“Human Right Risk Assessment: Equatorial Palm Oil’s Palm Bay Plantation”, October 2016

Equatorial Palm Oil has failed to respect several human rights pertinent to labor standards, livelihoods, health and property rights…An investor in this project risks being complicit in EPOs negative impacts on human rights in the community…Based on NomoGaia’s on-site observations, multiple interviews, and data supplied by EPO, labor rights at the Palm Bay Estate are not respected…There is a…high level of frustration among the employees and subcontractors at Palm Bay. This is a reflection of the multiple human rights infringements reported throughout this assessment, including housing, drinking water at the camps and inadequate personal protective equipment…Equatorial Palm Oil’s Palm Bay Estate has had significant negative human rights impacts on land rights…EPO states that it is now trying to reverse past procedures and…will henceforth only operate on land with prior community consent. It engaged in a joint mapping exercise with communities and opposition groups…and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with some communities...