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[PDF] Alcoa and Votorantim violate OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by committing socio-environmental crime: Civil society organizations will file a complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) [Brazil
The corporations Alcoa Alumínios S.A. and the Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), which is part of the Grupo Votorantim, violated several human, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights in the construction of the Barra Grande hydroelectric plant in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul [in Brazil]...by utilizing an environmental impact assessment conducted by the company Engevix Engenharia S.A. in 1999. This assessment fraudulently certified the environmental viability of exploring the hydroelectric potential of the [area]...