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Indigenous leaders of AIDESEP and FECONAU et al. vs. Louis Dreyfus Company B.V - complaint

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On December 1, 2022, indigenous leaders of AIDESEP and FECONAU, with support of a coalition of Peruvian and international NGOs (Forest Peoples Programme, Instituto de Defensa Legal, Instituto de Estudios Forestales y Ambientales – Kené, EIA – Environmental Investigation Agency, and the Center for Climate Crime Analysis) filed a complaint at NCP Netherlands against Dutch agricultural commodities trader, Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.

The complainants allege that the company’s supplier operates on unlawfully appropriated lands in the Peruvian Amazon with over 12,000 hectares of illegal deforestation and operation without required environmental certifications. They allege that the Louis Dreyfus Company failed to conduct appropriate due diligence, contributed to adverse environmental and human rights impacts, and made misleading claims related to palm oil sustainability in violation of the OECD Guidelines.

On September 4, 2023, the Dutch NCP published its initial assessment accepting the complaint. Both parties have accepted the NCP’s offer of good offices.


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