By : Archie Boan Communities affected by the operations of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) have forcefully rejected Socfin Group’s 2024–2025 progress reports, accusing the multinational agribusiness of masking persistent environmental and human rights abuses behind what they describe as “paper compliance.” In strong statements delivered through community representatives, […]
Published: January 12, 2026 MONROVIA, Liberia — Communities impacted by the operations of Salala Rubber Corporation and Liberia Agriculture Company have flatly rejected Socfin Group’s 2024–2025 progress reports on the Socfin–Earthworm Action Plan, calling them misleading accounts that fail to reflect persistent environmental and human rights abuses on the ground. Representatives of more than 22 affected indigenous […]
Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address community grievances against a rubber plantation it funds in Liberia, affected residents are still waiting for its implementation. The case goes back to a 2019 complaint filed by four Liberian NGOs with the internal watchdog of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Compliance Advisor […]
Introduction Socfin in Liberia The economic, social, and cultural rights of indigenous communities within Margibi, Bong, and Grand Bassa counties in Liberia have been violated through the establishment, expansion, and operations of natural rubber concessions: Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) and Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) – now subsidiaries of SOCFIN. The establishment and expansion of the […]
Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, will deliver its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in the context of the climate crisis. As the ICJ prepares to deliver its historic advisory opinion on climate change, the African Climate Platform—a coalition of civil society organizations, legal experts, […]
Across Africa, communities are facing a growing storm – climate shocks, land degradation, toxic pollution, and unchecked resource exploitation are threatening lives and livelihoods. Yet in the face of these mounting crises, hope is rising in the form of a bold and collective vision: a legally binding regional agreement to protect the environmental rights of […]
Liberia – Nearly six years after 22 Liberian communities filed a formal complaint with the World Bank’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faces mounting criticism for failing to accept responsibility for widespread human rights abuses and environmental destruction tied to its investment in the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC). In March 2025, […]
June 18, 2025 In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Groups Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), accusing the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC). That loan helped SRC expand its rubber plantations with devastating consequences. Nearly six […]
Women from the Salala Rubber Corporation-affected communities talked to a visiting delegation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding environmental and human rights violations they have experienced because of the Salala Rubber Corporation operation. In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), accusing the International […]
For over a year, the World Bank’s private investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), withheld a critical internal report revealing its failure to address land grabs, pollution, and other serious issues at a Liberian rubber company it funded, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), formerly owned by Socfin Group. By the time the report was […]
