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Tata Tea-02/Assam
Issues
Community health and safety
Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.
Complaints with this Issue: 330
Due diligence
Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.
Complaints with this Issue: 457
Human rights
Description: Complaint frames concerns using the language of human rights violations.
Complaints with this Issue: 63
Labor
Description: Complaint raises concerns about violations of appropriate labor standards related to the project, including issues regarding compensation, workplace conditions, retaliation, and child or forced labor.
Complaints with this Issue: 94
Other
Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts that do not fit in one of the other categories. Complaints about which there is no publicly available information regarding the issues raised are also included.
Complaints with this Issue: 187
Retaliation (actual or feared)
Description: Complaint raises concerns about incidents or risk of harm against those who have raised concerns about the project perpetrated by the project company, government, public or private security forces, or other individuals acting on behalf of project proponents. Retaliation may include discrimination, slander, threats, denial of services, unfounded judicial proceedings, and termination of employment. Concerns regarding specific incidents of violence are not included.
Complaints with this Issue: 61
Sectors
Project
Name: Tata Tea
Investments: IFC 25074
Client: Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), Tata Group
Support: Equity
Country: India
Complaint
IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)
ID: 195
Date Filed: Feb. 2, 2013
Status: Monitoring
Description
IFC’s project with Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) is to enable the setting up of a company that would acquire and manage the 24 tea plantations located in Assam and West Bengal, currently owned by Tata Tea Limited (TTL), and would implement a sustainable “worker-shareholder” model in which the management and employees have a significant shareholding. The total project cost including capital expenditure and working capital is estimated at $87 million; the IFC investment comprises an equity investment of $7.8 million.
In February 2013, three local NGOs filed a complaint on behalf of tea workers working and living in the company’s tea plantation areas. The complaint raises concerns about labor and working conditions at three different plantations, specifically citing long working hours, unpaid compensation, poor hygiene and health conditions, and a lack of freedom to associate among plantation workers. Furthermore, the complainants question the worker share-buying program, contending workers have been pressured into buying shares, often without proper information about the risks of such an investment.
Complaint Stages
Filing
Feb. 2, 2013
Filing
Status:
Start Date: Feb. 2, 2013
Registration
Not Undertaken
Registration
Status: Not Undertaken
Explanation: Not offered by mechanism, Stage is not practiced by mechanism
Eligibility
Feb. 2, 2013 -
Feb. 3, 2013
Eligibility
Status: Closed With Output
Start Date: Feb. 2, 2013
End Date: Feb. 3, 2013
Dispute Resolution
Not Undertaken
Compliance Review
Nov. 1, 2013 -
Nov. 7, 2016
Compliance Review
Status: Closed With Output
Start Date: Nov. 1, 2013
End Date: Nov. 7, 2016
Has Compliance Report: Yes
Non-Compliance Found: Yes
Monitoring
Nov. 1, 2016
Monitoring
Status: In Progress
Start Date: Nov. 1, 2016
Closed
Not Closed
Timeline
Documents
Involved Groups
| Name | Complaints | Group Type |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability Counsel | 18 | International CSO |
| Nazdeek | 1 | International CSO |
Commitments
Related Complaints
| Project | IAM | Country | Date Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Tea/CAO Vice President Request | IFC CAO | India | 01/05/2012 | Monitoring |