LafargeHolcim Probe Uncovers Payments to Syrian Armed Groups
- Cement maker carried out internal investigation on factory
- Former employee wrote book on production in war-torn country
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LafargeHolcim Ltd paid money to armed groups to keep a cement plant operating in war-torn Syria, measures the world’s biggest cement maker qualified as unacceptable and against its code of conduct following an internal probe.
“The investigation revealed significant errors in judgment,” the Jona, Switzerland-based company said in a statement Thursday, adding that funds were given to third parties who then made arrangements with a number of groups, including “sanctioned parties.” Islamic State fighters seized the plant in September 2014.