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Complaint to OECD on Cermaq

Norges Naturvernforbund / Friends of the Earth Norway and the umbrella organisation ForUM[1] yesterday lodged a formal complaint against Cermaq’s salmon farming practices for the breach of a number of articles in OECD’s[2] guidelines for multinational companies concerning production sustainability, employment conditions and human rights. The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry holds 43.5 percent of the Cermaq shares.


	20.05.2009

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Cermaq is a multinational giant in industrial salmon farming with comprehensive operations in Norway, Scotland, Chile and Canada. The conditions for which the complaint is lodged apply particularly to the subsidiary Mainstream’s fish farming activity. These have taken place over a longer period of time and are still occurring, and have been pointed out to Cermaq from various quarters earlier. The lack of resolve from Cermaq to get to grips with these questionable conditions is the reason that Naturvernforbundet and ForUM now request an independent assessment of these breaches.

Notes:
[1] ForUM is a network of over 50 Norwegian NGOs working with environment, development and peace.
[2] OECD is The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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