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9.24 기후정의행진 환경운동연합 참가 사전신청 오픈!

#시민_누구나_신청  #신청하고_리워드받자

1. 기후재난으로 죽지 않고, 모두가 안전하게 살아갈 권리를 보장하라
2. 핵발전과 화석연료로부터 공공 재생에너지로, 노동자 일자리 보장하는 정의로운 전환 실현하라
3. 철도민영화 중단하고 공공교통 확충하여, 모두의 이동권 보장하라
4. 생태계를 파괴하고 기후위기 가속화하는, 신공항건설과 국립공원 개발사업 중단하라
5. 대기업과 부유층 등 오염자에게 책임을 묻고, 기후위기 최일선 당사자의 목소리를 들어라

유럽과 한국의 9월 기후행동, 무엇이 같고 무엇이 달랐을까

Annabelle Schönherr

1. OECD 다국적기업가이드라인 (이하 ‘OECD가이드라인’)은 다국적기업에 의한 인권침해를 예방하고 구제에 대한 해결기준을 마련하기 위한 규범입니다. 기업들이 가이드라인을 위반하는 경우, 이해관계자들은 한국 NCP(National Contact Point)를 통해 이의제기 절차를 진행할 수 있습니다.

2. 포스코 인터내셔널은 인도네시아 파푸아 지역에 팜유 사업장을 운영하며 삼림 파괴, 지역주민들의 자유로운 사전인지동의 위반 및 물에 대한 권리를 침해하였습니다. 그러나 사업장에서 발생한 문제들을 파악하고 이에 대한 구제책을 제공하지 않았습니다. 환경사회 선언문 및 행동준칙을 도입하고 자발적 인증기구의 가입 및 고보존가치구역 지정 등의 방안을 도입하였으나 이러한 방안은 이미 일어난 피해를 복구하거나 앞으로의 피해를 예방하기에 충분한 조치라고 볼 수 없습니다.

3. 국민연금은 2010년 이후로 포스코 인터내셔널의 최대 기관투자자이며 2018년 기준 5.6%의 지분을 보유하고 있습니다. 국민연금은 포스코 인터내셔널의 파푸아 사업장에서 발생하는 환경, 인권 문제에 대해 2017년 이후로 인지하고 있었음에도 불구하고 아무런 조치를 취하지 않고 있는데, 이는 OECD 가이드라인 상의 기관투자자의 책임을 다하지 못한 것입니다.

5. 수출입은행은 해외사업 지원을 위한 현지법인사업자금으로 2012년부터 2018년까지 포스코 인터내셔널의 현지법인에 총 115,125,000 미달러를 융자 지원하였습니다. 대출을 비롯한 다양한 방법으로 금융기관들은 기업의 환경 및 인권침해에 대해 연관이 될 수 있으며 이를 예방하기 위한 대책들을 마련해야하지만 수출입은행은 이를 이행하지 못하였습니다.

6. 이에 해외진출 한국기업의 환경, 인권 문제에 대해 모니터링해 온 기업과인권 네트워크와 인도네시아 환경인권단체인 PUSAKA, SKP-KAME, WALHI Papua는 공동으로 한국 NCP 에 이의를 제기하여 포스코 인터내셔널과 공적금융기관인 국민연금, 수출입은행의 OECD 가이드라인 위반 여부에 대한 판단과 해당 기관들과의 논의의 장을 마련하도록 요청하게 되었습니다.

7. 귀 언론사의 많은 관심과 취재를 부탁드립니다.

기업과인권네트워크 (KTNC WATCH)

공익법센터 어필/공익인권법재단 공감/공익인권변호사모임 희망을 만드는 법/국제민주연대/민주사회를 위한 변호사 모임 노동위원회/전국민주노동조합총연맹/좋은기업센터/환경운동연합

NGOs from Korea and Indonesia file OECD complaint against POSCO International for causing palm oil abuses and National Pension Service and the Export-Import Bank of Korea for financing the abuses

Seoul, December 12, 2019 – Today Korean Transnational Corporations Watch (KTNC Watch), Yayasan Pusaka (Indonesia), WALHI Papua (Indonesia), and SKP KAMe (Indonesia), filed a complaint at Korea’s National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) against POSCO International and two Korean public financial institutions, the Korean National Pension Service (NPS) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM).

The complaint concerns POSCO International, the controlling owner, and the NPS and KEXIM, the financers of POSCO International. The complaint is related to the adverse impacts caused by the operation of the palm oil company PT. Bio Inti Agrindo (PT. BIA), a subsidiary of POSCO International in Papua, Indonesia. The adverse impacts include large-scale deforestation of tropical rainforest and loss of biodiversity; failure to implement Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) with the customary owners of the land in the process of developing the plantation; and violation of local residents’ right to water by degrading the Bian River water quality.

The complaint is supported by evidence of misconduct by PT. BIA, which is owned by POSCO International. POSCO International has not addressed the deforestation carried out by PT. BIA or put in place policies to prevent further deforestation. Allegations were repeatedly made in regard to violation of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), but POSCO International failed to provide a proper remedy to stakeholders. Due to the degradation of the water quality of the Bian River, local residents can no longer use the water from the river for their daily activities or drinking. However, no measures were taken to ensure that the right to water of the local residents is protected.

Under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines hereinafter), corporations have a duty to respect human rights and address adverse impacts when they occur. Corporations should avoid causing the adverse impacts and should provide remedies when the adverse impacts occur. However, measures taken by POSCO International serve as neither remedies for the harms occurred nor due diligence policies to prevent or mitigate further adverse impacts.

Meanwhile, the Guidelines require the corporations to seek to prevent or mitigate adverse human rights impacts directly linked to financial services by a business relationship. NPS, as an institutional shareholder of POSCO International, should engage with the investee companies damaging shareholder value, but NPS has failed to meaningfully engage with POSCO International despite its awareness on the adverse impacts. KEXIM also failed to review the reasonably foreseeable risk in the palm oil industry when it decided to provide the loans to POSCO International’s subsidiary in Papua.

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund and the Dutch pension fund ABP have divested from POSCO International on the grounds of deforestation, and the Korean media has covered the relevant issues in relation to PT. BIA’s operation. Despite this the NPS continues to hold a more than five percent share in POSCO International, and KEXIM has provided loans for PT. BIA’s operations.

Y.L. Franky, the Director of Yayasan Pusaka stated, “The palm oil industry creates many difficulties for the indigenous people of Papua. The forest they have depended on is disappearing and social conflicts due to land disputes are on the increase.” Pastor Anselmus Amo, the Director of SKP KAMe reiterated that the local residents have suffered since PT. BIA began operating the plantation and further explained, “Daily life has been made particularly difficult for local residents by the now polluted river water. However, local residents do not know where to go to raise these issues.” Shin Young Chung, KTNC Watch lawyer also pointed out, “Well-known pension funds have withdrawn their investments, and public financial institutions in Korea should also adopt policies to consider environmental and social impacts of the business.” She hopes the NCP will make a decision that will bring actual change to the behaviour of POSCO International and the financers.

The complainants request that the Korean NCP facilitate dialogue to persuade POSCO International to acknowledge the deforestation they have caused and provide the remediation. They also call on POSCO International to adopt and publish a comprehensive group-wide cross-commodity No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE) policy to prevent further damages. It is also requested that POSCO International implement FPIC in their operation and ensure the right to water of the local communities relying on the Bian River.

They also request that the NPS engage with POSCO International to use their leverage and consider deforestation and infringement of the rights of indigenous people in their policies for socially responsible investment. The complainants request KEXIM to adopt policies for reviewing environmental and social risks in developing natural resources overseas and refrain from providing further loans to support PT. BIA’s operations that are causing adverse impacts.

Various other NGOs, such as WALHI Kalimantan Tengah (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Friends of Earth U.S. support the filing of this complaint against POSCO International, NPS and KEXIM by KTNC Watch, Yayasan Pusaka, SKP KAMe and WALHI Papua.

Note for editors
For more information or interview requests you can contact:

KTNC Watch: Shin Young Chung (Attorney-at-Law), [email protected], +82-2-3478-0529

Yayasan Pusaka: Franky Samperante (Director), [email protected], +62-21 -7892137

 SKP KAMe: Father Anselmo Amo (Director), [email protected]

 WALHI Papua: Aiesh Rumbekwan (Executive Director), [email protected],  +62 813 4452 4394

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