From the Dutch media we learned that NuStar has hired the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bernard Bot, to lobby for its interests in The Hague (see also https://www.sp.nl/column/ronald-van-raak/2011/bel-ben-bot). So much for NuStar's "open and honest communication" they claim they're so committed to.
We also learned that Mr. Bot is working for the company Meines & Partners in The Hague. Meines & Partners is a company that states on its website to feel socially responsible. In other words, they follow the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (in Dutch Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen). The Triple P approach is often used to describe these principles: People, Profit, Planet.
Corporate Social Responsibility can be described as a way of doing business aimed at economical results (Profit), with respect for social aspects (People), within the ecological conditions (Planet).
Lobbying for NuStar, in SEAD's opinion, only serves the P for Profit. The story that Mr. Bot has for the Dutch MPs must be really convincing: NuStar has built a 3.8 barrel facility in Amsterdam, and it hires Dutch company Verwater to build their tanks in Amsterdam, St. Eustatius.
But we really wonder how the People and the Planet are served by NuStar's expansion in the Farm area. SEAD has asked Meines & Partners to give some clarification on this matter.
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