Weyerhaeuser: Terminate Lease With Energix!
By leasing over 1000 acres of Virginia land to Energix, a U.N.-designated human rights violator that has constructed a solar facility on the Israeli-occupied West Bank and wind energy turbines in Golan Heights, Weyerhaeuser has violated its own Code of Ethics.
Although the Code claims to respect indigenous cultures and legally recognized rights and status, Weyerhaeuser, by doing business with Energix, actually disrespects the indigenous people of Palestine.
Take action today! Join our campaign to hold Weyerhaeuser accountable until it terminates its lease with Energix.
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A May 2019 letter from Weyerhaeuser Senior Manager Anthony Chavez to Campbell County officials authorized Energix to file a Special Use Permit (SUP) application for a 60MW solar facility. Contact Mr. Chavez!
Weyerhaeuser states that their human rights policy is guided by the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, its deal with Energix, a U.N. designated human rights violator, contradicts this claim.
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Should Weyerhaeuser CEO and President Devin W. Stockfish do the right thing? Cancel the lease with Energix in Campbell County, VA, and come into compliance with its own Code of Ethics?
Contact Mr. Stockfish!
Support our Eject Energix campaign by signing the petiton at: EjectEnergix.org.
Resources
Weyerhaeuser Code of Ethics
"Weyerhaeuser respects and supports human rights and individual
freedoms. Human rights are the basic standards of treatment to which
all people are entitled, regardless of factors such as nationality,
gender, race, or economic status.
"Relationships with Indigenous People—We respect indigenous
cultures and legally recognized rights and status."
Weyerhaeuser Code of Ethics (2019)
Energix is #32 on UN List
The
United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR), in
February 2020, listed Energix Renewable Energies as a Category G
company because of its "use of natural resources, in particular
water and land, for business purposes" in occupied Palestinian
territories. Although Energix sold its Meitarim solar facility in
2021, it is still in ongoing clashes with communities in the Golan
Heights because of its plans to expand wind energy plants. Energix
uses Israeli courts and Israeli military police against Syrian Druze
populations opposed to the usurpation of land, wind, and cultural
resources.
UN OHCHR Report
Energix SUP Application
Energix submitted a
Special Use Permit application packet
in 2019. "Caden Energix Gladys LLC proposed to construct, operate,
and maintain a 60 MW PV solar energy facility on approximately 660
acres of the property. The solar facility would contain
approximately 181,600 photovoltaic (PV) solar panels to power 12,000
single family homes." Weyerhaeuser is leasing this land to Energix.
The Campbell County Board of Supervisors
approved the Energix SUP in November 2019.
VCHR Letters to Weyerhaeuser
VCHR Letter to Weyerhaeuser re Human Rights - 10/06/2020
VCHR Letter to Weyerhaeuser re
Termination of Lease - 02/20/2021
Letters Regarding Energix Solar in Campbell County
Weyerhaeuser Letter re SUP Application for Energix Site - 05/06/2019
VCHR Letter to Campbell County BoS re Human Rights - 05/25/2020
VCHR Letter to Campbell County BoS re Environment - 01/26/2021
Toxic Heavy Metals (Cadmium-Telluride) in Solar Panels
VCHR
informed Campbell County officials about the danger of toxic solar panels
to be used by Energix.
VCHR Letter re CdTe in Solar Panels -
07/20/2021