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Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head
- Reuters
- 20 June 2020
Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firm
Foncier agricole : attention à l’accaparement des terres
- Ouest France
- 18 June 2020
La Safer, le « gendarme du foncier agricole » en France, tire une nouvelle fois la sonnette d’alarme contre l’accaparement des terres.
Another terror attack on local communities by Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc
- Galaxy Television
- 16 June 2020
On 20 May 2020 villagers from Ijaw-Gbene in Okomu Kingdom had their homes burnt down by agents of the Nigerian subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based SOCFIN plantations company.
Indonesia: Police crackdown on peasants protesting land-grab by a Michelin subsidiary
- Via Campesina
- 15 June 2020
Peasants living in Jambi province, Indonesia, were in for a shock when the police arrested Junawal, a local peasant leader and organiser on May 26, 2020. Junawal was leading the local resistance against a subsidiary of Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), a joint venture company between PT Barito Pasifik and French transnational tyre-manufacturing giant Michelin that manages more than 88,000 hectares of plantation land in Jambi and East Kalimantan.
Nouvelle attaque terroriste contre les communautés locales par la société Okomu Oil Palm Plantation PLC
- 15 June 2020
Le 20 mai 2020, un autre village du royaume d'Okomu, Ijaw-Gbene, a été complètement incendié par la direction d'OOPC, filiale nigériane de la société de plantations SOCFIN.
Des organisations félicitent la décision de Feronia d’abandonner ses plantations pour permettre aux communautés de la RD Congo de prospérer
- RIAO-RDC
- 09 June 2020
Après l’annonce de l’abandon de certaines plantations, les communautés ont introduit des systèmes de récolte et de production de huile de palme artisanaux et traditionnels.
Feronia Inc. reports 2019 financial results; announces short term debt financing, proposed restructuring and director changes
- Globe Newswire
- 24 May 2020
The debt-ridden oil palm plantations company operating in the DR Congo announces that it is pursuing a restructuring plan that includes a sales process and potential liquidation.
Feronia Inc. announces changes to board of directors
- EIN News
- 12 May 2020
DR Congo's largest plantation company announces resignation of its Executive Chairman, soon after departure of its CEO.
We demand justice and safety for workers on Socfin’s rubber/oil palm plantations during the Covid-19 pandemic
- ARD et al
- 29 April 2020
Letter from African community organisations to SOCFIN regarding the unsafe conditions for plantation workers and neighbouring communities during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Cameroun : un projet de concession de 150 000 hectares de forêt rencontre l’opposition de Greenpeace et des populations
- Agence Ecofin
- 15 April 2020
Les 150 000 ha seront scindés en deux concessions voisines de la plantation d’huile de palme de l’agro-industriel Greenfil Palm Plantation Ltd qui, avec une assistance technique française et malaisienne, a défriché plus de 1700 ha depuis 2017.
Report from World Bank/IFC's Compliance Advisory Ombudsman on the case of Salala Rubber Corporation
- IFC/CAO
- 31 Mar 2020
SOCFIN's subsidiary, the Salala Rubber Corporation, rejects dispute resolution with 22 communities in Liberia who filed a complaint with the IFC's Compliance Advisory Ombudsman, citing concerns with the "partiality of CAO’s team".
SOCAPALM, Groupe BOLLORE et Groupe SOCFIN, au Cameroun : Communiqué de suivi du PCN français
- DG Trésor
- 18 Mar 2020
Le PCN recommande au Groupe Bolloré de veiller à exercer son devoir de diligence vis-à-vis du Groupe Socfin et de la Socapalm afin de contribuer aux objectifs du plan d'action de la Socapalm