Two representatives of the indigenous Shipibo people of the Peruvian Amazon visited the London Stock Exchange (LSE) this month to present a letter to the LSE’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) calling on it to bar the United Cacao Limited SEZC company and to generally “exact more active oversight”. The letter, signed by two members of the Indigenous Peoples Network (IPN), was sent in response to an announcement from the LSE that it would be opening up its alternative investment fund (EIF) Disclaimer: A report from the NGO Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) supports the letter. United Cacao is accused of illegal deforestation, of ignoring three orders from the Peruvian Government to cease operations at three different plantations and of making misleading statements about its environmental procedures.
Two representatives of the indigenous Shipibo people of the Peruvian Amazon visited the London Stock Exchange (LSE) this month to present a letter to the LSE’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) calling on it to bar the United Cacao Limited SEZC company and to generally “exact more active oversight”. The letter, signed by two members of the Indigenous Peoples Network (IPN), was sent in response to an announcement from the LSE that it would be opening up its alternative investment fund (EIF) A report from the NGO Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) supports the letter. United Cacao is accused of illegal deforestation, of ignoring three orders from the Peruvian Government to cease operations at three different plantations and of making misleading statements about its environmental procedures.