Monrovia — The United Kingdom should create a law that will compel British companies to respect human rights and environmental sustainability in countries they operate or be made to account for not doing so, a recent report by the charity Traidcraft Exchange is urging the government of that country.
Released earlier this month, Traidcraft Exchange's "Our Land: Land Grabbing in Liberia and the Case for a New UK Law" report focuses on Equatorial Palm Oil, which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. The report found EPO violated local townspeople's right to their land and are pushing them further into poverty and have not been made to account for it.
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