Company named in land grabbing suit receives S&P sustainability award
Coca-Cola Ordered to Turn Over Documents Relating to Land Grabbing in Northern Cambodia
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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 […]
U.S. Court Orders Coca-Cola to Turn Over Evidence in Thai Human Rights Case
Lead Plaintiff Hoy Mai with her children (Atlanta, GA.) – A U.S. federal court in the Northern District of Georgia last week ordered the Coca-Cola Company to turn over evidence related to an ongoing class action against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol in the Thai courts. The decision, an important victory for plaintiffs representing hundreds […]
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Cambodians Seek Coca-Cola Company’s Help in Case Against Asia’s Largest Sugar Supplier
Read this release in Khmer here. Today, plaintiffs representing hundreds of families who were violently displaced to make way for an industrial sugar plantation in Cambodia have filed a petition in the Northern District of Georgia asking the U.S. Court to help them obtain evidence from Coca-Cola. The evidence would be used to support their […]
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 […]