Dutch Banks ING Group, ABN AMRO, and Rabobank have provided 3.1 billion Euros (nearly US$3.5 billion) to agriculture projects that have led to deforestation, land grab and human rights violations around the world in the last five years, a new report has found.
- Liberian Observer
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24 December 2021
The PHC oil palm plantations provide 100 years of lessons about the failures of agricultural, financial and governance systems in a globalized world.
- InfoCongo
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23 December 2021
In this video, Emmanuel Elong (SYNAPARCAM) makes the witness statement on the ING case at the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crime
- Framer Framed
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15 December 2021
In April 2021, the Netherlands-based Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) launched the SDG Farmland Fund – a new investment solution to offer institutional investors global access to farmland as an asset class.
New CRS Report shows that foreigners own just under 3% of US farmland, led by Canada (accounting for 30% of foreign holdings), Netherlands (14%), Italy (7%), UK (6%) and Germany (2%).
Two Dutch insurance companies have invested in a fund buying farmland in Australia, Denmark, Portugal, New Zealand, and the US.
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
- Financieel Dagblad
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13 July 2021
After acquiring majority ownership in the PHC plantations from European development banks in 2020, former partners have turned on each other with legal action underway across four jurisdictions for control of the company, valued at US$100 million.
- Oakland Institute
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22 June 2021
Bienvenue aux « Terres de Socapalm » : six palmeraies sont réparties sur ce territoire de 58 000 hectares au sud-ouest du Cameroun – ce qui représente un tiers de la superficie de la province d’Utrecht.
- De Volkskrant
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25 May 2021
New information indicates that Feronia's $15 million rice operations were taken over by a politically connected Belgian-Congolese businessman when they mysteriously vanished from the company's books in 2017.
La mère de Efolafola Nisoni Manu, agé de 20 ans, parle de sa meurtre en février dernier aux mains des policiers et des agents de sécurité de la société de plantations de palmier à huile PHC/KKM.
- RIAO-RDC et GRAIN
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30 April 2021
Monsieur Manu Efolafola a été jeté dans le fleuve Congo sous menotte par les policiers et gardes industrielles de la société de plantations d'huile de palme PHC FERONIA/KKM en RD Congo.