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<br>Feronia, which controls DR Congo's palm-oil sector, had actually stopped working to offer workers appropriate protective devices, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.<br>
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<br>The UK federal government's advancement bank, CDC, owns 38% of Feronia in DR Congo.<br>
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<br>Feronia, a Canadian-based company, said it was dedicated to running to worldwide standards.<br>
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<br>Feronia and its local subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), employ thousands of workers at palm oil plantations in DR Congo.<br>
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<br>PHC has actually gotten millions of dollars from the development banks of Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.<br>
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<br>"These banks can play a crucial role promoting development, but they are undermining their mission by failing to ensure the business they fund appreciates the rights of its workers and communities on the plantations," HRW researcher Luciana Téllez-Chávez said.<br>
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<br>What is HRW's proof?<br>
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<br>In a report entitled A Hazardous Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, external, HRW stated it had actually talked to more than 40 employees and two-thirds of them "informed us that they had actually ended up being impotent considering that they began the task".<br>
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<br>"If pesticides accidentally spilled, the hazardous liquid would likely touch their skin," she added.<br>
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<br>What else does HRW state?<br>
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<br>The effluents formed a "foul-smelling stream", and eventually streamed into a natural pond where women and children shower and clean cooking utensils.<br>
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<br>"Residents of a town of a number of hundred people downstream told us the river was their only source of drinking water," Ms Téllez-Chávez stated.<br>
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<br>The rights group also accused Feronia of paying "extreme poverty" incomes, stating females were the lowest-paid, with some earning as little as $7.30 a month gathering fruit.<br>
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<br>HRW stated the development banks need to make sure the organizations they living wages to their workers.<br>
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<br>What is the UK development bank's reaction?<br>
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<br>In a statement, CDC stated: "Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a natural mix of natural waste oils and fats and has been released into rivers considering that the plantation entered remaining in 1911 and does not threaten human health.<br>
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<br>"It is the goal of the business to construct treatment plants for POME, however is sadly not in a financial position to do so presently as it continues to make heavy losses.<br>
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<br>What does Feronia say?<br>
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<br>The company said working conditions had enhanced substantially since the participation of the European banks in 2013.<br>
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<br>Employees were now paid considerably more than the minimum wage for agriculture in DR Congo and the average worker made $3.30 each day - greater than what a regional teacher would make, it stated.<br>
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<br>It also validated that it had invested considerably in access to safe drinking water.<br>
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<br>"Feronia runs on a social mandate with local neighborhoods. Without their assistance we would not be able to work. We acknowledge that there is still a fantastic deal to be done and are committed to operating to global standards. We will continue to work relentlessly to achieve these objectives," the business added in a declaration.<br>[topedsolution.com](http://topedsolution.com/?wm=2309&tr=23058)
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