Companies that have provided responses to the Business ...



Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns

|Section 1: Companies beginning with A-B |

(10 Feb 2005 – 22 Jan 2014)

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 A-B; 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 70% 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 (A-B) |Country |Date of our |Issue |Resp- |

| | |Update | |onse? |

|ABB |Sudan |11 May 2005 |International Rivers Network & Corner House say Merowe Dam in which ABB is involved will|Yes |

|(Sweden) | | |displace thousands & has not been adequately assessed for environmental impact. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|ABB |Sudan |26 Apr 2006 |Divest Sudan campaign calls on companies, including ABB, to withdraw from Sudan to avoid|Yes |

|(Sweden) | | |complicity in abuses. Click here | |

|ABB |Sudan |26 Apr, 10 |3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here |Yes |

|(Sweden) | |May | | |

| | |2006 | | |

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

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

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |16 Jan 2013 |Global Witness issues new call for more companies to clarify positions on conflict |No |

|(USA) | | |minerals lawsuit. Click here | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |30 May 2007 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility report says Abbott Labs faces risks over |Yes |

|(USA) | | |access to medicines - recommends adopting human rights-based approach. Click here | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |13 July 2005 |Médecins Sans Frontières says prices of essential new AIDS drugs in developing countries|Yes |

|(USA) | | |are too high. Click here | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |

|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Abbott - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |

| | |2006 | | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |29 Nov 2006 |Physicians for Social Justice (Nigeria) says companies’ responses to Interfaith Center |No |

|(USA) | | |on Corporate Responsibility report are a “cover” for their insufficient action to ensure| |

| | | |access to essential medicines. Click here | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |12, 19 Dec |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |

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

| | | |Click here | |

|Abbott Laboratories |Global |11 Jan 2012 |"Big Pharma and Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs" - details efforts by firms to protect patents |Yes |

|(USA) | | |in Brazil, India, "frustrating access to essential medicines". Click here | |

|ABN Amro |Global |15 Feb 2012 |SOMO report re Dutch financial institutions & food speculation. Click here |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | | | |

|Abengoa |Global |15 Jan 2014 |Intermón-Oxfam report provides key points for Spanish companies operating abroad to |No |

|(Spain) | | |respect human rights norms; alleges specifc human rights abuses. Click here | |

|ABN Amro (Netherlands) |Global |3 Oct 2012 |Tax Justice Network alleges 16 banks aid the rich to avoid taxes, leading to the flow of|Yes |

| | | |capital out of developing countries. Click here | |

|Acciona |Global |15 Feb 2012 |Intermón-Oxfam report provides key points for Spanish companies operating abroad to |No |

|(Spain) | | |respect human rights norms; alleges specifc human rights abuses. Click here | |

|ACE |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |

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

|Acer |Bahrain |18 Apr 2012 |Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain |No |

|(Taiwan) | | |Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here | |

|Acer |USA |11 July 2012 |Global Witness, Enough Project & others call on electronics & automotive firms to make |Yes |

|(Taiwan) | | |public statements against US Chamber of Commerce position on conflict minerals. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Acer |USA |21 Nov 2012 |Global Witness calls on electronics companies to issue public statements outlining their|Yes |

|(Taiwan) | | |position on lawsuit filed by business associations against rules on "conflict minerals."| |

| | | |Click here | |

|Adaro Energy |Australia, |25 Jan 2012 |London Mining Network & Friends of the Earth released BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy |Yes |

|(Indonesia) |Colombia & | |‘Alternative Annual Report 2011'. Click here | |

| |Indonesia | | | |

|Adaptive Mobile |Middle East |7 Dec 2011 |Human Rights First says companies providing surveillance technology to oppressive |Yes |

|(Ireland) | | |regimes in the Middle East contribute to human rights abuses. Click here | |

|Adaptive Mobile |Syria, Iran, |28 Mar 2012 |Dealings by companies in repressive countries raise concerns about business and human |Yes |

|(Ireland) |Israel occupied | |rights. Click here | |

| |territories | | | |

|Addax Bioenergy |Sierra Leone |22 Jun 2011 |Study alleges ethanol plantations displaces indigenous people leading to loss of |Yes |

|(Switzerland) | | |livelihood & access to water. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Adidas |Thailand |5 July 2006 |Thai Labour Campaign study says women making footballs earn “poverty wages”. Click here|Yes |

|(Germany) | | | | |

|Adidas |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including adidas, to raise|Yes |

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

|Adidas |China |16 Apr 2008 |Allegations of rigged union election at Shunda factory, decline in working conditions |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |since adidas acquired Reebok. Click here | |

|Adidas |China |16 Apr 2008 |Report by Sunday Times (UK) alleges labour abuses at adidas suppliers in Fuzhou, |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |including Shunda factory. Click here | |

|Adidas |El Salvador |17 Feb, 24 |National Labor Committee alleges labour abuses at Chi Fung Factory supplying Reebok |Yes |

|(Germany) | |Mar 2010 |(part of adidas) & National Football League. Click here | |

|Adidas |Indonesia |16 May 2012 |Clean Clothes Campaign urges company to contribute to severance payments owed to |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |workers after its supplier factory Kizone closed Click here | |

|Adidas |Global |23 May 2012 |In Advance of London Olympics, U.S. and U.K. Investors Ask Corporations to Step Up |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |Anti-Trafficking and Slavery Efforts. Click here | |

|Adidas/Reebok |El Salvador |23 Feb 2011 |Adidas/Reebok supplier Ocean Sky accused of forced overtime, filthy drinking water, |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |poverty wages. Click here | |

|Adidas |Indonesia |17 Oct 2012 |Worker Rights Consortium comments on adidas' communication to universities re alleged |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |labour rights abuses at supplier factor, PT Kizone. Click here | |

|Aditya Birla (India) |India |31 Oct 2012 |"India’s Minamata": Mercury from coal mines & thermal power plants in Singrauli |No |

| | | |reportedly harming health, environment. Click here | |

|Advanced Micro Devices |USA |21 Nov 2012 |Global Witness calls on electronics companies to issue public statements outlining their|Yes |

|(AMD) | | |position on lawsuit filed by business associations against rules on "conflict minerals."| |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|AECOM |Cambodia, Laos, |4 Dec 2013 |Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand Govts. call on Laos to submit Don Sahong Dam to |No |

|(USA) |Thailand, | |intergovernmental assessment, citing potentially high impact on fisheries. Click here | |

| |Vietnam | | | |

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

|(UK) | | |Rights First. Click here | |

|Aegis Defence |Afghanistan |13 Feb 2013 |Former Aegis Defence Services workers say company's poor labour practices & weak |Yes |

|(UK) | | |training left US embassy in Kabul vulnerable to attack. Click here | |

|Aegon |Global |15 Jul 2009 |SOMO "Overviews of controversial business practices in 2008" on companies including |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |Aegon. Click here | |

|Aeroflot |Russia |8 Feb 2012 |Gay Aeroflot steward forced to marry woman to keep his job, local NGO says. Click here |Yes |

|(Russia) | | | | |

|AES |Panama |22 Apr 2009 |Changuinola dam project - Cultural Survival says AES "using unscrupulous methods" to |Yes |

|(USA) | | |take indigenous people's land, "breaking up communities". Click here | |

|AES |Panama |6 Feb 2008 |Cultural Survival says AES dams will harm Ngobe people - "unscrupulous techniques" used |No |

|(USA) | | |to move them. Click here | |

|AES |Global South |11 Dec 2013 |Study analyses 5 electricity firms' sustainable electricity provision in global South, |No |

|(USA) | | |impacts on communities, workers & local economy. Click here | |

|Africa Israel (Israel) |Israel & |11 Jul 2012 |Photos allegedly show involvement of Africa Israel subsidiary in construction of |No |

| |Occupied | |"illegal" settlements in Occupied Territories despite earlier statement saying it was | |

| |territories | |not. Click here | |

|Africa Israel (Israel) |Palestine |11 Sep 2013 |Norwegian Govt. revokes exclusion of Africa Israel from pension fund following |Yes |

| | | |information that the firm is no longer involved in construction of settlements in the | |

| | | |West Bank. Click here | |

|African Minerals (UK) |Sierra Leone |9 May 2012 |One person shot dead, six injured during protest at African Minerals over working |No |

| | | |conditions. Click here | |

|African Minerals |Sierra Leone |23 May 2012 |Civil society demands government action after police kill one person during protest by |Yes |

|(UK) | | |African Minerals' workers. Click here | |

|Afrimex |Dem. Rep. of |6 Jul 2005 |Channel 4 report says tin ore miners, supplying Afrimex, work in appalling conditions, |No |

|(UK) |Congo | |sometimes at gunpoint. Click here | |

|Agip KCO |Kazakhstan |13 Jun 2012 |Agip KCO (part of Eni) accused of using drinking water for its operations, dumping |Yes |

|(Italy) | | |contaminated water in Atyrau sewage system. Click here | |

|Agnitio  |Global |11 Jan 2012 |Alleged production of spying equipment & complicity with repressive govts. Click here |Yes |

|(Spain) | | |(only in Spanish) | |

|Agrogeba |Global |15 Jan 2014 |Intermón-Oxfam report provides key points for Spanish companies operating abroad to |No |

|(Spain) | | |respect human rights norms; alleges specifc human rights abuses. Click here | |

|Aguas Claras |Chile |20 Feb, 5 Mar|Conflict between Aguas Claras and its workers over labour conditions. Click here (only |Yes |

|(Chile) | |2008 |in Spanish) | |

|Agumil |Global |11 Dec 2013 |Further to our 27 Nov Update: Agumil/PPVOMI, Agusan Plantations, Herakles Farms/Herakles|No |

|(Philippines) | | |Capital, Musim Mas, SIVA Group, Wilmar Intl. did not respond to a report on negative | |

| | | |impacts on land rights. Click here | |

|Agusan Plantations |Global |11 Dec 2013 |Further to our 27 Nov Update: Agumil/PPVOMI, Agusan Plantations, Herakles Farms/Herakles|No |

|(Philippines) | | |Capital, Musim Mas, SIVA Group, Wilmar Intl. did not respond to a report on negative | |

| | | |impacts on land rights. Click here | |

|Ahava |Israel/ West |6 Jan 2010 |NGO says cosmetics firm Ahava "profits" from Israeli occupation, as its main |No |

|(Israel) |Bank | |shareholders are settlements & it sources products from occupied areas. Click here | |

|Ahava |Israel/Occupied |3 Oct 2012 |Israeli cosmetic firms accused of "unlawful exploitation of natural resources", thereby |No |

|(Israel) |Palestinian | |breaching intl. humanitarian law. Click here | |

| |Territories | | | |

|Ahold |Global |15 Jul 2009 |SOMO "Overviews of controversial business practices in 2008" on companies including |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |Ahold. Click here | |

|Air France |Israel & |23 May 2012 |Airlines cancel Israel flights for over 60% of pro-Palestinian fly-in protesters after |No |

|(France) |Occupied | |receiving passenger blacklist from Israeli Govt. Click here | |

| |Palestinian | | | |

| |Territories | | | |

|Air Pacific |Fiji |12 Oct 2011 |Air Pacific linked to drafting of decree that labour groups say "effectively outlaws |Yes |

|(Fiji) | | |unions"; Australian Govt calls on minority shareholder Qantas to explain its role. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Air New Zealand |Global |29 May 2013 |Disabled passenger involved in "humiliating" incident on Air New Zealand flight. Click |Yes |

|(New Zealand) | | |here | |

|AkzoNobel |Global |15 Jul 2009 |SOMO "Overviews of controversial business practices in 2008" on companies including |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |AkzoNobel. Click here | |

|Al-Hamad (United Arab |Bahrain |14 Nov 2012 |Report: "For a Better Life: Migrant Worker Abuse in Bahrain and the Government Reform |Yes |

|Emirates) | | |Agenda" | |

| | | |- Author: Human Rights Watch. Click here | |

|Al Wasl |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |

|(United Arab Emirates) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |

|Alaverdi Copper Smelting |Armenia |11 Apr 2012 |Ecolur NGO says Alaverdi Copper Smelting emits toxic pollution Click here |Yes |

|(Armenia) | | | | |

|Alcan |India |3 Aug 2005 |Residents oppose proposed Utkal bauxite mining & alumina refinery project over |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |environmental, displacement concerns. Click here | |

|Alcan |India |13 Dec 2006 |Indian People’s Tribunal report on alleged human rights and environment violations |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |involved in Utkal aluminium project. Click here | |

|Alcan |India |4 Apr 2007 |Report by former World Bank advisor Robert Goodland raises serious human rights & |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |environmental concerns about Utkal bauxite & alumina project. Click here | |

|Alcatel-Lucent |Pakistan |25 Sep 2013 |Netsweeper’s silence on its reported role in Pakistan’s internet filtering programme – |Yes |

|(France) | | |Business & Human Rights Resource Centre writes to Canadian Govt., Netsweeper business | |

| | | |partners. Click here | |

|Alcoa |Brazil |15 Jun 2005 |Barra Grande dam: Terra de Direitos and Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens file OECD |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Guidelines complaint raising social & environmental concerns. Click here | |

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

|(USA) | |2006 |institute (PERI): Alcoa in top 10. Click here | |

|Alcoa |Suriname |10 Jan 2007 |Indigenous peoples NGOs’ submission to UN Special Representative raises social & |Yes |

|(USA) | | |environmental concerns about Bakhuys project. Click here | |

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

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

|Ali Baba Foods |So. Africa |15 Oct 2008 |Union says members shot while protesting lock-out by Ali Baba Foods. Click here |Yes |

|(So. Africa) | | | | |

|Alianza Fashion |Guatemala |27 Oct 2010 |Natl. Labor Committee (US) alleges labour abuses at Alianza Fashion factory - including |Yes |

|(Guatemala) | | |forced overtime, low wages, denial of freedom of association. Click here | |

|Allianz |Global |8 Feb 2012 |European financial institutions fuel food price volatility & hunger, says new report. |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |Click here | |

|Allianz |Bahrain |18 Apr 2012 |Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain |No |

|(Germany) | | |Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here | |

|Almedahls |India, Pakistan |2 May 2007 |SwedWatch report reveals Swedish local govts. sourcing equipment & textiles for |No |

|(Sweden) | | |healthcare manufactured in poor working conditions in India, Pakistan. Providers include| |

| | | |Almedahls. Click here | |

|Alpinestars |Bahrain |18 Apr 2012 |Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain |No |

|(Italy) | | |Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here | |

|Alstom |Sudan |11 May 2005 |International Rivers Network & Corner House say Merowe Dam in which Alstom is involved |No |

|(France) | | |will displace thousands & has not been adequately assessed for environmental impact. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Alstom |Sudan |26 Apr 2006 |3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here |No |

|(France) | | | | |

|Alstom |Sudan |12 Sep 2007 |UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing concerned about forced evictions & other |Yes |

|(France) | | |abuses related to the Merowe dam project. Click here | |

|Alstom |Global |16 Jan 2013 |7 companies nominated for 2013 "Public Eye Awards for the worst cases of corporate human|Yes |

|(France) | | |rights abuses & environmental misdeeds". Click here | |

|Altair |Russia |27 Apr 2011 |Protestors against forest felling for road construction outside Moscow reportedly beaten|No |

|(Russia) | | |by security guards. Click here | |

|Aluminij |Bosnia & |15 Feb 2006 |Amnesty International report finds discrimination in employment. Click here |Yes |

|(Bosnia & Herzegovina) |Herze-govina | | | |

|Aluminij |Bosnia & |7 Jun 2006 |Amnesty Intl. writes follow-up letter to Aluminij, regarding Aluminij’s response to |No |

|(Bosnia & Herzegovina) |Herze-govina | |Amnesty’s report on ethnic discrimination in employment. Click here | |

|Amalgamated Plantations |India |6 Oct 2010 |Report alleges abuses at Powai Tea Estate in Assam - worker died while spraying |Yes |

|Private Ltd - APPL | | |pesticides; 2 protesters killed. Click here | |

|(India) | | | | |

|Amalgamated Plantations |India |17 Jul 2013 |Workers on tea plantations in Assam part-owned by Tata/Tetley allege labour abuses & |Yes |

|Private Ltd - APPL | | |intimidation of those raising concerns. Click here | |

|(India) | | | | |

|Amazon |Global |30 Nov 2006 |BBC reports that third-party seller on Amazon is selling “tour guide for paedophiles”. |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|AMCOR |Philippines |12 Nov 2008 |CAFOD report on impact of proposed BHP Billiton, AMCOR project on local livelihoods & |No |

|(Philippines) | | |environment. Click here | |

|American Eagle |Bangladesh |3 Oct 2012 |Killing of labour rights activist, Aminul Islam, still under investigation 5 months on. |No |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|American Sugar Refining/ |Cambodia |25 July 2012 |NGO campaign says sugar companies benefitting from forced displacement, destruction of |No |

|Domino Sugar | | |homes & crops, imprisonment of protesters - calls for restitution. Click here | |

|(USA) | | | | |

|American Sugar Refining/ |Cambodia |14 Nov 2012 |Cambodian villagers file complaint with US National Contact Point alleging land seizure |No |

|Domino Sugar | | |for sugar plantation supplying American Sugar Refining breached OECD guidelines. Click | |

|(USA) | | |here | |

|Amesys |Libya, Middle |18 Jan 2012 |Wikileaks publishes 287 papers on security companies allegedly producing spying |Yes |

|(France) |east region | |equipment & complicity with repressive govts. Click here | |

|Amesys |Syria & Middle |25 Jan 2012 |Report alleges companies selling of surveillance equipment to repressive govts. Click |Yes |

|(France) |eastern | |here | |

| |countries | | | |

|Anchor |Cambodia |7 Jun 2006 |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |Yes |

|(USA) | | |conditions of "beer promotion women". [Note: Anchor US confirmed by telephone that they| |

| | | |do not market their beer in Cambodia and were mentioned erroneously in the ACTU | |

| | | |campaign]. Click here | |

|Anglo American |Global |18 Jul 2007 |Report by Reuters examines HIV/AIDS in the mining industry. Includes comments on |Yes |

|(UK) | | |prevention efforts of Anglo American. Click here | |

|Anglo American |Global |15 Aug 2007 |War on Want report alleges Anglo American "profits from abuse, murders". Click here |Yes |

|(UK) | | | | |

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

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

|Anglo American |Global |17 Apr 2013 |Activists to protest at London annual meetings of Anglo American & Rio Tinto over |Yes |

|(UK) | | |alleged human rights & environmental abuses in Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, USA. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Anglo American |Brazil |4 Dec 2013 |Communities affected by Anglo American, LLX projects allege destruction of housing |Yes |

|(UK) | | |without fair compensation, abuses of freedom of expression & assembly, other impacts. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |15 Jun 2005 |Communities raise concerns about environmental & health impacts of mining operations. |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |18 Jan 2006 |Concerns about police violence near Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti mining concessions. |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |26 Jul 2006 |BBC report alleges multinational mining firms including AngloGold Ashanti "prepared to |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |use extreme violence to protect their property". Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |18 Oct 2006 |ActionAid report alleges AngloGold Ashanti operations exacerbate poverty, harm health & |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |environment in Obuasi. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

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

|Ashanti | | |AngloGold Ashanti, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |4 Jun 2008 |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |abuses by the military. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Tanzania |19 Nov 2008 |Report says tax evasion by mining companies leading to negative social impacts. Click |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Ghana |12 Aug 2009 |NGO makes several allegations against AngloGold Ashanti, including pollution; |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |intimidation of villagers and displacement by govt. security forces. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Tanzania |16 Dec 2009 |Study alleges leakages from AngloGold Ashanti & Barrick Gold mines have led to |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |contamination of water sources. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold Ashanti |Africa |14 Jul 2010 |Report highlights negative social impact of tax avoidance by mining companies in Africa.|Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |Click here. | |

|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |19 Jan 2011 |AngloGold Ashanti nominated for “Public Eye on Davos" award in “worst corporate offenses|Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |against human rights and the environment” category. Click here | |

|AngloGold Ashanti |Malawi, Namibia,|30 Mar 2011 |"Radioactive Revenues" report examines role of companies in lack of benefit for |Yes |

|(South Africa) |Niger, South | |population from uranium mining revenues. Click here | |

| |Africa | | | |

|AngloGold |Africa |20 Jul 2011 |SOMO/WISE "Uranium in Africa" report says mines threaten human health, environment. |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold Ashanti |Colombia |21 Dec 2011 |Allegation of threats & lack of consultation in Colombia Click here [Spanish only] |Yes |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Colombia |25 Jan 2012 |Report raises concern of alleged negative impacts of the Columbian mine. Click here |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |(Spanish only) | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Africa |22 Feb 2012 |John Capel of Bench Marks Foundation in So. Africa criticises "African Mining Indaba" |No |

|Ashanti | | |conference for excluding civil society. Click here | |

|(South Africa) | | | | |

|AngloGold |Colombia |11 Apr 2012 |Local & intl. NGOs say black & indigenous communities did not consent to company's |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |operations on their lands, raise concerns about respect for human rights amid ongoing | |

|(South Africa) | | |conflict Click here | |

|AngloGold |Colombia |18 Dec 2013 |NGO report says AngloGold Ashanti project's impacts on local communities, including |Yes |

|Ashanti | | |human rights defenders' safety & security, “would be much graver than previously | |

|(South Africa) | | |anticipated”. Click here | |

|Anglo Platinum |South Africa |18 Jul 2007 |Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North West Province owned by |Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |companies including Anglo Platinum putting workers' & communities' health at risk. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Anglo Platinum |South Africa |15 Oct 2008 |Local leader claims Anglo Platinum plan to construct dam on community land will destroy |Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |cultural heritage. Click here | |

|Anglo Platinum |South Africa |4 Nov 2009 |Case study examines Anglo Platinum's changing strategies to address displacement & |Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |resettlement at Mogalakwena mine following investigation by So. African Human Rights | |

| | | |Commission. Click here | |

|Anglo Platinum |Zimbabwe |30 Mar 2011 |Opposition politician Roy Bennett criticises company for allegedly profiting from |Yes |

|(South Africa) | | |killings at Marange diamond fields. Click here | |

|Anhui Foreign Economic |Zimbabwe |22 May 2013 |Global Witness raises concerns about off-budget diamond revenues paid by Anjin & ZMDC |Yes |

|Construction Group | | |allegedly funding human rights abuses during past & forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe. | |

|(China) | | |Click here (response only in Chinese) | |

|Anhui Foreign Economic |Zimbabwe |14 Aug 2013 |Artisanal miners injured & killed by guards at Marange diamond mining concessions; NGO |No |

|Construction Group | | |calls on mining companies to respect human rights. Click here | |

|(China) | | | | |

|Anjin Investments |Zimbabwe |16 May 2012 |Human rights abuses still ongoing in diamond region of Marange, says community group - |Yes |

|(China+ Zimbabwe) | | |cites beatings by diamond company guards, use of dogs to chase away job-seekers. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Anheuser-Busch |Cambodia |7 June |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |No |

|(USA) | |2006 |conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here | |

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

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

|Ankur |India |17 Oct 2007 |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |No |

|(India) | | | | |

|Anvil Mining |Dem. Rep. of |8 Jun, 24 |Rights & Accountability in Development raises concerns over alleged involvement of Anvil|Yes |

|(Australia) |Congo |Aug, |Mining in army clampdown that left over 100 dead. Click here | |

| | |5 Oct, 2 Nov | | |

| | |2005 | | |

|AOL |USA |10 Jul 2013 |Human Rights First writes to tech firms named in context of US Govt. "PRISM" programme. |No |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|Apache |Global |20 Nov 2013 |"Indigenous Rights Risk Report" highlights financial & shareholder risks of failure to |No |

|(USA) | | |respect indigenous rights by extractive companies. Click here | |

|APG |Global |8 Feb 2012 |SOMO reports on Dutch financial institutions and their role in food speculation. Click |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |here | |

|APG |India |7 Aug 2013 |"The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project". |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |Click here | |

|Apple |China |30 Aug, 6 Sep|Apple supplier Foxconn sues two journalists who raised concerns about working conditions|[1] |

|(USA) | |2006 |at Foxconn iPod factory. Reporters Without Borders calls on Apple to intercede. Click | |

| | | |here and here | |

|Apple |Global |18 Apr 2007 |NGOs criticise Apple for environmental policies & practices. Click here |Yes |

|(USA) | | | | |

|Apple |China |14 Jul 2010 |Coalition of Chinese NGOs issues report alleging IT brands are using suppliers who |Yes |

|(USA) | | |pollute China's water bodies with heavy metals; update criticises companies for | |

| | | |non-responsiveness. Click here | |

|Apple |China |6 Oct, 10 Nov|New report on heavy metal pollution of water bodies by suppliers to major technology |No |

|(USA) | |2010 |brands. Click here | |

|Apple |China |28 Sep 2011 |New video features people who say they were harmed by pollution from Apple's suppliers -|Yes |

|(USA) | | |NGO director Ma Jun says Apple has "not improved at all".  Click here | |

|Apple |China |14 Dec 2011 |Main driver of Apple's alleged polluting suppliers is firm's "efforts to lower costs", |No |

| | | |say observers and suppliers. Click here | |

|Apple |China |25 Jan 2012 |Daily Ticker says Apple can afford to pay suppliers more to avoid labour abuses. Click |No |

|(USA) | | |here | |

|Apple |China |1 Feb 2012 |"In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad". Click here |Yes |

|(USA) | | | | |

|Apple |USA |11 July 2012 |National Iranian American Council alleges Apple has failed to address specific instances|No |

|(USA) | | |of discrimination against Farsi-speaking customers. Click here | |

|Apple |China |28 Nov 2012 |SACOM alleges ongoing hazardous working environment at factories producing Apple's iPad |No |

|(USA) | | |mini. Click here (also available in Chinese here) | |

|Apple |China |27 Feb 2013 |China Labor Watch submission to UN Working Group on business & human rights highlights |No |

|(USA) | | |poor working conditions in 10 Apple supplier factories. Click here | |

|Apple |Global |8 May 2013 |AFL-CIO report "Responsibility Outsourced" raises several serious labour rights concerns|No |

|(USA) | | |including anti-union actions, harms to workers' health, harassment at audited & | |

| | | |certified factories. Click here | |

|Apple |USA |10 Jul 2013 |Human Rights First writes to tech firms named in context of US Govt. "PRISM" programme. |No |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|APM Terminals |Argentina |19 Dec 2012 |Accident in Buenos Aires port causes toxic cloud affecting health. Click here (original |Yes |

|(Netherlands) | | |article only in Spanish, response in English) | |

|Arab Insurance Group |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |

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

|(Bahrain) | | | | |

|Arab Potash (Jordan) |Occupied |3 Oct 2012 |Israeli cosmetic firms accused of "unlawful exploitation of natural resources", thereby |No |

| |Palestinian | |breaching intl. humanitarian law. Click here | |

| |Territories | | | |

|Aramark |Australia, |25 Jan 2012 |London Mining Network & Friends of the Earth released BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy |No |

|(USA) |Colombia & | |‘Alternative Annual Report 2011'. Click here | |

| |Indonesia | | | |

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

|(Luxembourg) | |21 May 2008 |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including ArcelorMittal. Click here | |

|ArcelorMittal |Global |21 May 2008 |"In the wake of ArcelorMittal" - NGOs allege social, environmental abuses in India, |Yes |

|(Luxembourg) | | |Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, others. Click here | |

|ArcelorMittal |Ukraine & |7 Jan 2009 |NGO alleges ArcelorMittal using financial crisis as an excuse to demand subsidies and |Yes |

|(Luxembourg) |Kazakhstan | |delays in environmental measures. Click here | |

|ArcelorMittal |Bosnia & |27 May, 15 |Environmental NGOs say ArcelorMittal "continues" to destroy environment, risk people's |Yes |

|(Luxembourg) |Herzegovina, |Jul 2009 |lives and displace communities in seven countries. Click here | |

| |Czech Republic, | | | |

| |India, | | | |

| |Kazakhstan, | | | |

| |Liberia, | | | |

| |Romania, South | | | |

| |Africa | | | |

|Archer Daniels Midland |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |

|(USA) | |2006 |institute (PERI): ADM in top 10. Click here | |

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

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

|Archer Daniels Midland |Côte d'Ivoire |7 Mar 2012 |"Bloody Valentine: Child Slavery in Ivory Coast's Cocoa Fields". Click here |Yes |

|(USA) | | | | |

|Archer Daniels Midland |Global |12 Sep 2012 |Oxfam report raises concerns about impacts of Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill & |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Louis Dreyfus trading activities on small farmers in poor countries, their access to | |

| | | |land & impact on women. Click here | |

|Area |Middle East |7 Dec 2011 |Human Rights First says companies providing surveillance technology to oppressive |Yes |

|(Italy) | | |regimes in the Middle East contribute to human rights abuses. Click here | |

|Areva |Niger |8 Aug 2007 |Tuareg spokesman says mining by Areva causing social & environmental damage - also |Yes |

|(France) | | |alleges discrimination. Click here | |

|Areva |India |22 Dec 2010 |Villagers protest potential environmental impacts of Jaitapur nuclear power project - |Yes |

|(France) | | |plant being developed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), reactors | |

| | | |provided by Areva. Click here | |

|Areva |Niger |18 July 2012 |Allegations of catastrophic social and environmental impact of Areva’s mining operations|Yes |

|(France) | | |across Africa. Click here | |

|Areva |Africa |22 Aug 2012 |Local populations pay the price for Areva's operations in Africa, says Eva Lacoste - |Yes |

|(France) | | |raises environmental, health & social concerns. Click here | |

|Areva |Niger |5 Sep 2012 |Areva criticised by “health observatory” in Niger. Click here [Only in French] |Yes |

|(France) | | | | |

|Areva |Niger |1 May 2013 |Partnership between Niger and Areva is unbalanced according to students protesting |Yes |

|(France) | | |against company & national coordinator of Publish What You Pay. Click here [Only in | |

| | | |French] | |

|Areva |Niger |27 Nov 2013 |Govt. urged to secure deal that allows its people to benefit from uranium mining, amid |Yes |

|(France) | | |criticisms by NGOs of opacity of negotiations with Areva. Click here (only in French) | |

|ArgymakTransService |Kazakhstan |26 Sep 2012 |Human Rights Watch report documents abuses of oil workers’ labour rights at Ersai |No |

|(Kazakhstan) | | |Caspian Contractor LLC, KarazhanbasMunai JSC, and OzenMunaiGas. Click here | |

|Argos |Global |11 Jul 2007 |CAFOD calls on Argos to sign 12 "Golden Rules" to reduce harmful social & environmental |Yes |

|(UK) | | |impacts of gold mining. Click here | |

|Armenian-Russian Mining |Armenia |24 Nov 2010 |Residents concerned over health, environmental impacts of Armenian-Russian Mining |Yes |

|Company | | |Company's planned uranium project. Click here | |

|(Armenia) | | | | |

|Armenian Titanium |Armenia |10 Nov 2010 |NGO says local residents complain of respiratory problems linked to emissions from Pure |No |

|Production | | |Iron, Armenian Titanium Production factories. Click here | |

|(Armenia) | | | | |

|Arqiva |Iran |4 Jan 2012 |Human rights activists criticise satellite providers for enabling broadcasts of coerced |Yes |

|(UK) | | |confessions. Click here | |

|Arup |Kazakhstan |20 Feb 2013 |NGO issues rejoinder to companies’ responses to health & environmental concerns about |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Kok-Jailau ski resort construction. Click here | |

|Asda |Bangladesh, |25 Apr 2007 |ActionAid says women working for suppliers to UK supermarkets, including Asda, locked |No |

|(UK) |Costa Rica, | |into dangerous conditions, "appallingly" low pay. Click here | |

| |India | | | |

|Ascendant Copper |Ecuador |8 Jun 2005 |Junín mine: DECOIN (Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag), Friends of the Earth, |Yes |

|(Canada/USA) | | |Mining Watch Canada file OECD Guidelines complaint raising social & environmental | |

| | | |concerns. Click here | |

|Ascendant Copper |Ecuador |8, 15, 21 Nov|NGOs allege company complicity in police raide on home of leader for local environmental|Yes |

|(Canada/USA) | |2006 |group DECOIN (Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag) – ongoing concern for his | |

| | | |safety. Click here | |

|Asia Pacific Resources |Thailand |3 Aug 2006 |Proposed Asia Pacific Potash mine – Suwit Kularbwong and other villagers opposing the |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |mine report threats; environmental concerns raised. Click here | |

|Asia World Company |Burma |25 Nov 2009 |Kachin Development Networking Group calls for stop to Irrawaddy dam project (joint |Yes |

|(Burma) | | |venture between China Power Investment, Asia World Company and the State Peace and | |

| | | |Development Council of the Burmese military government), due to major human rights, | |

| | | |environmental impacts. Click here | |

|Associated British Foods |Global |13 Mar 2013 |Oxfam launches campaign: “Behind the Brands - Food Justice and the 'Big 10' Food and |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Beverage Companies". Click here | |

|Associated British Foods |Global |20 Nov 2013 |Oxfam calls on Associated British Foods & PepsiCo to follow Coca-Cola's lead in ensuring|Yes |

|(UK) | | |sugar in their supply chains does not lead to land grabs. Click here | |

|AstraZeneca |Global |23 Aug, |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |

|(UK) | |6 Sep, 8 Nov |including AstraZeneca - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |

| | |2006 | | |

|AstraZeneca |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |

|(UK) | | |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |

| | | |Click here | |

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

|(Turkey) | | |garment factories including Atateks supplying US brands & retailers. Click here | |

|AT&T |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labour groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |

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

|AT&T |USA & Dem. Rep. |23 May 2012 |Concerns raised over companies trying to undermine implementation of the US Dodd Frank |Yes |

|(USA) |of Congo | |1502 requiring companies to carry out supply chain due diligence on minerals sourced | |

| | | |from Dem. Rep. of Congo or adjoining countries. Click here | |

|AT&T |USA & Dem. Rep. |18 July 2012 |Electronics companies must break from US Chamber on conflict minerals", say NGOs. Click|No |

|(USA) |of Congo | |here | |

|AT&T |USA |21 Nov 2012 |Global Witness calls on electronics companies to issue public statements outlining their|Yes |

|(USA) | | |position on lawsuit filed by business associations against rules on "conflict minerals."| |

| | | |Click here | |

|Atis Systems |Global |2 Oct 2013 |German companies’ surveillance technology allegedly used in connection with human rights|Yes |

|(Germany) | | |abuses by authoritarian govts. Click here | |

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

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

|Atrium Underwriting |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |

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

|Auchan |Bangladesh |6 Nov 2013 |NGO Peuples Solidaires criticises Auchan’s refusal to contribute to support fund for |Yes |

|(France) | | |victims of textile factory collapse in Bangladesh. Click here (in French) | |

|Avgi Morris Carpenters |Israel / |17 Sep 2008 |Cases of employers' non-compliance with High Court ruling on Palestinian workers' |No |

|(Israel) |Occupied | |rights, including withholding pay, using work permits to "intimidate" workers. Click | |

| |Territories | |here | |

|AXA |Global |28 Jun 2006 |Amnesty International questions AXA about policy on investment in companies that produce|Yes |

|(France) | | |antipersonnel landmines. Click here | |

|AXA |Global |8 Feb 2012 |European financial institutions fuel food price volatility & hunger, says new report. |Yes |

|(France) | | |Click here | |

|Axpo |Ukraine |19 Jan 2011 |Axpo nominated for “Public Eye on Davos" award in “worst corporate offenses against |Yes |

|(Switzerland) | | |human rights and the environment” category. Click here | |

|Azercell/ TeliaSonera |Azerbaijan |23 May 2012 |Human rights concerns related to May 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. Click |Yes |

|(Azerbaijan) | | |here | |

|BAE Systems |USA / Armenia |24 Jun 2009 |Companies including BAE "likely lobbied" against US bill to name Turkey's killing of |No |

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

|BAE Systems |Bahrain |11 Sep 2013 |BAE Systems negotiating to sell 12 Typhoon fighter jets to Bahrain, despite the |Yes |

|(UK) | | |country's weak human rights record. Click here | |

|BAESA |Brazil |15 Jun 2005 |Barra Grande dam: Terra de Direitos and Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens file OECD |Yes |

|(Brazil) | | |Guidelines complaint raising social & environmental concerns. Click here | |

|Bahrain Airport Services |Bahrain |10 Aug 2011 |Over 2000 workers allegedly fired as punishment for participating in pro-democracy |Yes |

|(Bahrain) | | |protests, says to Human Rights Watch. Click here | |

|Bahrain National Gas |Bahrain |10 Aug 2011 |Over 2000 workers allegedly fired as punishment for participating in pro-democracy |No |

|Company | | |protests, says to Human Rights Watch. Click here | |

|(Bahrain) | | | | |

|Baishanlin |Guyana |5 Sep 2007 |Allegations of safety & labour abuses at Baishanlin’s wood processing factory. Click |Yes |

|(China) | | |here | |

|Balfour Beatty |UK |18 Mar 2009 |More than 40 construction firms allegedly bought personal data on workers to blacklist |Yes |

|(UK) | | |job applicants, including details of trade union activities. Click here | |

|Banacol |Colombia |30 Mar 2011 |Accusations of complicity with army, paramilitaries in bringing vulnerable people from |Yes |

|(Colombia) | | |elsewhere to illegally occupy displaced Afro-Colombians' land. Click here | |

| | | |Click here [in Spanish] | |

|Banagas |Bahrain |10 Aug 2011 |Over 2000 workers allegedly fired as punishment for participating in pro-democracy |No |

|(Bahrain) | | |protests, says to Human Rights Watch. Click here | |

|Bangladesh Ship Breakers |Bangladesh |4 Nov 2009 |"Where Ships and Workers Go to Die - Shipbreaking in Bangladesh" report by Natl. Labor |No |

|Association | | |Committee. Click here | |

|(Bangladesh) | | | | |

|Banorte |Mexico |3 May 2006 |Transgender woman alleges that Banorte cancelled her bank account because she is a |No |

|(Mexico) | | |"travesti" (transvestite). Click here | |

|Banco Castilla-La Mancha |Paraguay |17 Apr 2013 |Survival Intl. says construction firm Carlos Casado (part of Grupo San José) is |No |

|(Spain) | | |threatening survival of indigenous group & calls on investors to take action. Click here| |

|Banco Espirito Santo |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |No |

|(Portugal) | |Nov, 23 Nov |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |

| | |2005 | | |

|Banco Espirito Santo |Mexico |18 Jan 2012 |Social organisations condemn human rights abuses at Demex wind project financed by a |No |

|(Portugal) | | |group of banks. Click here [only Spanish] | |

|Banco Espirito Santo |Mexico |1 Feb 2012 |Abuses around wind farm project in Mexico. Click here [only Spanish] |Yes |

|(Portugal) | | | | |

|Bank of America |Global |17 Oct 2012 |Tax Justice Network alleges 16 banks aid the rich to avoid taxes, leading to the flow of|No |

|(USA) | | |capital out of developing countries. Click here | |

|Bank of America |USA |30 Jan 2013 |Chicago Mayor writes to TD Bank, Bank of America urging them to push gun firms that they|No |

|(USA) | | |have major investments in to support military weapons ban. Click here | |

|Bank of China |China |31 Aug 2011 |NGOs' report rates banks on environmental responsibility in lending. Click here |No |

|(China) | | | | |

|Bank of Communications |China |31 Aug 2011 |NGOs' report rates banks on environmental responsibility in lending. Click here |No |

|(China) | | | | |

|Banro (Canada) |DRC |26 Sep 2012 |Artisanal miners protest against Banro mine – police shoot at them, severely injuring 3.|Yes |

| | | |Click here (only available in French) | |

|Barclays |Zimbabwe |31 Jan 2007 |Opponents of President Mugabe say loans to govt. are “insult” to victims of human rights|Yes |

|(UK) | | |abuses. Click here | |

|Barclays |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Barclays, to withhold further loans|Yes |

|(UK) | | |from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud | |

| | | |volcano disaster. Click here | |

|Barclays |Zimbabwe |14 Nov 2007 |Barclays accused of lending to govt. ministers on international blacklist. Click here |Yes |

|(UK) | | | | |

|Barclays |Global |18 Jan 2012 |Barclays one of the 6 companies nominated for "Public Eye Awards" for the "worst cases |Yes |

|(UK) | | |of contempt for the environment and human rights". Click here | |

|Barclays |Global |8 Feb 2012 |European financial institutions fuel food price volatility & hunger, says new report. |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Click here | |

|Barclays |Global |3 Oct 2012 |Tax Justice Network alleges 16 banks aid the rich to avoid taxes, leading to the flow of|Yes |

|(UK) | | |capital out of developing countries. Click here | |

|Barclays |Uganda |12 Dec 2012 |Petition urges Barclays & Citibank to publicly condemn Uganda's anti-gay legislation. |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Click here | |

|Barclays |Africa |11 Dec 2013 |ActionAid report accuses Barclays of promoting use of tax havens to businesses in Africa|Yes |

|(UK) | | |& failing to contribute to responsible investment & sustainable development. Click here| |

|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |19 Nov 2008 |Report says tax evasion by mining companies leading to negative social impacts. Click |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |here | |

|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |11 Mar 2009 |Shootings by police at Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Dec & Jan leave 2 dead. Click |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |here | |

|Barrick Gold |Papua New Guinea|17 Jun, 22 |Alleged forced evictions and housing demolition by police at Barrick's Porgera site. |Yes |

|(Canada) | |Jul 2009 |Click here. | |

|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |16 Dec 2009 |Study alleges leakages from AngloGold Ashanti & Barrick Gold mines have led to |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |contamination of water sources. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Papua New Guinea|10 Feb 2010 |Amnesty Intl. report on police violence, illegal evictions near Barrick Gold mine - says|Yes |

|(Canada) | | |company "failed to respond adequately" when it became aware of police activity. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |8 Jun 2011 |Security guards at Barrick mine accused of wanton violence & killings, preventing |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |families from holding burial services for dead. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Argentina |29 Jun 2011 |Social organizations file OECD Guidelines complaint against Barrick Gold over Pascua |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |Lama mining project - concerns include impacts on water, air, health. Click here | |

| | | |Click here [in Spanish] | |

|Barrick Gold |Argentina/Chile |14 Dec 2011 |NGOs submit "Equator Principles Due Diligence Review" to financial institutions |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |re Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama project. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Africa |22 Feb 2012 |John Capel of Bench Marks Foundation in So. Africa criticises "African Mining Indaba" |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |conference for excluding civil society. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Papua New Guinea|29 Feb 2012 |Local landowners demand "urgent resettlement" of communities away from Barrick Gold's |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |Porgera Mine over alleged health hazards, abuses by mine security, other concerns. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |20 Mar 2013 |Two die in clashes with guards & police after villagers "invade" African Barrick Gold |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |mine, allegedly to steal gold sand, according to police. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold |Papua New Guinea|17 Apr 2013 |MiningWatch raises further concerns re whether remedy programme for rape victims at |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |Barrick Gold's Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea complies with human rights norms. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|Barrick Gold (Canada) |Papua New Guinea|31 Jul 2013 |Barrick Gold's procedure for rape victims in Papua New Guinea mine that requires them to|Yes |

| | | |sign legal waivers sets harmful precedent, say NGOs. Click here | |

|Barrick Gold (Canada) |Global |14 Aug 2013 |SOMO report examines records of 8 extractive companies on human rights & tax avoidance. |Yes |

| | | |Click here | |

|Barrick Gold (Canada) |Papua New Guinea|25 Sep 2013 |Local organizations respond to United Nations statement on Barrick Gold's Porgera mine |Yes |

| | | |remedy framework for rape victims. Click here | |

|Barry Callebaut |Côte d'Ivoire |7 Mar 2012 |"Bloody Valentine: Child Slavery in Ivory Coast's Cocoa Fields". Click here |Yes |

|(Switzerland) | | | | |

|BASF |Global |11 Dec 2013 |10 companies with "worst corporate social responsibility records" nominated for 2014 |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |Public Eye Awards. Click here | |

|Batelco |Bahrain |10 Aug 2011 |Over 2000 workers allegedly fired as punishment for participating in pro-democracy |Yes |

|(Bahrain) | | |protests, says to Human Rights Watch. Click here | |

|Bavaria (Colombia) |Colombia |29 Aug 2012 |Unions allege labour abuses at Bavaria, part of SabMiller. Click here (only in Spanish) |Yes |

|Bayer |India |20 Jun 2007 |NGO report says Bayer are taking steps to address child labour in cotton production but |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |still have "much more" to do. Click here | |

|Bayer |India |17 Oct 2007 |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |Yes |

|(Germany) | | | | |

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

|(Germany) | |7 May 2008 |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including Bayer. Click here | |

|Bayer |India |28 Apr 2010 |Doctors Without Borders says pharmaceutical firms "chipping away" at laws that protect |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |access to medicines. Click here | |

|Bayer |India |18 Apr 2012 |NGO coalition alleges fatalities as a result of Bayer's clinical trials. Click here |Yes |

|(Germany) | | | | |

|Bayer |Global |26 Jun 2013 |Coalition against Bayer Dangers says Bayer's coal imports contribute to negative social |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |& environmental impacts in China, Colombia, Russia, USA. Click here | |

|Bayer |Global |11 Dec 2013 |10 companies with "worst corporate social responsibility records" nominated for 2014 |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |Public Eye Awards. Click here | |

|Bayer CropScience |UK |30 May 2012 |Pesticide leak from former Bayer CropScience facility sparks health fears over homes to |Yes |

|(Germany) | | |be built by Harrow Estates. Click here | |

|Bayer CropScience |India |18 Sep 2013 |Report examines use of child labour & low wages in hybrid vegetable seed farms supplying|Yes |

|(Germany) | | |Nunhems & Bejo Sheetal. Click here | |

|BEIL (Bharuch Enviro |India |1 Apr 2009 |"Too hot to handle?" – Article says firms mishandling toxic industrial waste. Click |Yes |

|Infrastructure Ltd) | | |here | |

|(India) | | | | |

|Bejo Sheetal |India |18 Sep 2013 |Report examines use of child labour & low wages in hybrid vegetable seed farms supplying|No |

|(India) | | |Nunhems & Bejo Sheetal. Click here | |

|Bell Pottinger (UK) |Bahrain |12 Dec 2012 |"PR Watch" initiative raises concerns about PR firms' work in connection with Bahrain |No |

| | | |Govt., given the govt's human rights record. Click here | |

|Benetton |Bangladesh |8 May 2013 |Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh; over 1100 dead. Click here |Yes |

|(Italy) | | | | |

|Beowulf Mining |Sweden |11 Jan 2011 |Indigenous Saami communities claim Beowulf Mining is not respecting their human righs to|No |

|(UK) | | |participate in negotiations over mining activities that affect their customary lands. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Berkshire Hathaway |India |17 Apr 2013 |Civil society groups write to POSCO investors, raising concerns over steel plant project|No |

|(USA) | | |in Odisha, India, including displacement, violence against protestors. Click here | |

|Berkshire Hathaway |India |7 Aug 2013 |"The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project". |No |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|Bestec |China |10 Jan, 7 Mar|Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |

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

| | | |Click here | |

|Best Western |South Africa |16 Jun 2010 |Call for international hotel chains to report on their actions to prevent human |Yes |

|(UK) | | |trafficking at the World Cup in South Africa, including Best Western. Click here | |

|Bezeq |Israel/Occupied |30 Mar 2011 |NGOs say Bezeq provides telecom service to illegal Israeli settlements that "violate |No |

|(Israel) |Territories | |human rights of Palestinians". | |

| | | |Click here | |

|Bezeq |Israel/Occupied |20 Apr 2011 |BT response to rejoinder regarding alleged complicity with Israel’s breaches of intl. |No |

|(Israel) |Territories | |law & human rights. Click here | |

|BGR Group (USA) |Bahrain |12 Dec 2012 |"PR Watch" initiative raises concerns about PR firms' work in connection with Bahrain |No |

| | | |Govt., given the govt's human rights record. Click here | |

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

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

|BHP Billiton |Peru |2 Mar 2005 |Harm to environment & livelihoods from Tintaya mine outweigh any benefits, says |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |Christian Aid report, “Unearthing the Truth”. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Botswana |30 Mar 2005 |BHP Billiton exploring for diamonds in Kalahari reserve without Bushmen’s consent, |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |according to Survival International. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Suriname |10 Jan 2007 |Indigenous peoples NGOs’ submission to UN Special Representative raises social & |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |environmental concerns about Bakhuys project. Click here | |

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

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

|BHP Billiton |Global |12, 19 Dec |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including BHP |Yes |

|(Australia) | |2007 |Billiton, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Global |12 Nov 2008 |London Mining Network says BHP Billiton failed to respond to social & environmental |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |concerns at annual meeting - cases from Philippines, Indonesia, Guatemala, Colombia. | |

| | | |Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Philippines |12 Nov 2008 |CAFOD report on impact of proposed BHP Billiton, AMCOR project on local livelihoods & |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |environment. Click here | |

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

|(Australia) | | |production". Click here | |

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

|(Australia) | | |Billiton declined to comment further. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Global |11 Nov 2009 |London Mining Network publishes "alternative report" to BHP Billiton's annual report - |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |concerns over impacts on environment, indigenous peoples, human rights in Asia-Pacific, | |

| | | |Americas, So. Africa. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Australia, |28 Jan 2012 |London Mining Network & Friends of the Earth releases BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy |Yes |

|(Australia) |Colombia & | |‘Alternative Annual Report 2011', raising concerns about access to labour and water | |

| |Indonesia | |rights due to company operations. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Colombia |31 Oct 2012 |Leader of Colombian community calls for compensation from BHP Billiton over |Yes |

|(Australia) | | |displacement. Click here | |

|BHP Billiton |Global |27 Nov 2013 |Commentary calls on BHP Billiton to take on active & responsible leadership on climate |No |

|(Australia) | | |change. Click here | |

|Big Tent Communications |Bahrain |12 Dec 2012 |"PR Watch" initiative raises concerns about PR firms' work in connection with Bahrain |Yes |

|(UK) | | |Govt., given the govt's human rights record. Click here | |

|Bionexx (Madagascar) |Madagascar |3 Oct 2012 |Bionexx re displacement of peasant families in Madagascar. Click here (only available in|Yes |

| | | |French) | |

|Bionor |Global |15 Jan 2014 |Intermón-Oxfam report provides key points for Spanish companies operating abroad to |No |

|(Spain) | | |respect human rights norms; alleges specifc human rights abuses. Click here | |

|BlackBerry |USA |18 July 2012 |Global Witness, Enough Project & others call on electronics & automotive firms to make |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |public statements against US Chamber of Commerce position on conflict minerals. Click | |

| | | |here | |

|BlackBerry (Canada) |USA |21 Nov 2012 |Global Witness calls on electronics companies to issue public statements outlining their|No |

| | | |position on lawsuit filed by business associations against rules on "conflict minerals."| |

| | | |Click here | |

|Blackfire Exploration |Mexico |15 Sep 2010 | |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |Canadian NGO delegation that visited area of Blackfire mine in Chiapas, Mexico found a | |

| | | |"community devastated by intimidation, violence, bad mining practices". Click here | |

| | | | | |

|Blackfire Exploration |Global |1 Feb 2012 |Natural resource companies bringing more arbitrations against govts. when they "seek to |Yes |

|(Canada) | | |increase benefits for their own people", says report. Click here | |

|BlackRock (USA) |India |17 Apr 2013 |Civil society groups write to POSCO investors, raising concerns over steel plant project|No |

| | | |in Odisha, India, including displacement, violence against protestors. Click here | |

|BlackRock (USA) |India |7 Aug 2013 |"The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project". |Yes |

| | | |Click here | |

|Blackwater |Global |30 Jan, 6 Feb|"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by Human |Yes |

|(USA) | |2008 |Rights First. Click here | |

|Blue Coat Systems |Middle East |7 Dec 2011 |Human Rights First says companies providing surveillance technology to oppressive |Yes |

|(USA) | | |regimes in the Middle East contribute to human rights abuses. Click here | |

|Blue Coat Systems |Iran, Syria |12 Jun 2013 |Blue Coat technology allegedly being used for censorship efforts in Syria, Iran. Click |Yes |

|(USA) | | |here | |

|Blue Mountain Group |Libya |6 Mar 2013 |Blue Mountain Group security guards on duty at US consulate in Libya during Sep 2012 |No |

|(UK) | | |attack allegedly poorly trained & screened. Click here | |

|Bluhmod |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|No |

|(Germany) | |Oct 2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |

| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including Bluhmod). Click here | |

|BNDES |Brazil |6 Nov 2013 |Report on human rights abuses in construction & renovation projects related to 2014 FIFA|Yes |

|(Brazil) | | |World Cup & 2016 Olympics. Click here | |

|BNDES |Brazil |8 Jan 2014 |Panel discussed role of BNDES in light of the UN Guiding Principles during 2nd UN Forum |Yes |

|(Brazil) | | |on Business and Human Rights. Click here | |

|BNP Paribas |Global |30 Jan, 6 |Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on anti-personnel mines & |Yes |

|(France) | |Feb, 23 Apr |cluster munitions. Click here | |

| | |2008 | | |

|BNP Paribas |Global |8 Feb 2012 |European financial institutions fuel food price volatility & hunger, says new report. |Yes |

|(France) | | |Click here | |

|BNP Paribas |Global |3 Oct 2012 |Tax Justice Network alleges 16 banks aid the rich to avoid taxes, leading to the flow of|Yes |

|(France) | | |capital out of developing countries. Click here | |

|BNY Mellon (USA) |India |10 Apr 2013 |Civil society groups write to POSCO investors, raising concerns over POSCO's steel plant|Yes |

| | | |project in Odisha, India (displacement, violence against protestors, other concerns). | |

| | | |Click here. | |

|BNY Mellon |India |7 Aug 2013 |"The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project". |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Click here | |

|Boehringer-Ingelheim |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |

|(Germany) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Boehringer-Ingelheim - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |

| | |2006 | | |

|Boeing (USA) |USA |5 Dec 2012 |Global Witness calls on electronics companies to issue public statements outlining their|No |

| | | |position on lawsuit filed by business associations against rules on "conflict minerals."| |

| | | |Click here | |

|Boeing (USA) |USA |19 Dec 2012 |Global Witness issues new call for more companies to clarify positions on conflict |Yes |

| | | |minerals lawsuit. Click here | |

|Bon-Ton Stores |Cambodia |1 May 2013 |NGOs allege violence & illegal dismissal of unionised workers at E-Garment factory, |No |

|(USA) | | |owned by Yee Tung and supplying major intl. brands. Click here | |

|Bonmarché |Bangladesh |8 May 2013 |Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh; over 1100 dead. Click here |Yes |

|(UK) | | | | |

|Boss Mining (ENRC) |DRC |18 Apr 2012 |Report accuses mining companies in Katanga (DRC) of negative impacts such as relocation,|Yes |

|(Kazakhstan) | | |land grabbing and violence Click here | |

|BP |West Papua/ |16 Feb 2005 |BP Tangguh natural gas project failing to meet its human rights commitments, say 300 |Yes |

|(UK) |Indonesia | |stakeholders in letter to BP’s CEO. Click here | |

|BP |Turkey |6 Apr, 13 Apr|Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline construction associated with human rights abuses, including|Yes |

|(UK) | |2005 |violation of international fair trial standards, says report by Corner House, Friends of| |

| | | |the Earth, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Environmental Defense. Click here | |

|BP |USA |24 Nov 2010 |Health problems of residents, fishermen, cleanup workers allegedly linked to dispersants|Yes |

|(UK) | | |used by BP following Gulf oil spill. Click here | |

|BP |USA |19 Jan 2011 |BP nominated for “Public Eye on Davos" award in “worst corporate offenses against human |Yes |

|(UK) | | |rights and the environment” category. Click here | |

|BP |Turkey |16 Mar 2011 |NGOs say OECD Guidelines UK National Contac Point ruling places BP in breach of its loan|Yes |

|(UK) | | |agreements. Click here | |

|BP |USA |27 Apr 2011 |One year after Deepwater Horizon explosion, experts say impact of oil spill on health & |Yes |

|(UK) | | |environment is “catastrophic”, will last decades. Click here | |

|BP |Global |22 Feb 2012 |NGO concerns over oil industry lobbying against Section 1504 of US Dodd-Frank Act on |Yes |

|(UK) | | |disclosure of payments to governments. Click here | |

|BP |Azerbaijan |14 Nov 2012 |Report reveals negative environmental & health impacts of petroleum industry. Click here|Yes |

|(UK) | | | | |

|BP |Global |27 Feb 2013 |Platform report: “Making a Killing: Oil Companies, Tax Avoidance and Subsidies”. Click |Yes |

|(UK) | | |here | |

|Brio |China |15 Jun 2005 |Swedwatch/Fair Trade Center report alleges poor working conditions at toy factories. |Yes |

|(Sweden) | | |Click here | |

|Bristol-Myers Squibb |Guatemala |13 Apr 2005 |Bristol-Myers Squibb supports intellectual property legislation that HIV/AIDS patients &|Yes |

|(USA) | | |NGOs such as Oxfam warn will restrict access to HIV/AIDS medicines. Click here | |

|Bristol-Myers Squibb |Global |23 Aug, |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |

|(USA) | |13 Sep, |including Bristol-Myers Squibb - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |

| | |8 Nov 2006 | | |

|Bristol-Myers Squibb |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|No |

|(USA) | | |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |

| | | |Click here | |

|British American Tobacco |Global |4 May 2005 |British American Tobacco has used its corporate responsibility efforts to resist |Yes |

|(UK) | | |international health laws to curb smoking, says report by Friends of the Earth, | |

| | | |Christian Aid, ASH. Click here | |

|BT |Israel/ Occupied|30 Mar 2011 |NGOs urge BT to "disconnect" from Bezeq – say it provides telecom service to illegal |Yes |

|(UK) |Territories | |Israeli settlements that "violate human rights of Palestinians". Click here | |

|BT |Israel/Occupied |20 Apr 2011 |Rejoinder to BT response regarding alleged complicity with Israel’s breaches of intl. |Yes |

|(UK) |Territories | |law & human rights. Click here | |

|BUCC |Guyana |5 Sep 2007 |Allegations of safety & labour abuses at wood processing factory co-owned by BUCC. |Yes |

|(China) | | |Click here | |

|Bunge |Global |12 Sep 2012 |Oxfam report raises concerns about impacts of Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill & |Yes |

|(USA) | | |Louis Dreyfus trading activities on small farmers in poor countries, their access to | |

| | | |land & impact on women. Click here | |

|Bunge |Brazil |24 Jul 2013 |Survival Intl. petition calling on Bunge to stop buying sugarcane produced in ancestral |Yes |

|(USA) | | |lands of the Guarani tribe; says indigenous people were evicted and now live in | |

| | | |appalling conditions. Click here | |

|Burger King |USA |16 Apr 2008 |Coalition of Immokalee Workers calls on Burger King to support better living & working |Yes |

|(USA) | | |conditions for tomato pickers. Click here | |

|Business and Social |Bangladesh |20 Jun 2012 |Institute for Global Labour & Human Rights calls on major fashion brands to stop |Yes |

|Compliance Initiative | | |beatings & imprisonment of workers in supply chain. Click here | |

|(BSCI) | | | | |

|Business Roundtable (USA) |USA |9 Jan 2013 |Global Witness issues new call for more companies to clarify positions on conflict |Yes |

| | | |minerals lawsuit. Click here | |

|BYD |China |14 Jul 2010 |Coalition of Chinese NGOs issues report alleging IT brands are using suppliers who |Yes |

|(China) | | |pollute China's water bodies with heavy metals; update criticises companies for | |

| | | |non-responsiveness. Click here | |

|BYD |India |24 Nov 2010 |Cividep raises concerns about working conditions in mobile phone manufacturing plants in|No |

|(China) | | |Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Click here | |

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