Cases / Agriculture, livestock and food · Germany · 2023
Complaint under German supply chain law targets Dole's Megabanana operation
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
A 2023 complaint under German supply chain law alleged low minimum wages, weak pesticide protection and union opposition at the Megabanana operation of the Dole group. The sources reviewed do not record its outcome or any effect on the environment.
What?
A German supply chain complaint about Dole's Megabanana operation alleged low minimum wages, weak pesticide protection and union opposition. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Where?
Complaint filed in Germany; the plantation location is not stated in the sources reviewed. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
When?
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Plantation workers at Megabanana — Alleged low minimum wages, inadequate pesticide protection and union opposition Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Filed under German supply chain law against the Dole group's Megabanana supply chain. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
A complaint under German supply chain law concerning the Megabanana operation of the Dole group was filed in 2023, according to BHRRC.
The complaint alleged low minimum wages, inadequate pesticide protection and opposition to unions.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Outcome of the complaint: not found in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Location of the Megabanana plantations: not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- Dole Megabanana supply-chain complaint (Germany)Business & Human Rights Resource Centre · 2023