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11 Jun 2012

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Siemenpuu Foundation Mekong Group

[PDF] Specific Instance to OECD National Contact Point in Finland: the role of Pöyry Group services in the process of the Xayaburi hydropower project in Lao PDR

The Siemenpuu foundation...is submitting this Specific Instance to the Finnish OECD National Contact Point against the Pöyry Group...for violation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises...with respect to services provided by Pöyry...to the Government of Lao PDR as a part of the preparations and processes aiming to construct “the Xayaburi Dam”...The Pöyry services...have been commissioned and directly used to undermine a co-operative regional process regarding the use of a trans-boundary water resources...Pöyry has exploited its esteemed reputation in the hydropower services sector to provide a “compliance review” that can be used as an essential tool to make possible and to justify breaching Lao PDR’s commitment to the 1995 Mekong Agreement...[T]he Xayaburi Dam, when built, would have devastating environmental and social impacts, in which Pöyry can be held responsible.