More revelations about the company that would ultimately benefit from any quarrying at Straitgate Farm.
The results of an investigation into child labour in the supply chain of Hima Cement Limited, a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim in Uganda, have been released. This is the press release:
For more than 10 years, LafargeHolcim and its suppliers benefitted from child labour among artisanal miners who supplied raw materials (specifically pozzolana, a volcanic rock) to the company in Uganda. Following a public scandal, including the publication of an article in the newspaper Le Monde in April 2016, LafargeHolcim stopped buying with artisanal miners and decided to work only with mechanised mines. Twerwaneho Listeners’ Club (TLC), based in Fort Portal (Uganda) partnered with Bread for All (BFA), based in Bern (Switzerland), to carry out an investigation following this scandal.
Their full report can be found here.
LafargeHolcim and its suppliers benefitted from child labour among artisanal miners in Uganda: https://t.co/Cma6UHdjxd— Yvan Maillard (@YvanMaillard) May 3, 2017
Wir fordern #LafargeHolcim auf, dafür zu sorgen, dass die „vergessenen Kinder“ wieder zur Schule gehen können.https://t.co/jBuV17cdjU pic.twitter.com/sNU2nFnA9u— Brot für alle (@brot_fuer_alle) May 8, 2017
