The Danzer Group has rejected Greenpeace’s latest attack on the company as a
“populist gimmick”.
The environmental group accused Danzer, the world’s largest manufacturer of hardwood veneers, of “massive tax fraudby depriving the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo of millions of euros in taxes.
Greenpeace said the loss was approximately e8m – 50 times the annual budget of DRC’s environment ministry.
Danzer issued a statement rejecting the allegations as without foundation and said it paid taxes regularly, as well as investing e3m annually into social programmes in both countries.
“For years Greenpeace has been attempting to tarnish the reputation of Danzer Group by floating rumours, making defamatory statements and spreading half-truths,said Danzer.
“But constantly repeating false, concocted allegations does not make them true.”
