Indonesia: OECD Guidelines complaint filed against So. Korean cos for human rights & environmental violations on palm oil plantations
An OECD Guidelines complaint has been filed against the South Korean multinational Posco International, the Korean National Pension Service (NPS), and the Korean export-import bank (KEXIM) for human rights and environmental violations on palm oil plantations in the province of Papua in Indonesia. The complaint alleges that POSCO breached the Guidelines by causing deforestation and loss of biodiversity, by failing to obtain free, prior, and informed consent from the indigenous people, and by infringing the people's right to water. The complaint further alleges that NPS and KEXIM, failed to conduct due diligence to prevent the alleged volations from happening.