BREAKING NEWS: the complaint brought on behalf of a group of indigenous rights and environmental NGOs against a major Dutch-based commodity trader for its role in deforestation of the Peruvian Amazon and indigenous rights violations has been admitted by the Dutch OECD national contact point (NCP).
The complaint against the Louis Dreyfus corporation (LDC) concerns the impact of one of the the “big 4” global agricultural commodity traders, through its supply chain, on indigenous communities, the environment and climate change, despite its purported green credentials. Today the NCP found the complaint admissible on grounds that the allegations are material and "prima facie substantiated". The NCP has announced that both parties have accepted the ‘good offices’ of the NCP. Honoured to be involved in preparing this complaint for and with a great coalition of NGOs:
www.rightsinpractice.org/new-blog/2023/9/4/oecd-indigenous-rights-amp-deforestation-complaint-v-dutch-based-ago-commodity-trader-prima-facie-substantiated-and-admissible