Smiles and relief are evident as the 17-year land displacement case involving 700 families in Oddar Meanchey province against Thai sugar moghul Mitr Phol Corp Ltd, supplier of Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, and Mars Wrigley, has come to an end with an undisclosed sum being received following the out-of-court settlement in March.
More than seven hundred families who were driven from their land to make way for an industrial sugar plantation in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey Province in 2008 and 2009 have received a payment from the Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation Limited.
An Indonesian community in North Sumatra is calling on Beijing to withdraw financial backing for a China-linked zinc and lead mine in the earthquake-prone region after the project lost its environmental permit.
The Ministry of Environment has revoked the environmental permit for PT Dairi Prima Mineral’s zinc and lead mine in Dairi Regency, North Sumatra. This is a follow-up to the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the residents’ lawsuit. Now, residents are demanding that the mine be permanently closed.
The Indonesian government has revoked the environmental permit of a controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed in a, earthquake-prone zone on the island of Sumatra, in what activists say sets an important legal precedent for community-led environmental challenges nationwide.
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has formally enacted the Supreme Court’s ruling by revoking the environmental permit of PT Dairi Prima Mineral (PT DPM), a mining company operating in Dairi Regency, North Sumatra.
Germany’s Union Investment has dropped French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab from its sustainability funds and called for an independent human rights audit following fresh allegations of abuses at a $15 billion project in East Africa.
Policy advocacy group Inclusive Development International has launched a new website that tracks more than US$39 billion in sustainable investments flowing into companies linked with harmful ESG practices.
Uganda was hoping by now to be on the verge of oil production. Instead, it is at the center of a global fight — involving governments, climate activists, energy companies and
multinational banks — over the future of fossil fuels.
The International Finance Corporation’s oversight body highlighted issues this week with a management-endorsed plan to remedy problems caused by coal power plants financed by a Philippine bank in which it holds investments.
