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ANZ Bank accused of abandoning farmers after splitting with sugar firm

21 July 2014
FoodNavigator-Asia.com
Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Banking and financial services / Child labor / Civil society / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Government / Human rights / International relations / Labor / Ministries and other national bodies / Social development / Sugar
ANZ Australia / ANZ Royal Bank / Cambodian People's Party / CPP / Eang Vuthy / Equitable Cambodia / Hun Sen / IDI / IEM / Inclusive Development International / International Environmental Management / Ly Yong Phat / Oxfam Australia / Phnom Penh Sugar / Seng Nhak

Early this month, in what looks like a failed attempt to save its reputation, Australia‘s ANZ Bank severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar, a company accused of a range of human rights abuses linked to its plantations in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. The move ...

 Marta Kasztelan
http://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Business/ANZ-Bank-accused-of-abandoning-farmers-after-splitting-with-sugar-firm?utm_source=copyright&utm_medium=OnSite&utm_campaign=copyright

ANZ needs to step up its risk assessment: Oxfam

ANZ’s financing of ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat’s controversial sugar plantation has come under fire once again, this time in an investigation by NGO Oxfam into Australia’s big four banks and their links to rights abuses in developing countries. In a report titled “Banking on ...

 Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anz-needs-step-its-risk-assessment-oxfam

ANZ sugar fallout broadens

24 January 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural policy and administration / Banking and financial services / Child labor / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Human rights / International laws and treaties / Investment / Labor / Law and judiciary / Social development / Sugar / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
ANZ Royal Bank / Australian aid / IEM / International Environmental Management / Ly Yong Phat / Mark Zirnsak / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Responsible Investment Association Australia / RIAA / Royal Group / Simon O’Connor / Uniting Church

Shareholders will want answers from ANZ bank after it was revealed this week that the banking giant’s joint venture in Cambodia financed ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat’s controversial sugar plantation, the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) said yesterday. Environmental audit documents obtained by the Post on Tuesday ...

 Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anz-sugar-fallout-broadens

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ANZ Bank accused of abandoning farmers after splitting with sugar firm

ANZ needs to step up its risk assessment: Oxfam

ANZ sugar fallout broadens

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