Engie/Tractebel/Lahmeyer

Engie/Tractebel/Lahmeyer

Added to the Dirty List 11 December 2018

Removed from the Dirty List 29 January 2019

Engie was removed from the Dirty List on 29 January 2019 after ending their involvement in the Upper Yeywa dam.

Press release by Action for Shan State Rivers, February 11, 2019:
Local Shans welcome Engie’s withdrawal from Upper Yeywa dam, urge other companies to follow suit.

Background

Engie is a French multinational energy and services company. In the UK it is an energy supplier and works in a range of services including working for the NHS. Engie subsidiary company Tractabel, has a subsidiary, Lahmeyer, which is working on the controversial Upper Yeywa dam in Shan State, Burma. The dam is opposed by local residents and will result in displacement and environmental damage.

Nang San San Aye, a Shan State MP, has stated: “We urge foreign countries to stop promoting and investing in dams in Burma’s war zones. It is fuelling conflict, and undermining efforts to seek peace.”

Contact:

Ann-Kristin Achleitner
Chair of the Committee for Ethics, the Environment and Sustainable Development
ENGIE Headquarters
Tower T1
1 place Samuel de Champlain
Faubourg de l’Arche
92930 Paris La Défense cedex
France

Email: engiepress@engie.com

(Notified 30^th October 2018)

Sources:

Lahmeyer website October 2018

https://www.lahmeyer.de/en/projects/detail/article/upper-yeywa-hpp-myanmar/

Media release from local communities 12^th October 2018

https://burmacampaign.org.uk/hsipaw-public-gather-to-oppose-naypyidaws-new-budget-allocation-for-upper-yeywa-dam/

Myanmar Times 27^th August 2018

https://www.mmtimes.com/news/residents-urge-govt-halt-upper-yeywa-dam-project-shan.html

Reply from Engie 28 November 2018

The Dirty List

The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.

In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:

“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”

A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.

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