Renda Butler
Sural (Barbados) Limited was incorporated by Barbados Attorney Stephen A. Lashley on 16th August, 2006 (Company No. 27588) as an "International Business" under the International Business Companies Act, 1991-24".
The address provided for Sural (Barbados) is that of the registering Attorney, "Sherwood", Strathclyde Crescent, St. Michael, Barbados. There are two appointed Directors with the following 'residential' addresses: Alfredo Riviere Villamizar, President Grupo Sural CA of Calle el Lindero, Cerro Verde, Caracas, Venezuela and Renda Butler of Loefling Plaza, Apartment 15B, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.
On the day that Alutrint received a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) from the Environmental Management Authority (2nd April, 2007) Renda Butler was the CEO of Alutrint. [Alutrint's current CEO (acting) is Phillip Julien, son of T&T's "energy czar" Ken Julien].
It was Butler's letter dated 28th March, 2007, to the EMA, which had attempted to address stakeholder concerns over 'cumulative impacts' of the port, power plant and smelter complex. A month earlier, on February 27th 2007, in an interview with Trinidad Express, Butler had claimed "that the company has been in the forefront of raising the bar in environmental and social stewardship for new industrialization".
It was the EMA's acceptance of Butler's "raised bar" and failure to take a "hard look" at the cumulative impacts of the port, power plant and smelter complex on human and environmental health, which led Justice Dean Amorer to rule that their decision to award a CEC to Alutrint was "procedurally irregular, irrational and made without regard to relevant consideration".
Is Sural still party to Alutrint? have they pulled out? Do taxpayer' have to bear the full costs of the Naked Emperor's fantasy
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