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4 Oct 2022

Peru: Amazonian Indigenous organisation calls on Ocho Sur's international buyers to demonstrate supply chain sources are not implicated in human rights abuses

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The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) published an open letter calling on international palm oil buyers supplied by Grupo Ocho Sur, the RSPO and international civil society to take action against the Peruvian palm oil company's allegedly "predatory and divisive" practices. According to AIDESEP, Ocho Sur's activities have been "affecting the self-determination and self-government of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples of Ucayali".

We invited the companies mentioned by AIDESEP to comment on the letter.

ADN Consultores, Bunge, Louis Dreyfus, Ocho Sur and RSPO responded.

Amerra Capital Management, Anholt Services, Kattegat Trust, Lasenor Emul, Meiji Group, Nisshin Oillio Group and Vandemoortele Lipids NV did not answer.

LIPSA had not answered, but contacted us on November 17th and provided a response.

Company Responses

Louis Dreyfus View Response
Ocho Sur (former Plantaciones Pucallpa) View Response
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) View Response
ADN Consultores View Response
Amerra Capital

No Response

Kattegat Limited (part of Kattegat Trust)

No Response

Lasenor Emul

No Response

LIPSA (Lípidos Santiga S.A.) View Response
Meiji Holdings Co Ltd

No Response

Nisshin OilliO Group

No Response

Vandemoortele

No Response

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