With the aim of improving its financial resources, management is in on-going discussions with its lenders and major shareholders and is reviewing various short and long term financial alternatives.
Bien que HRW mette directement en cause la responsabilité des entreprises Feronia et PHC, ce sont bien les banques de développement européennes qui financent les entreprises qui sont principalement la cible de ce rapport.
The loan to the Canadian palm oil company operating in the DR Congo is provided by CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s development finance institution, and follows another $5 million facility announced on October 28, 2019
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Feronia, a company 38% owned by the UK government’s development bank, has been accused of a series of environmental and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Today’s Human Rights Watch report concerning our shared investment in PHC/Feronia highlights the need for further investment to improve environmental and working conditions
NGOs call on the CDC Group and all the development banks involved in the Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations to publicly issue a clear statement of support for the mediation process and to ensure the security of participating community members.
The UK development bank has been accused of failing to protect workers from exposure to dangerous pesticides and paying “extreme poverty” wages on palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Quatre banques de développement européennes financent actuellement une entreprise d’huile de palme en République démocratique du Congo (Feronia) qui viole les droits des travailleurs et rejette des déchets non traités, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.
Cuatro grandes bancos de desarrollo europeos han invertido millones de euros en una compañía con sede en República Democrática del Congo (RDC) que se dedica a la plantación de aceite de palma en condiciones insalubres para sus trabajadores y el medioambiente, denunció hoy Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The CDC Group says that it cannot release the findings of its investigation at this time but announces that the investigation found no evidence of a link between the homicide and Feronia.
Quatre banques européennes de développement, dont la société publique belge Bio, financent une entreprise produisant de l’huile de palme en République démocratique du Congo qui viole les droits des travailleurs et rejette des déchets non traités, a déclaré l’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme Human Rights Watch
RIAO-RDC and its international partners demand the immediate and unconditional release of nine land defenders who are currently being held in Kisangani Central Prison under the direction of the Canadian plantation company PHC-Feronia.
