The Dutch newspaper Trouw identified at least seven projects that FMO funded in which the companies involved were connected to murder, intimidation, environmental damage, arbitrary arrests and land grabbing.
- Dutch News
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15 October 2019
De Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbank financiert projecten waar misstanden voorkomen, blijkt uit onderzoek van Trouw.
Déforestation et accaparement des terres au Cameroun par les agro-industriels du secteur de l’huile de palme, l’ONG Milieudefensie, pointe le doigt accusateur sur certaines banques néerlandaises et européennes.
- VOA Afrique
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10 October 2019
Community representatives, impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances with ABN Amro, the financier of those companies.
- Milieudefensie
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07 October 2019
Le RIAO-RDC appel au respect de l'évolution de la médiation et sollicite l'implication des tous pour contraindre la PHC/Feronia à mettre fin à ses actions provocatrices et violences contre les propriétaires terriers qui revendiquent leurs droits
Independent investigators to explore alleged involvement of security guard for palm oil company supported by CDC
- Guardian
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27 September 2019
Feronia Inc. announces that its operating subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo, did not make its scheduled semi-annual principal and interest payment under its secured term debt facility with a syndicate of European Development Finance Institutions.
- GlobeNewswire
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18 September 2019
BPL, the Dutch pension fund for the Netherland’s agricultural and green sectors, is planning to divest its stake in Fagoed, a €140 million fund invested in agricultural land.
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed an independent team to investigate the death of Mr Joël Imbangola Lunea, that took place on 21 July 2019 in Bempumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Vingt-quatre jours se sont écoulés depuis que le défenseur des droits foncier Joël Imbangola Lunea a été brutalement tué par le chef de la sécurité de la compagnie canadienne d'huile de palme Feronia Inc. à Bempumba en RD Congo
- RIAO-RDC et al
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14 August 2019
Twenty-four days have passed since land defender Joël Imbangola Lunea was brutally killed by Canadian palm oil company Feronia Inc.'s chief of security at Bempumba, in the Province of Equateur of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- RIAO-RDC et al
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14 August 2019
Un membre de l'organisation congolaise RIAO-RDC a été brutalement tué par un agent de sécurité de la société canadienne Feronia Inc, près des plantations à Boteka