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The state of the global farmland grab, according to the Land Matrix
- GRAIN
- 27 October 2021
GRAIN reflects on a new report on large scale land acquisitions by the Land Matrix Initiative.
Argentina: Dogma de Juntos por el Cambio: Demonizar todo lo posible para luego hacer negocio
- Diario Junio
- 26 October 2021
No es casualidad que este ataque que exacerban la discriminación vienen de la mano de Clarín, La Nación, Infobae y A24, ocurra en este momento. La razón es que el 23 de noviembre vence el plazo establecido en la Ley Nacional 26.160 que suspende los desalojos de tierras indígenas.
Brasil: Carne e soja pressionam a Terra Indígena Karipuna
- CIMI
- 26 October 2021
Aumento de 44% no desmatamento ameaça povo Karipuna e dificulta combate às mudanças climáticas
Former GVL workers receive settlement over illegal dismissal
- GNN
- 25 October 2021
16 former workers of Golden Veroleum Liberia received their severance benefits following a settlement with the company, one year and eight months after they filed a complaint with the labor Office over their illegal dismissals.
Australia: The closely watched Van Dairy is now selling core farms
- Farm Online
- 25 October 2021
Van Dairy, formerly Moon Lake Investments and Van Diemens' Land Company before that, has attracted a lot of attention over its foreign ownership and farm operations.
Fresh row over move to allocate Yala Swamp land to new investor
- The Standard
- 23 October 2021
In Kenya, a row is brewing between local leaders, members of the community, and Siaya county government following a notice to allocate land within Yala Swamp to a new investor, Lake Agro Limited.
Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa
- Mongabay
- 22 October 2021
The use of “transfer pricing” to avoid taxation is common among multinationals operating in Africa, depriving low-income governments of badly needed revenue.
Devoir de vigilance : les militants font le siège de cinq sociétés
- Le Quotidien
- 22 October 2021
Près d’une centaine de manifestants ont organisé jeudi des actions symboliques devant les sièges de plusieurs entreprises luxembourgeoises impliquées dans les violations des droits humains, dont la Socfin.
Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa
- Mongabay
- 21 October 2021
A new report by Bread for all, Alliance Sud, and the German Network for Tax Justice has accused Belgian-French multinational Socfin, which operates rubber and palm oil plantations across West Africa, of shifting profits from Africa to Switzerland. The use of “transfer pricing” to avoid taxation is common among multinationals operating in Africa, depriving low-income governments of badly needed revenue.
Top global banks and investors made an estimated $1.74 billion in income since Paris Climate Agreement from deals with agribusinesses linked to destruction of climate-critical forests and human rights abuses
- Global Witness
- 21 October 2021
Big financial institutions rake in profits bankrolling the destruction of the land, homes and livelihoods of communities who have safeguarded their forests for generations
La culture de l’iniquité fiscale: Le rapport Socfin
- Pain pour le prochain
- 20 October 2021
Un nouveau rapport sur la stratégie fiscale du groupe agroalimentaire Socfin révèle comment les multinationales peuvent transférer leurs bénéfices des pays d’Afrique et d’Asie où sont produites les matières premières vers des paradis fiscaux tels que la Suisse.
La culture de l’iniquité fiscale
- Pain pour le prochain
- 20 October 2021
Le groupe Socfin (détenu à 40% par le groupe Bolloré) transfère des bénéfices issus de la production de matières premières vers Fribourg, un canton suisse à faible fiscalité, selon un nouveau rapport de Pain pour le prochain, Alliance Sud et le Réseau allemand pour la justice fiscale
Brasil: Aprovação do marco temporal ‘premiará’ invasores de terras
- IHU
- 20 October 2021
Se a tese do marco temporal for aprovada pelo STF, o território Xokleng e mais de 300 terras indígenas estarão com as demarcações ameaçadas.
Cultivating fiscal inequality: The Socfin report
- Bread for All
- 20 October 2021
A new report on the tax strategy of agribusiness corporation Socfin reveals how multinational companies can shift profits from countries where they produce commodities in Africa and Asia to tax havens like Switzerland.
Guyana woos foreign investors in agriculture, services sectors
- Demerara Waves
- 19 October 2021
President Irfaan Ali and his delegation wooed investors in the UAE to take advantage of opportunities in large-scale agriculture, including mega-farms, to support the UAE's food security agenda