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Company Response

24 Jul 2009

Author:
Eni

Eni response re report “Eni's New Investment in Tar Sands and Palm Oil in the Congo Basin” by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and other NGOs

Sustainability is an integral part of eni’s history and culture…Regarding the principles, eni’s Guidelines on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights issued on April 2007 state the following: Rights of local communities…Indigenous peoples' rights and land acquisition…In particular about Palm Oil and Tar Sands projects, both are still in a pre-feasibility phase…Nevertheless, eni will set up the activities in areas with no rain forest…The “Food plus Bio-diesel” project, implemented in partnership with the Republic of Congo…falls within eni’s social responsibility strategy…Tar sands [:] Eni is carrying out preliminary activities in order to asses social and environmental impacts of any type of operations in the area...

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