Thai Court Greenlights Trial Against Global Sugar Supplier Mitr Phol
Thailand’s Court of Appeals last week denied Mitr Phol’s motion to dismiss a historic class action lawsuit filed against the company by plaintiffs representing hundreds of Cambodian families who were violently displaced to make way for one of the Thai sugar giant’s industrial sugar plantations. The case also shines a light on the serious human […]
On 10-year anniversary of Tenure Guidelines, Inclusive Development International joins 100+ organizations demanding agrarian reform now
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Tenure Guidelines), Inclusive Development International joins more than 100 organizations of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, urban communities and civil society […]
S&P ignored repeated red flags in ESG award to Thai company accused of land-grabbing
Women victims of Asia’s largest sugar company call on government to provide justice and stop abusing women protesting for justice
Coca-Cola Ordered to Turn Over Documents Relating to Land Grabbing in Northern Cambodia
US court orders Coca-Cola Company to turn over evidence related to ongoing class action lawsuit against Mitr Phol in Thai courts over allegations of forced eviction
Sustainable sugar group Bonsucro ignored rights abuses by member, UK body finds
Women watch their farm houses burn during forced eviction of Bos village (October 2009) (Phnom Penh) – The UK-based “sustainable sugarcane” certification body Bonsucro violated its international human rights responsibilities, according to a statement released by the UK National Contact Point (UK NCP), a government body that handles complaints against British multinational enterprises. The NCP […]
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
(Phnom Penh) – Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014. Distribution of the funds, which ANZ agreed to pay in 2020, was complete as of this week, according to Inclusive Development International and Equitable Cambodia, two NGOs […]
ANZ launches human rights grievance mechanism in a first for the global banking sector
Joint statement by Inclusive Development International, Equitable Cambodia, BankTrack, Accountability Counsel and SOMO. Australia’s ANZ Bank today launched a Grievance Mechanism Framework to evaluate and respond to human rights related complaints associated with its corporate lending customers. This precedent-setting move makes ANZ the first large commercial bank in the world to adopt a human rights […]