Ill Wind
From Amazon Forest Crimes in Ecuador to Wind Turbines in the U.S. and China
EIA built upon existing reporting and conducted an unprecedented multi-year ground-truthing investigation that connects the dots between the illegal logging and human rights violations reported in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon, the insufficient due diligence by world leading wind blade manufacturers, and global energy provider giants.
According to EIA’s findings, leading global blade manufacturers, including TPI Composites and LM Wind Power, have rarely questioned or controlled the origin of the balsa wood they have used. Investigators were told that as long as the balsa wood meets quality and density requirements, origin apparently matters very little. The faulty due diligence across the wind turbine supply chain has profound consequences. The EIA investigation shows that energy provider giants in the U.S., such as the publicly listed company GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), and world leading wind turbine manufacturers in China, like Goldwind (金风科技) and Mingyang (明阳风电), have allegedly relied for years on balsa supply chains linked to illegal logging, violations of Indigenous People’s rights, smuggling, and corruption.
Read the responses we received from GE Vernova, 3A Composites Core Materials, TPI Composites, Inc., and Ecuabalpro S.A.
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