New York decided in June 2016 that companies which Israel boycott itself be boycotted. On the black list are companies that are aware of disposal – and sanctieactiviteiten against Israel.
The four Dutch companies on the list, get ninety days the time in order to obtain cooperation with Israel. They choose not to do so, then the boycott of the state of New York permanently.
the project was already in the news because the company in 2014, decided, in cooperation with the Israeli water company Mekorot to end.
Vitens be when the reports of the United Nations which describes the Mekorot water wrested from the Palestinian areas for Jewish settlements. “If we have knowledge on this matter, then we will bear ourselves also to this act,” explains a spokesman.
ASN Bank
ASN Bank late NU.nl know not identified in the accusation that the company’s Israel boycott. So investing in the bank, the Israeli company AMIAD, that water produces, and in companies that are active in Israel.
“ASN Bank assesses companies, governments and projects in which they invest or which they finance, on their sustainability. We apply sustainability criteria in the field of human rights, climate and biodiversity”, according to ASN Bank. That also applies to investing in government bonds. Israel complies, according to the bank do not meet these criteria, like 180 other countries.
Royal HaskoningDHV
Royal HaskoningDHV was initially not familiar with the black list of New York, and has this investigation.
“We regret that we on this list”, said a spokesman. “Royal HaskoningDHV boycott Israel, and we are working in the country for years to projects in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure.”
In the case of HaskoningDHV went to the involvement in the construction of a afvalwaterzuiveringsproject. The ministry of Foreign Affairs advised the company to stop the project, because it is in a israeli-occupied territory.
the project is also prompted for a response, but that was not directly accessible.
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