European banks, pension funds and private equity funds have given financial assistance worth more than €450 million to Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby, responsible for environmental degradation and violations of national regulations in Liberia.
European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
Friends of the Earth is running an ethical pension campaign to encourage investors to ask their providers if they invest in land grabbing activities. Emma Websdale spoke with campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran to discuss why it is such an important issue.
- Blue & Green Tomorrow
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22 April 2013
Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs.
Major farmland investors such as banks and pension funds must stop facilitating land grabs, civil society groups on the eve of a global farmland investment conference in London on December 3-5, have said.
- AkanimoReports
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30 November 2012
Des organisations sociales se disent offensées par un article du Wall Street Journal écrit par le Directeur Général de la FAO et le Président de la EBRD appelant les gouvernements à adopter le secteur privé comme moteur principal de la production alimentaire globale.
- La Via Campesina, GRAIN, FOE et al.
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14 September 2012
Las organizaciones sociales han expresado su sorpresa e indignación por un artículo firmado por el Director General de la FAO y el Presidente del EBRD, en el que llaman a los gobiernos y a la sociedad a abrazar al sector privado como el principal motor de la producción global de alimentos.
- La Via Campesina, GRAIN, FOE et al
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14 September 2012
Social organisations are shocked and offended by a Wall Street Journal article written by the FAO Director General and EBRD President that calls on governments to embrace corporations as the main engine for global food production.
- La Via Campesina, GRAIN, FOE et al
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14 September 2012
İçlerinde La Via Campesina’nın da yeraldığı bir grup örgüt, Birleşmiş Milletler Gıda ve Tarım Organizasyonu (FAO) genel direktörü Jose Graziano da Silva ve Avrupa Kalkınma ve Yatırım Bankası (EBRD)’nin politikalarını protesto için bir imza metn hazırladılar.
- Karasaban
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14 September 2012
Llamamiento común de mas de 60 organizaciones de la sociedad civil
Déclaration commune de plus de 60 organisations de la société civile
Joint statement released by more than 60 civil society organisations against the role of pension funds and other financial instutions in land grabbing