KTNC Watch et al vs. POSCO
Aperçu de la plainte
| Date de soumission | 12 December 2019 |
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| Statut actuel | Pending |
| Thème | POSCO's violations in palm plantation in Papua |
| Résumé de la plainte | On 12 December 2019, KTNC Watch, PUSAKA, SKP-KAMe, and WALHI Papua filed a specific instance against POSCO International, the National Pension Service (NPS), and the Korean export import bank (KEXIM) at the Korean NCP. The complaint argues that POSCO International has breached the OECD Guidelines by causing deforestation and loss of biodiversity, lack of FPIC, and infringement on the right to water for its operation of the palm oil plantation in Papua. The complaint argues that environmental and social policies and measures taken by POSCO International are not sufficient to the due diligence standards under the Guidelines. POSCO International's continuation of it's business without acknowledging the massive destruction of the tropical rainforest and the infringement of the rights of indigenous people amounts to a violation of the Guidelines. The complainants are seeking the Korean NCP's good offices to encourage POSCO International to take several steps, including to: - Acknowledge the deforestation they have caused and provide the remediation; - Adopt and publish a comprehensive group-wide cross-commodity "No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation" (NDPE) policy; - Declare a group-wide moratorium on land clearing and peatland development publicly; and - Implement FPIC in their operations and ensure the right to water of the local communities relying on the Bian River. |
| Développements/Résultat | On 17 March 2020, the Korean NCP issued an initial assessment accepting the complaint for good offices. The NCP accepted the complaint regarding POSCO and the NPS. The NCP also accepted the complaint KEXIM. The NCP clarified that in this matter, KEXIM could be considered a multinational enterprise covered by the OECD Guidelines because 1) it has oversea branches in the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Vietnam; 2) in this case, its funding of POSCO was not related to any official development assistance projects; and 3) the financial services it provided to POSCO, providing loans and taking interest, were commercial in nature like those of a typical financial institution. The NCP also found the complaint satisfied the other Guidelines' admissibility criteria. |
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| Mots-clés concernant les plaintes | Les droits de l'homme, Environnement |
Données sur le PCN
| Nom du PCN | National Contact Point Korea |
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| Coordonnées du PCN | Seoul, Korea, Republic of |
| Site web du PCN | http://www.ncp.or.kr/jsp/kcab_ncp/intro_ncp.jsp |
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Plaignant(e)s
| ONG |
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Données sur l'entreprise
| Entreprise responsable | POSCO |
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| Site web de l'entreprise | |
| Entreprise en violation | POSCO |
| Pays où se déroulent les opérations | Indonésie |
| Autre entreprises impliquées |
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Calendrier des dévelopements
| Date | Acteur | Action | Description | Document |
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| 17 March 2020 | National Contact Point Korea | accept | Initial assessment issued by Korean NCP accepting complaint | téléchargez le document pdf (271Kb) |
| 12 December 2019 | Korean Trans National Corporations Watch | file | Specific instance filed to the Korean NCP. | téléchargez le document pdf (9740Kb) |
| 12 December 2019 | Korean Trans National Corporations Watch | press release | Press release from KTNC Watch, PUSAKA, SKP-KAMe, WALHI Papua. | téléchargez le document pdf (65Kb) |
| 12 December 2019 | Korean Trans National Corporations Watch | report | Report by KTNC Watch, PUSAKA, SKP-KAMe and WALHI Papua regarding POSCO''s activities in Papua, Indonesia. | téléchargez le document pdf (3217Kb) |
