidiaries of multinational rubber firm Socfin Group forcibly cleared and seized the farms, burial grounds and sacred forests of Bunong indigenous communities in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, the company now seeks to collect tens of thousands of dollars from these farmers for the cost of “land preparation” and other fees.
Switzerland's largest public pension funds blacklist Bolloré
- Gotham City
- 12 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”.
En Suisse, les grands fonds de pensions publics placent Bolloré sur liste noire
- Gotham City
- 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".
Socfin: Bolloré and Fabri want to be the only masters on board
- woxx
- 07 September 2023
Belgian businessman Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré's group want to take total control of Socfin by acquiring all the shares in the Luxembourg multinational, which is regularly accused of human rights violations.
Socfin : Bolloré et Fabri veulent être seuls maîtres à bord
- woxx
- 07 September 2023
L’homme d’affaires belge Hubert Fabri et le groupe de Vincent Bolloré veulent s’arroger le contrôle total de Socfin en acquérant toutes les parts de la multinationale luxembourgeoise, régulièrement accusée de violation des droits humains
Des malfaçons de SOCAPALM sur le terrain, au delà des beaux discours de façade
- Synaparcam
- 31 August 2023
Contre-rapport de la SYNAPARCAM en réponse à une evaluation faite par Earthworm Foundation pour le compte de SOCFIN au Cameroun
Whispers of injustice: Socfin’s decade of legal battle echoing in communities across Cameroon
- Pulitzer Center
- 23 August 2023
For villagers whose ancestral lands have been lost to the expansive reach of Socapalm’s plantations, the passage of time has failed to bring about the restitution they so desperately seek.
Belgisch-Luxemburgse palmoliegroep in nauwe schoentjes na besteld onderzoek
- IPS
- 14 August 2023
Na verschillende terreinbezoeken aan plantages in Liberia en Kameroen, hebben onderzoekers aantijgingen bevestigd van seksuele intimidatie, oneigenlijk grondgebruik en oneerlijke wervingspraktijken aan het adres van het Belgisch-Luxemburgs palmoliebedrijf Socfin.
Investigation confirms most allegations against plantation operator Socfin
- Mongabay
- 11 August 2023
Earthworm Foundation visited the plantations run by Socfin’s subsidiaries, one in Liberia and the other in Cameroon, where communities and local and international organizations had raised serious allegations of sexual harassment, land grabs, pollution and unfair labor practices.