DFIs release joint statement after critical Human Rights Watch report

UK development bank CDC, Belgium's BIO, DEG from Germany, and Dutch development bank FMO have released a joint statement in response to a report by Human Rights Watch which accused them of failing to safeguard workers on a palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

In the statement, the lenders say they "take very seriously our role and commitment as long-term socially responsible DFI investors to manage salient impacts and help to achieve positive change in challenging and imperfect contexts".