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Switzerland: A civil legal case against Holcim made by four residents of the Indonesian island of Pari has filed a formal complaint against the cement producer on behalf of the entire island at the Cantonal Court of Zug. The civil case was started in July 2022 in response to climate change-induced flooding of the island, according to Reuters. Informal negotiations followed in October 2022 but this failed, according to a representative of Swiss Church Aid. Environmental organisation Walhi claims that this latest action is first formal civil proceeding in Switzerland against a company for its contribution to climate change

Walhi says that the plantiffs are demanding ‘proportional compensation.’ The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) is also supporting the islanders. A spokesperson for Holcim said that climate change was a "top priority for Holcim at the heart of our strategy".