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I am writing to demand you end any and all business relationships you may have with one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies, Formosa Plastics Corporation, and its affiliates that are trying to build the Sunshine Project in St. James, Louisiana.

St. James Parish is a predominantly low-wealth and Black area of Louisiana that has been dubbed “Cancer Alley” for the impacts more than 200 industrial plants along an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi has on residents. The $12 billion “Sunshine Project” is a petrochemical complex that would increase local pollution by 800 tons annually, increase greenhouse gas emissions by 13.6 million tons annually, and destroy the burial grounds of enslaved ancestors of some of the current population of St. James Parish.

Formosa Plastics has been named a ‘serial offender’ for its disregard of the environment and human lives around the world. In Vietnam, a steel plant owned by the company released toxic chemicals into the ocean, destroying marine life and leaving the local fishing community destitute. To this day, many victims have not been compensated and the environment has not been restored. Formosa Plastics’ Point Comfort, Texas plant was given a zero discharge of plastic mandate following a $50 million Clean Water Act settlement – the facility has been tested three times a week since June 2021 and it has failed every single test.

Specifically, I ask that you:

- Publicly denounce environmental racism and the Sunshine Project.

- Publicly commit to not directly or indirectly finance the Sunshine project or related projects.

- Cease all underwriting and asset management activities for Formosa Plastics equities and debt.

- Sell and refrain from buying equities and debt issued by Formosa Plastics Corporation (TPE 1301) and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (TPE 6505), Formosa Plastics Group, and other related Formosa affiliates.

- Invest in community-led, environmentally responsible alternatives in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

Thank you.

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