In June 2014. Western Sahara Resource Watch published a report detailing information about companies that purchase phosphate from Western Sahara. The report alleges that phosphate provides the main source of income for Morocco, which illegally occupies Western Sahara. Furthermore, it claims that the exploitation of phosphate does not benefit local Saharawis and is undertaken without their consultation. The report also names companies that have ended their phosphate purchases from Western Sahara (BASF, Impact Fertilisers, Mosaic, Nidera Uruguaya, Yara International).
We invited the companies mentioned in the report as purchasing phosphate to respond:
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Lifosa: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Innophos did not respond
- Ravensdown: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Agrium: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Ballance Agri-Nutrients: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Monomeros: we will indicate whether the company responds
- Incitec-Pivot response provided
- Tripoliven: we will indicate whether the company responds
- ISUSA : we will indicate whether the company responds
http://business-humanrights.org/es/node/105521