Trafigura
| Trafigura Beheer BV
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| legal form | Besloten Vennootschap (BV) |
| founding | 1993 |
| Seat |
Amsterdam , Netherlands
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| management | Jeremy Weir ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 4,316 |
| sales | 180.7 billion US dollars |
| Branch | Commodity trading |
| Website | www.trafigura.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Trafigura is an international Dutch raw materials trading company based in Amsterdam . Administrative headquarters of the Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. is Singapore . It is held by Trafigura Beheer BV and Farringford NV .
The company mainly trades in petroleum and petroleum products, renewable energies, non - ferrous metals , ores and concentrates for industry. Trafigura positions itself as the second largest independent company in the global trade in non-ferrous metals and the third largest in the oil trade.
Trafigura employs around 1900 people and has 62 offices in 38 countries. The main locations are in Amsterdam as well as in London , Singapore and Geneva . Trafigura was founded in 1993 and is owned by the founding shareholders and management. Together with the Angolan Sonangol Holdings, Trafigura owns Puma Energy , based in Geneva.
Toxic waste scandal
In 2006 the ship Probo Koala transported 500 tons of toxic waste to the Ivory Coast for disposal . Ten residents died as a result, and tens of thousands had to be treated for breathing problems. After a month, the chemicals were removed again and treated in a hazardous waste facility in France. A Dutch court found the company guilty in July 2010 of illegally exporting the toxic waste from Amsterdam and of concealing the true contents of the cargo. Trafigura agreed to pay 150 million euros in compensation.
In the report "The Toxic Truth" published on September 25, 2012, Greenpeace and Amnesty International called on Great Britain to initiate an investigation against the group.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leadership
- ↑ a b 2018 The year in review
- ↑ Trafigura - Key facts
- ^ Trafigura - media release of March 31, 2010
- ^ Puma Energy. Ownership and shareholders , pumaenergy.com (accessed December 31, 2015)
- ↑ BP successor is called "Puma Energy", Allgemeine Zeitung , November 16, 2010 (accessed December 31, 2015)
- ^ David Leigh: How UK oil company Trafigura tried to cover up African pollution disaster . The Guardian. September 16, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009: "Official local autopsy reports on 12 alleged victims appeared to show fatal levels of the poisonous gas hydrogen sulphide, one of the waste's lethal byproducts."
- ↑ www.bbc.co.uk: Trafigura found guilty of exporting toxic waste (23 July 2010, Last updated at 14:19 GMT)
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 10, 1010
- ↑ afrika.info, October 3, 2012
- ↑ Amnesty International and Greenpeace Netherlands: The Toxic Truth - About a company called Trafigura, a ship called the Probo Koala, and the dumping of toxic waste in Côte d'Ivoire . 1st edition. Amnesty International Publications, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-86210-478-8 ( PDF ).