Companies that have provided responses to the Business ...



Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns

Section 6: Companies beginning with T-Other

(10 Feb 2005 – 9 Dec 2009)

The following chart lists companies we invited to respond to concerns raised by civil society and highlighted in our Weekly Updates – indicating the country, issue, and whether or not the company has sent us a response – with a link to the allegations and any response. Any company that has not yet responded is welcome to do so at any time.

This section of the chart covers companies with names beginning T-Other; the other five alphabetical sections are here:



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When we plan to include allegations of misconduct in a Weekly Update, we invite the named company to respond, and any response appears in the Update. This helps ensure balance and encourages companies to address concerns raised by civil society. Since we launched the Updates in February 2005, over 75% of companies have responded. In some cases this has led to further comments, and then a further response by the company. In this way the Updates can help to keep issues alive until they have been addressed on the ground.

A list of the positive steps by companies that have been featured in our Weekly Updates is available here: Documents/Update-Charts

|Company |Country |Date of our |Issue |Resp- |

|(T-Other) | |Update | |onse? |

|Target |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |Yes |

|(USA) | | |garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including Target. Click here | |

|Target |Burma |1 Nov 2006 |Human rights groups urge companies to boycott gems to avoid supporting military |Yes |

|(USA) | | |government; social investors call on Target to address Burmese gems in its supply | |

| | | |chain. Click here | |

|Target |Turkey |3 Jun 2009 |Menderes Textil factory, Turkey: Clean Clothes Campaign raises concerns of anti-union|Yes |

|(USA) | | |activity, other labour abuses. Click here | |

|Target Insurance Brokers|Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |

|(Singapore) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |

|Tata |India |4 Feb 2009 |Over 4900 sign "Cellular Silence Day" petition in protest against CEOs of Bharti |No |

|(India) | | |Airtel, Tata, Reliance for supporting Gujarat's Chief Minister Modi. Click here | |

|TCL |China |10 Jan, 14 Mar|Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges |No |

|(China) | |2007 |widespread labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands | |

| | | |including TCL. Click here | |

|TeliaSonera |Belarus |16 Sep 2009 |Human rights NGO says TeliaSonera could contribute to abuses of freedom of |Yes |

|(Sweden) | | |expression, privacy by Belarus Govt. through investment in Belarusian BeST mobile | |

| | | |network operator. Click here | |

|Tesco |South Africa |13 Apr 2005 |Women working on fruit farms supplying Tesco work in “appalling” conditions – |Yes |

|(UK) | | |receiving “poverty wages”, exposed to pesticides, living in “dismal housing” and | |

| | | |losing out on benefits, says ActionAid report. Click here | |

|Tesco |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |

|(UK) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |

|Tesco |Asia |18 Mar 2009 |Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount model leads to labour abuses|Yes |

|(UK) | | |at factories in Asia supplying Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Click here | |

|Textiles KN de Oriente |Mexico |22 Mar 2006 |Local NGO says that contaminated effluent from Textiles KN de Oriente factory causing|Yes |

|(Mexico) | | |cancer in local population. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Thermopower |So. Africa |12 Aug 2009 |Community accuses hazardous waste firm Thermopower of environmental pollution & |Yes |

|(So. Africa) | | |causing illness. Click here | |

|Tiffany |Burma |2 Mar 2005 |Tiffany resumes buying gems mined in Burma, Professional Jeweller magazine reports. |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Click here [following our Update it re-imposed the moratorium on gemstones from Burma| |

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| | | |click here] | |

|Timberland (USA) |China |30 Mar 2005 |China Labor Watch alleges labour rights abuses at Timberland supplier Kingmaker |Yes |

| | | |Footwear in China. Click here | |

|TNT (Netherlands) |Global |15 Jul 2009 |SOMO "Overviews of controversial business practices in 2008" on companies including |Yes |

| | | |TNT. Click here | |

|Tokio Marine |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Pending |

|(Japan) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |

|Tongaat Hulett (South |Mozambique |1 Aug 2007 |Mozambique: Security guards at Mafambisse sugar plantation, owned by Tongaat Hulett, |Yes |

|Africa) | | |accused of killing striking worker. Click here | |

|TOP-TOY (Sweden) |China |15 Jun 2005 |Swedwatch/Fair Trade Center report alleges poor working conditions at toy factories. |Yes |

| | | |Click here | |

|Total |Burma |23 Feb 2005 |Total’s presence in Burma fuelling human rights abuses, says new report – 40 |Yes |

|(France) | | |organisations in 18 countries call on Total to quit the country. Click here | |

|Total |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |

|(France) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |

|Total |Burma |3 Oct 2007 |Total's lobbying weakens EU stance on Burma sanctions, says Member of European |Yes |

|(France) | | |Parliament Geoffrey Van Orden. Click here | |

|Total |Burma |10 Oct 2007 |Sir Geoffrey Chandler: "Total's response to criticisms of its presence in Burma is in|No |

|(France) | | |the worst tradition of corporate irresponsibility". Click here | |

|Total |Burma |21 May 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says Total has helped to keep in power government that is "killing |Yes |

|(France) | | |thousands by denying aid". Click here | |

|Total |Burma |30 Sep, |Two EarthRights reports accuse Chevron & Total's Yadana pipeline of links to forced |Yes |

|(France) | |4 Nov 2009 |labour & killings, undermining sanctions. Click here | |

|Toyota |Burma |12 Mar 2008 |Social investors ask whether Toyota can maintain its investments in Burma "without |No |

|(Japan) | | |supporting the military regime and its egregious abuses of human rights". Click here | |

|Toyota |Global |2 July 2008 |National Labor Committee report accuses Toyota of labour abuses in own operations & |Yes |

|(Japan) | | |supply chain. Click here | |

|Triple Canopy |Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Human Rights First. Click here | |

|Triumph |Philippines & |19 Aug 2009 |Clean Clothes Campaign says Triumph factory closings are "attempt to get rid of |Yes |

|(Germany) |Thailand | |unions". Click here | |

|TUI |Burma |21 Jan 2009 |Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including TUI. Click here |Yes |

|(Germany) | | | | |

|TVI Pacific (Canada) |Philippines |7 Feb 2007 |Report by coalition of indigenous, environmental, human rights & religious groups |Yes |

| | | |finds mining in Philippines is “destructive” of environment & livelihoods. Click here| |

|TVI Pacific (Canada) |Philippines |1 Apr 2009 |NGO report says mining causes "large-scale ruin, particularly undermining food |Yes |

| | | |production". Click here | |

|TVI Pacific (Canada) |Philippines |28 Oct 2009 |Working Group on Mining comments on company responses to "Mining or Food?" report – |Yes |

| | | |further reply by TVI Pacfic. Click here | |

|Tyson |USA |24 May 2006 |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts |Yes |

|(USA) | | |research institute (PERI): Tyson in top 10 (but likely to be eliminated): [Note: | |

| | | |Statement provided by PERI said that Tyson is to submit revised data that PERI | |

| | | |expects will reduce or eliminate Tyson’s ranking among the Toxic 100]. Click here | |

|UBS (Switzerland) |China |24 Aug 2005 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |Yes |

| | | |prison labour – says major banks, including UBS, among its top shareholders. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Ukrenergo |Ukraine |9 Dec 2009 |Clashes between police & local residents in protest over alleged health impacts of |Yes |

|(Ukraine) | | |Ukrenergo's high voltage power lines - 5 women injured. Click here | |

|UMW Holdings |Burma |21 Jan 2009 |Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including UMW Holdings. Click here |Yes |

|(Malaysia) | | | | |

|Unilever |Global |24 Jun, 5 Aug |Report by Dutch unions alleges labour abuses, including anti-union practices. Click |Yes |

|(UK/ Netherlands) | |2009 |here. | |

|United Technologies |USA / Armenia |24 Jun 2009 |Companies including UTC "likely lobbied" against US bill to name Turkey's killing of |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Armenians in early 1900s genocide Click here. | |

|Union Fenosa |Colombia |29 Aug 2007 |Unión Fenosa accused of labour rights abuses. Click here [response in Spanish only] |Yes |

|(Colombia) | | | | |

|UPS |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |

|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |

|UPS |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including UPS, to raise|No |

|(USA) | | |Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |

|Uranium Corp. of India |India |24 Jun 2009 |Local residents in Jharkhand protest expansion of UCIL uranium mine due to health, |No |

|Ltd (UCIL) | | |environmental impacts. Click here. | |

|(India) | | | | |

|US Steel |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts |Yes |

|(USA) | |2006 |research institute (PERI): US Steel in top 10. Click here | |

|US Steel |USA |30 April 2008 |"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ.|Yes |

|(USA) | | |of Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including US Steel. Click here | |

|Vedanta Resources |India |5 Sep 2007 |ActionAid raises concerns about impact of Vedanta Resources alumina project on |Yes |

|(UK) | | |indigenous groups & environment. Click here | |

|Vedanta Resources |Zambia |14 Nov 2007 |Christian Aid & other organizations call on multinationals in Zambia to give the |Yes |

|(UK) | | |country "a better deal" in copper mining contracts. Click here | |

|Vedanta Resources |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Vedanta, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |

|Vedanta Resources |India |20 Aug 2008 |Survival Intl. names "unholy trinity - the three worst companies abusing tribal |Yes |

|(UK) | | |peoples' rights". Click here | |

|VF Corporation/ Nautica |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |Yes |

|(USA) | | |garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including Nautica/VF | |

| | | |Corporation. Click here | |

|Visa |Sudan |12, 19 Dec |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Visa, to |Yes |

|(USA) | |2007 |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |

|Volcán Compañía Minera |Peru |28 May 2008 |Minera Volcán accused of “environmental crimes against the life and health” of |No |

|(Perú) | | |residents of Cerro Pasco. Click here [Spanish only] | |

|Volkswagen |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Volkswagen, |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |

|Volvo |Israel |11 Jul, 18 Jul|Volvo bulldozers photographed in destruction of Bedouin Arab villages - US church |Yes |

|(Sweden) | |2007 |group urges divestment. Click here and here | |

|Wal-Mart |Canada |9 Mar 2006 |Wal-Mart’s labour policies & practices violate international law, according to |Yes |

|(USA) | | |article by business school professor Roy Adams. Click here. Follow-up by Roy Adams -| |

| | | |click here. | |

|Wal-Mart |Philippines |27 Apr 2006 |Behind the Label (USA) alleges poor working conditions at Wal-Mart supplier Gelmart |No |

|(USA) | | |Industries. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |Yes |

|(USA) | | |garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including Wal-Mart. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |Burma |1 Nov, 8 Nov |Human rights groups urge companies to boycott gems to avoid supporting military |Yes |

|(USA) | |2006 |government; social investors call on Wal-Mart to address Burmese gems in its supply | |

| | | |chain. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |

|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |China |30 Jul 2008 |China Labor Watch report alleges abuses at Hantai Shoe, supplier to Wal-Mart. Click |Yes |

|(USA) | | |here | |

|Wal-Mart |Jordan |17, 24 Sep |Human trafficking & wide range of abuses at Mediterranean Resources, according to |Yes |

|(USA) | |2008 |US-based National Labor Committee - supplies Hanesbrands, Wal-Mart. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |Bangladesh |5 Nov 2008 |SweatFree Communities alleges labour abuses by Wal-Mart supplier JMS Garments. Click |Yes |

|(USA) | | |here | |

|Wal-Mart |Asia |18 Mar 2009 |Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount model leads to labour abuses|Yes |

|(USA) | | |at factories in Asia supplying Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Click here | |

|Wal-Mart |Mexico |25 Mar 2009 |Report on alleged labour abuses of women and children workers at Wal-Mart México. |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social |Yes |

|(USA) | | |& environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |

|Walt Disney (USA) |China |24 Aug 2005 |National Labor Committee (USA) alleges factories making books for Disney operate |Yes |

| | | |under unsafe conditions. Click here | |

|Walt Disney (USA) |France |25 Jan 2006 |Lawsuit alleges that Disneyland Paris set limits on number of black employees it |Yes |

| | | |accepted from employment agency. Click here | |

|Walt Disney (USA) |China |20 Sep 2006 |Labour abuses at 3 factories producing Disney merchandise alleged in report by SACOM |No |

| | | |(Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior). Click here | |

|Walt Disney (USA) |China |17 Jan & 7 Feb|Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |

| | |2007 |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |

|Warner Brothers (part of|Mexico |9 Nov 2005 |Rubie's Costume Co. facility, allegedly producing Warner Brothers costumes, accused |Yes |

|Time Warner) | | |of child labour, safety infringements & other labour abuses. Click here | |

|(USA) | | | | |

|Wendy Wu Tours |Burma |21 Jan 2009 |Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including Wendy Wu Tours. Click here|No |

|(USA) | | | | |

|Weyerhaeuser |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Calvert removes Weyerhaeuser from social index for failing to meet standards on |Yes |

|(USA) | | |indigenous peoples' rights. Click here | |

|White Nile Petroleum  |Sudan |25 Nov 2009 |German NGO says White Nile Petroleum Operating (joint venture Petronas, Sudapet) |Yes |

|Operating | | |contaminating drinking water. Click here | |

|(Sudan) | | | | |

|Whitehall Jewellers |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social |No |

|(USA) | | |& environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |

|WorleyParsons Komex |Egypt |28 Jun 2006 |Employee alleges dismissal after involvement in peaceful pro-democracy sit-in was due|Yes |

|(Australia) | | |to his political activities. Click here | |

|Wyeth |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on |Yes |

|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |HIV/AIDS, including Wyeth - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |

| | |2006 | | |

|Wyeth |Global |12, 19 Dec |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide |No |

|(USA) | |2007 |access to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business | |

| | | |practices". Click here | |

|Xinhao |China |10 Jan 2007 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges |No |

|(China) | | |widespread labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & | |

| | | |electronics brands. Click here | |

|Xstrata (Switzerland) |South Africa |18 Jul 2007 |Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North West Province owned by |Yes |

| | | |companies including Xstrata putting workers' & communities' health at risk. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Xstrata (Switzerland) |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including |No |

| | | |Xstrata, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |

|Xstrata / Sagittarius |Philippines |18 Mar 2009 |Reports allege Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) / Xstrata connected with killing of human |Yes |

|Mines Inc (SMI) | | |rights activist Eliezer "Boy" Billanes. Click here | |

|(Philippines) | | | | |

|Xstrata / Sagittarius |Philippines |1 Apr 2009 |NGO report says mining causes "large-scale ruin, particularly undermining food |Yes |

|Mines Inc (SMI) / | | |production". Click here | |

|Indophil | | | | |

|(Philippines) | | | | |

|Xstrata / Sagittarius |Philippines |28 Oct 2009 |Working Group on Mining comments on company responses to "Mining or Food?" report – |No |

|Mines Inc (SMI) / | | |Xstrata/SMI declined to comment further. Click here | |

|Indophil | | | | |

|(Philippines) | | | | |

|Yad Lechayey Adam |Israel / Occupied |17 Sep 2008 |Cases of employers' non-compliance with High Court ruling on Palestinian workers' |No |

|Carpenters |Territories | |rights, including withholding pay, using work permits to "intimidate" workers. Click | |

|(Israel) | | |here | |

|Yahoo! |China |14 Sep |Reporters Without Borders & others criticise Yahoo! for providing details to Chinese |Yes |

|(USA) | |2005 |government that led to journalist Shi Tao’s imprisonment. Click here | |

|Yahoo! |China |21 Sep 2005 |3 international human rights experts (Mary Robinson, Sir Geoffrey Chandler, Nick |No |

|(USA) | | |Howen) criticise Yahoo!’s response to its involvement in the case of journalist Shi | |

| | | |Tao (in which it said only that it “complies with national laws”). Click here | |

|Yahoo! |China |19 Apr 2006 |Yahoo! implicated in jailing of a third cyber-dissident, says Reporters Without |No |

|(USA) | | |Borders. Click here | |

|Yahoo! |China |17 May 2006 |Amnesty Intl. urges Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google not to cooperate with Chinese Govt's |Yes |

|(USA) | | |censorship & prosecution of dissidents. Click here | |

|Yamana Gold (Canada) |Honduras |12 Jul 2006 |Villagers allege pollution from San Andrés mine, harassment by mine staff. Click here|Yes |

|Yonghong Electronics |China |10 Jan, 4 Apr |Full English translation of Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour |No |

|(China) | |2007 |(SACOM) report on labour abuses at Yonghong Electronics now available. Click here | |

|Yonghong Factory/ |China |10 Jan 2007 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges |No |

|FSP Group (China) | | |widespread labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & | |

| | | |electronics brands. Click here | |

|Zambia Copper |Zambia |14 Nov 2007 |Christian Aid & other organizations call on multinationals in Zambia to give the |Yes |

|Investments | | |country "a better deal" in copper mining contracts. Click here | |

|(Zambia) | | | | |

|Zapata Engineering (USA)|Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by |No |

| | | |Human Rights First. Click here | |

|7NG |Cambodia |4 Mar 2009 |7NG Construction forcibly evicts 152 families from Dey Krahorm, Phnom Penh. Click |No |

|(Cambodia) | | |here | |

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