SOCFIN Group controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Reported labor, gender, and environmental concerns
An Earthworm Foundation investigation commissioned by SOCFIN addressed reports of sexual harassment, gender-based violence, water pollution, and environmental degradation affecting communities near plantations in Cameroon, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
2019
Bread for All allegations concerning Liberia
Bread for All reported alleged violations of customary and private land rights during plantation expansion in Liberia. Green Advocates submitted a related complaint to the International Finance Corporation, while SOCFIN characterized the allegations as exaggerated or incorrect in context.
Land and community conflicts in African plantation areas
Community groups and civil-society organizations have alleged land dispossession, displacement, restricted access to farms, unclear lease consent, and concession-boundary disputes involving SOCFIN-related plantation operations in Cameroon, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. SOCFIN has contested aspects of these allegations.