Amalungu angu-XNUMX emiphakathi ethintwe amaphrojekthi kawoyela kawoyela omkhulu weTotalEnergies eMpumalanga Afrika afake icala elisha eFrance ephikisana nenkampani kawoyela yaseFrance efuna ukunxeshezelwa ngokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu.
Imiphakathi ngokuhlanganyela imangalele isikhondlakhondla sikawoyela kanye nomvikeli wamalungelo abantu uMaxwell Atuhura, kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi ezinhlanu zaseFrance nase-Uganda (CSOs).
Kuleli cala, imiphakathi ifuna ukunxeshezelwa ngokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu okuhambisana nezinhlelo ze-EACOP zokumba uwoyela iTilenga.
Ngenkathi icala lokuqala elafakwa ngo-2019 lalifuna ukuvimbela ukwephulwa okunjalo, inkampani selokhu yasolwa ngokwehluleka ukuthobela Umsebenzi wayo Wokuqapha, okubangela ukulimala okukhulu kubamangali, ikakhulukazi maqondana nomhlaba wabo kanye namalungelo abo okudla.
Abamangali bacele inkantolo ukuthi iyalele inkampani ukuthi inxephezele amalungu emiphakathi ethintekayo.
Ama-CSO, i-AFIEGO, Friends of the Earth France, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda, Survie kanye ne-TASHA Research Institute, kanye ne-Atuhura, bafuna isinxephezelo kwa-TotalEnergies ngesisekelo senqubo yesibili yomthetho yomthetho wase-France on Duty of Ukuqapha.
Umthetho Wokuqaphela Umsebenzi WaseFrance (Loi de Vigilance) udinga izinkampani ezinkulu ezweni ukuthi zilawule ngempumelelo amalungelo azo abantu kanye nobungozi bemvelo, kokubili ngaphakathi kwenkampani ngokwayo, kodwa nangaphakathi kwezinkampani ezingaphansi, osonkontileka abancane nabaphakeli.
Ngo-2017, iFrance yaba yizwe lokuqala emhlabeni ukwamukela umthetho okwenza kube yimpoqo ezinkampanini ezinkulu ukuthi zenze amalungelo abantu kanye nokunakekela imvelo (HREDD) futhi zishicilele Uhlelo Lokuqapha njalo ngonyaka.
Umthetho, owaziwa ngokuthi I-French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law, noma i-French Loi de Vigilance, wamukelwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izinkampani zithatha izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze zihlonze futhi zinqande ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo kumaketanga azo okuhlinzeka.
Umthetho udinga izinkampani ukuthi zithobele uma zisungulwa eFrance. Ekupheleni kweminyaka emibili yezimali ilandelana, izinkampani zifunwa ngumthetho ukuthi ziqashe okungenani abasebenzi abayizi-5000 kule nkampani kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo ezizinze eFrance.
Kudingeka ukuthi okungenani babe nabasebenzi abayi-10000 ohlwini lwabakhokhelwayo lwenkampani kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo eFrance nakwamanye amazwe.
UDickens Kamugisha, oyi-CEO ye-AFIEGO, uthi ukungabi nabulungiswa okwenziwa emiphakathini yaseTilenga kanye ne-EACOP cishe masonto onke kuhlanganisa ukunxeshezelwa kancane, ukubambezeleka kwesinxephezelo sokwakhiwa kwezindlu ezincane, ezingafaneleki ezazingafanelekile imindeni yobukhulu bemizi ethintekile.
Okunye ukwephulwa komthetho kubalwa abantu abasha abaphoqwa ukuthi bahlale amamitha ambalwa ukusuka ku-EACOP. “Ukungabi nabulungisa kuningi kakhulu futhi kubangele usizi lwangempela. Siyethemba ukuthi inkantolo yomphakathi yaseParis izokwazi
lawula kwaTotalEnergies futhi unikeze abantu ubulungiswa,” kusho uKamugisha.
Ecaleni lakamuva, elifakwe eNkantolo Yomphakathi YaseParis, imiphakathi icele inkantolo ukuthi ibophe i-TotalEnergies icala futhi ikhokhe isinxephezelo ngokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu okwenziwa emiphakathini ethintwa i-Tilenga kanye neminye imiphakathi ethintekile yi-EACOP endaweni yase-Uganda eminyakeni engu-6 edlule. .
Amasamanisi akhombisa ngokusobala ukuxhumana okuyimbangela phakathi kokwehluleka ukuchaza kabanzi nokusebenzisa ngempumelelo i-TotalEnergies' Vigilance Plan, “kanye nomonakalo owaba khona ngenxa yalokho.”
Imiphakathi isola i-TotalEnergies ngokwehluleka ukuhlonza izingozi zokulimala okungathi sína okuhlobene nephrojekthi yayo enkulu futhi yenze lapho yaziswa ngobukhona bayo, futhi ayizange isebenzise izinyathelo zokulungisa lapho ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu sekwenzekile. Azikho izinyathelo eziphathelene nokufuduka kwabantu, ukufinyelela okulinganiselwe kwezindlela zokuziphilisa noma izinsongo kubavikeli bamalungelo abantu ezivela ezinhlelweni zokuqapha ze-TotalEnergies zika-2018-2023.
UMaxwell Atuhura, umqondisi we-TASHA uthi: “Sibe nokuxhumana nabantu abathintekile kanye nabavikeli bamalungelo abantu bezemvelo abasatshiswa futhi bahlukunyezwa ezindaweni abahlala kuzo, kuhlanganise nami, ngenxa yamaphrojekthi kawoyela e-Total e-Uganda. Manje sithi sekwanele manje sidinga ukuvikela ngokuphelele inkululeko yokukhuluma nemibono. Amazwi ethu abalulekile ngekusasa elingcono.”
Nokho ubungozi bebungabonakala kalula kusenesikhathi, njengoba inkampani ikhethe ukuthola amaphrojekthi abandakanya ukuxoshwa okukhulu emazweni lapho inkululeko yomphakathi ivame ukuphulwa khona.
UFrank Muramuzi, uMqondisi oMkhulu we-NAPE uthi: “Kuyihlazo ukuthi izinkampani zikawoyela zakwamanye amazwe ziyaqhubeka nokwenza inzuzo engaphezu kweyejwayelekile kuyilapho imiphakathi yase-Uganda ephethe uwoyela ivuna ukuhlukunyezwa, ukuxoshwa, ukunxeshezelwa okubi kanye nobumpofu obudlulele ezweni layo.”
Futhi ngokuphambene nezinsolo zeTotalEnergies zokuthi amaphrojekthi ayo kawoyela ezigidigidi abe negalelo elikhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwemiphakathi yendawo, sekuphenduke usongo ekusasa lemindeni empofu.
UPauline Tétillon, ongumongameli we-Survie, uthi: Le nkampani isongele kuphela ikusasa lamashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ezweni lapho noma yimuphi umbhikisho uvinjwa noma ucindezelwa. Nakuba uMthetho Wokuqapha Uphoqelela imiphakathi ukuthi ilwe impi kaDavid vs. Goliath ngokuyenza ithwale umthwalo wobufakazi, uyayinikeza ithuba lokufuna ubulungisa eFrance futhi ekugcineni igwetshwe iTotal ngokwephula kwayo amalungelo abantu ngokuphindaphindiwe.”
Isifiso somthetho ukuvimbela ukuhlukunyezwa kwezinkampani ngokubophezela izinkampani ukuthi zibeke izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokuqapha ngokusungula, ukusebenzisa kanye nokushicilela Uhlelo Lokuqapha oluhambisana nenqubo ye-UN yokuqikelela amalungelo abantu.
I-Vigilance Plan kufanele ichaze ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo inkampani ezisebenzisayo ukuhlonza nokuvimbela ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo okuhlobene nemisebenzi yenkampani. Imisebenzi ihlanganisa imisebenzi yenkampani yezinkampani ezingaphansi kwenkampani nabahlinzeki kanye nosonkontileka abangaphansi kwabo ezixhumene ngokuqondile nangokungaqondile nenkampani ngobudlelwano/isivumelwano sabo sezentengiselwano.
I-Vigilance Plan ihlanganisa imephu yezingozi, ukuhlonza, ukuhlaziya kanye nezinga lezingozi ezingase zibe khona kanye nezinyathelo ezisetshenziswayo ukuze kubhekwane, kuncishiswe futhi kuvinjwe izingozi kanye nokwephulwa.
Inkampani idingeka ukuthi iveze izinqubo ezisetshenziswayo zokuhlola ngezikhathi ezithile izinkampani ezingaphansi kwenkampani, osonkontileka abancane kanye nokuthobela kwabahlinzeki kanye nendlela yokuhlonza ubungozi obukhona noma obungaba khona ngokubambisana nezinyunyana ezifanele.
Uma kwenzeka inkampani engaphansi komthetho yehluleka ukuthobela, ngokwesibonelo, ngokwehluleka ukusebenzisa nokushicilela Uhlelo lwayo Lokuqapha, noma iyiphi inhlangano ethintekayo, okuhlanganisa nezisulu zokuhlukunyezwa kwenkampani, ingafaka isikhalazo endaweni efanele.
Inkampani ehlulekayo ukushicilela izinhlelo ingahlawuliswa imali efika ku-EUR wezigidi ezingu-10 okungase kukhuphuke kufike ku-30 Million EUR uma ukwehluleka ukwenza okuthile kubangele umonakalo obungavinjelwa.
Izinga lokwephulwa komthetho okuhlotshaniswa namaphrojekthi we-Tilenga kanye ne-EACOP libhalwe kabanzi ngabalingisi abahlukene, okuhlanganisa izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye namaRapporteurs Akhethekile we-UN.
Abantu abathintwe yizinhlelo ze-Tilenga kanye ne-EACOP baphucwa umhlaba wabo mahhala ngisho nangaphambi kokuba bathole isinxephezelo, iminyaka ephakathi kwemithathu noma emine, ngokwephulwa kwamalungelo abo omhlaba.
UJuliette Renaud, umkhankasi Omkhulu we-Friends of the Earth France uthi i-TotaEnergies Tilenga kanye ne-EACOP iphrojekthi “seyizimpawu zomhlaba wonke zokucekelwa phansi kukawoyela kumalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo.
Imiphakathi ethintekile kufanele ithole ubulungiswa ngokuphulwa komthetho okwenziwe yiTotal! Le mpi entsha iyimpi yalabo izimpilo zabo namalungelo abo anyathelwe phansi yiTotal.”
“Sithulela isigqoko amalungu emiphakathi ethintekile ngesibindi sawo sokumelana nale nhlangano enamandla yamazwe ngamazwe naphezu kwezinsongo ezibhekene nazo, futhi sinxusa uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lwaseFrance ukuthi lulungise lo monakalo futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuqedwe ukungajeziswa kweTotal.”
Imiphakathi nayo yayibhekene nengwadla yokuntuleka kokudla ngenxa yokuthi amalungu ayencishwe indlela yawo yokuziphilisa, okubangele ukwephulwa kwelungelo lokuthola ukudla okwanele.
Amapulazi kwezinye izigodi athinteke kakhulu ngenxa yezikhukhula ezinamandla ezidalwe ukwakhiwa kwe-Tilenga Central Processing Facility (CPF) kanti idlanzana labantu elihlomule ngesinxephezelo sohlobo oluthile, okuhlanganisa umhlaba nomhlaba » okungukuthi ukushintshwa kwezindlu nomhlaba, kanti kwabanye. , isinxephezelo sezimali sasinganele.
Inqwaba yabantu basemaphandleni bathi baye basongelwa, bahlukunyezwa noma baboshelwa ukugxeka amaphrojekthi kawoyela e-Uganda naseTanzania kanye nokuvikela amalungelo emiphakathi ethintekile.
Abangane Bomhlaba France kanye no-Survie basanda kukhipha umbiko omusha ophathelene nephrojekthi ye-EACOP ye-TotalEnergie. “I-EACOP, inhlekelele eqhubekayo” ingumphumela wophenyo olubalulekile lwephrojekthi enkulukazi yamapayipi kawoyela e-Total eTanzania.
Ubufakazi obusha obuvela emindenini bukhombisa ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu yisikhondlakhondla sikawoyela saseFrance e-Uganda. “Kusukela ogwini lweLake Victoria kuya oLwandlekazini i-Indian, kuzo zonke izifunda ezithintekile ngenxa yepayipi, imiphakathi ethintekile izwakalisa imizwa yayo yokungabi namandla nokungabi nabulungisa lapho ibhekene nemikhuba yabathuthukisi bakawoyela, ababukela phansi amalungelo abo ayisisekelo,” Kusho uKamugisha.
Selokhu iFrance yaqala ukusebenzisa umthetho wayo we-HREDD, ohulumeni abamukela imithetho yokunakekela amalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo baye banda kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ezwenikazi laseYurophu.
I-European Commission yamemezela ngo-2021 ukuthi izothatha eyayo isiyalelo mayelana nokukhuthala okufanele kuzo zonke izinkampani ezisebenza ngaphakathi kwe-EU okungenzeka ukuthi zisetshenziswe ngo-2024.
