Deal #4995

This deal is criticised massively and proposed for cancellation: In 2012, the EU-funded Independent Observer of Forestry Control in DRC, Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM), called for the immediate cancellation of BBC’s concession contract – as of April 2, 2013, there was no legal action against the company. In addition to logging without a valid permit, BBC was accused of “applying fraudulent markings to wood, violation of a social investment contract, pollution, faulty records, logging Wengé wood without special authorisation, and non-payment of fees owed to the ministry for updating its allocation map.” “On August 7, 2013, Greenpeace Africa, Global Witness and Congolese NGOs wrote to the Minister of Environment regarding BBC’s illegal logging and contract. He replied saying he was in the process of setting up an “expert commission” to look into the matter. Five months later nothing had happened.” (Greenpeace Case Study II, 2014, pp. 3 f.)