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Bumitama cuts ties with illegal palm oil plantation following Friends of the Earth pressure
OECD accepts Friends of the Earth complaint against Rabobank
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By: Friends of the Earth Europe
2014-12-16
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Brussels/Amsterdam, December 16 - Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama announced in September 2014 that it has terminated its contract with an illegal palm oil plantation in Borneo, from which it is no longer purchasing palm oil. This decision followed a public campaign by Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth Netherlands and Friends of the Earth Europe, including a complaint submitted to the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) against Rabobank, which has provided a number of loans to Bumitama.

On December 16, the National Contact Point announced to Milieudefensie and Friends of the Earth Europe that it offers "its good offices" to facilitate a dialogue between Friends of the Earth and Rabobank.

Anne van Schaik, accountable finance campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, said: "It is good news that Bumitama has terminated its contract with the illegal plantation. However, it took almost a year of intensive campaigning against its financiers such as Rabobank.

Friends of the Earth Europe and Milieudefensie want the bank to be more transparent in its sustainability policy - including how the bank implements, monitors and evaluates this policy. FoEE and Milieudefensie requested in their complaint that Rabobank implements its own Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policy in a more transparent and effective way.

Now that the complaint merits further consideration at face value, the National Contact Point will facilitate a dialogue with stakeholders, after which a final statement will be published by the National Contact Point. The procedure will focus on the implementation of the Palm Oil Supply Chain Policy and on how such implementation relates to the Guidelines. The NCP is of the opinion that this may help clarify the OECD due diligence recommendations for the financial sector regarding loans.

 

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Anne van Schaik, accountable finance campaigner, Friends of the Earth Europe, tel: +‐31‐6‐24343968: email: anne.vanschaik@foeeurope.org

John Hyland, communications officer, Friends of the Earth Europe, tel: +32 2 893 1012, email: john.hyland@foeeurope.org

 

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Notes to editors:

1. Financiers of palm oil must stop deforestation and illegal activity, November 2013:

http://foeeurope.org/commodity‐crimes‐211113

2. Bumitama's diary of destruction, March 2014:

http://foeeurope.org/bumitama_diary_destruction_250314

3. OECD complaint filed by Friends of the Earth Europe and Milieudefensie‐Friends of the Earth Netherlands

4. Paradise lost: landgrabbing in Indonesia: http://foeeurope.org/paradise‐lost‐land‐grabbingindonesia‐051213

5. Initial Assessment FoE and Rabobank http://www.oesorichtlijnen.nl/sites/www.oesorichtlijnen.nl/files/initial_assessment_foe_milieudefensie_rabobank_16122014_def.pdf

 

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