Brussels, Feb 6, 2015 (SPS) - The Council on Ethics of the Norwegian government pension fund has recommended blacklisting of the US/Mexican fertilizer producer Innophos due to phosphate imports from Western Sahara, said Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW).
“Companies buying phosphate from Western Sahara are in reality supporting Morocco’s presence in the territory, since the phosphate is sold by the state-owned Moroccan company OCP and it must be assumed that the revenues generated by the operation largely flow to the Moroccan State,” said the Council on a recommendation published on its website on 27 January 2015.
The Council went on saying that such operations constitute a “serious violation” of norms, given the fact that the wishes and interests of the local population of Western Sahara “are not being respected.”
Innophos is one of the biggest importers of phosphates from Western Sahara, as appearing in the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) report P for Plunder (2014). (SPS)
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