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The CDESC heard the complaint made by four Finnish social organizations about possible human rights violations in Uruguay due to the conditions established in the investment contract signed between the Finnish multinational UPM and the Uruguayan government, and expressed its concerns at the closing session.

More than 60 environmental and human rights associations, Friends of the Earth International, the World Rainforest Movement and the International Cultural Movement Our Voice among them, joined the demand of four Finnish social organizations for the United Nations to verify if the activities of the multinational group UPM in Uruguay are respecting the economic, social […]

The Court of Appeals on the amparo action filed by the Movus against UPM ratified the first instance ruling that rejected the proposal to suspend the works of the pulp mill in the department of Durazno, as long as the company did not fulfill the prerequisites required in its environmental authorization. The court’s ruling did […]

(updated on nov. 27th) Writ of amparo presented on the 5th of november before the Justice denounce the non-compliance by UPM of the environmental conditions under which the installation of its new pulp mill in Durazno department was authorized and requests the suspension of the works in progress until these requirements are fully met.

To the public national and international opinion February 26th 2020 QUESTIONING UPM GREENWASHING CAMPAIGN The undersigned entities and professionals denounce the fraudulent campaign of the Finnish multinational UPM Kymmene, whose main business is the production of cellulose in Uruguay from monoculture plantations of eucalyptus, in which it presents itself as a leading global corporation in […]

Montevideo, January 20th, 2020. Mr. Björn Wahlroos,UPM President The undersigned want to convey our deep indignation at the concepts expressed in your recently published book in Finland, which we learned from an article in a newspaper in Uruguay, entitled «The President of UPM says that the pulp industry has done «miracles» in Uruguay» (Natalia Uval, […]

Last Sunday (1), we, a group of citizens of the National Coordination against UPM went to Piedra Alta in the department of Florida to participate in the acts to commemorate the Independence of Uruguay and to spread this new declaration of Independence. Given that: – the agreement – which is arbitrary, unconstitutional and against the […]

UPM announced on July 23rd that it will install in Uruguay a second pulp mill which will be one of the largest in the world with a production capacity of about 2.33 million tons/year. This megaproject will produce significant environmental, social, and cultural damage. In the context of a global socio-environmental crisis, this project represents […]

As a condition to install its second pulp mill, the company UPM demanded that the Uruguayan government build a new railroad from the site where UPM plans to locate its mill to the port. The government would cover the costs of these infrastructure projects at the service of UPM. The infrastructure of a country or […]

Montevideo, June 28, 2019. Representatives of Uruguayan social organizations gathered in the “National Coordination of Social Organizations Against UPM”, delivered a letter to the Honorary Consul of Finland in Uruguay where they expressed their total opposition to the project of installing a second pulp mill of the UPM company. “This project agreed upon between UPM […]