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Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns
(10 Feb 2005 – 24 Dec 2008)
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. Any company that has not yet responded is welcome to do so at anytime.
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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 80% 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 separately.
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|Company |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 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |
|(Sweden) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Abbott |Global |30 May 2007 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility report says Abbott Labs faces risks over |Yes |
|Laboratories | | |access to medicines - recommends adopting human rights-based approach. Click here | |
|(USA) | | | | |
|Abbott |Global |13 July 2005 |Médecins Sans Frontières says prices of essential new AIDS drugs in developing countries|Yes |
|Laboratories | | |are too high. Click here | |
|(USA) | | | | |
|Abbott Laboratories (USA) |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
| | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Abbott - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Abbott Laboratories (USA) |Global |29 Nov 2006 |Physicians for Social Justice (Nigeria) says companies’ responses to Interfaith Center |No |
| | | |on Corporate Responsibility report are a “cover” for their insufficient action to ensure| |
| | | |access to essential medicines. Click here | |
|Abbott Laboratories (USA) |Global |12, 19 Dec |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
| | |2007 |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |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 | |
|adidas (Germany) |Thailand |5 July 2006 |Thai Labour Campaign study says women making footballs earn “poverty wages”. Click here |Yes |
|adidas (Germany) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including adidas, to raise|Yes |
| | | |Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|adidas (Germany) |China |16 Apr 2008 |Allegations of rigged union election at Shunda factory, decline in working conditions |Yes |
| | | |since adidas acquired Reebok. Click here | |
|adidas (Germany) |China |16 Apr 2008 |Report by Sunday Times (UK) alleges labour abuses at adidas suppliers in Fuzhou, |Yes |
| | | |including Shunda factory. Click here | |
|ADM |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 | |
|ADM |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 | |
|Aegis |Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by Human |Yes |
|(UK) | | |Rights First. 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 | |
|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 | |
|Aguas Claras |Chile |20 Feb, 5 Mar|Conflict between Aguas Claras and its workers over labour conditions. Click here |Yes |
|(Chile) | |2008 |[Spanish only] | |
|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 | |
|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 | |
|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 | |
|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) | | | | |
|Almedahls (Sweden) |India, Pakistan |2 May 2007 |SwedWatch report reveals Swedish local govts. sourcing equipment & textiles for |No |
| | | |healthcare manufactured in poor working conditions in India, Pakistan. Providers include| |
| | | |Almedahls. Click here | |
|Alstom |Sudan |26 Apr 2006 |3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here |No |
|(France) | | | | |
|Alstom |Sudan |11 May 2006 |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 |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 | |
|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 | |
|AMCOR |Philippines |12 Nov 2008 |CAFOD report on impact of proposed BHP Billiton, AMCOR project on local livelihoods & |No |
|(Philippines) | | |environment. Click here | |
|Amazon |Global |30 Nov 2006 |BBC reports that third-party seller on Amazon is selling “tour guide for paedophiles”. |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Click here | |
|Anchor |Cambodia |7 Jun 2006 |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |No |
|(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 (UK) |Global |18 Jul 2007 |Report by Reuters examines HIV/AIDS in the mining industry. Includes comments on |Yes |
| | | |prevention efforts of Anglo American. Click here | |
|Anglo American (UK) |Global |15 Aug 2007 |War on Want report alleges Anglo American "profits from abuse, murders". Click here |Yes |
|Anglo American (UK) |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including Anglo |Yes |
| | | |American, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |15 Jun 2005 |Communities raise concerns about environmental & health impacts of mining operations. |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |18 Jan 2006 |Concerns about police violence near Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti mining concessions (Ghana|Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |News Agency). | |
| | | |Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |26 Jul 2006 |BBC report alleges multinational mining firms including AngloGold Ashanti "prepared to |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |use extreme violence to protect their property". Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |18 Oct 2006 |ActionAid report alleges AngloGold Ashanti operations exacerbate poverty, harm health & |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |environment in Obuasi. Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |AngloGold Ashanti, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Ghana |4 Jun 2008 |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |abuses by the military. Click here | |
|AngloGold Ashanti |Tanzania |19 Nov 2008 |Report says tax evasion by mining companies leading to negative social impacts. Click |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |here | |
|Anglo Platinum (South |South Africa |18 Jul 2007 |Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North West Province owned by |Yes |
|Africa) | | |companies including Anglo Platinum putting workers' & communities' health at risk. Click| |
| | | |here | |
|Anglo Platinum (South |South Africa |15 Oct 2008 |Local leader claims Anglo Platinum plan to construct dam on community land will destroy |Yes |
|Africa) | | |cultural heritage. 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 (Australia) |Dem. Rep. of |8 Jun, 24 |Rights & Accountability in Development raises concerns over alleged involvement of Anvil|Yes |
| |Congo |Aug, |Mining in army clampdown that left over 100 dead. Click here | |
| | |5 Oct, 2 Nov | | |
| | |2005 | | |
|ANZ |Philippines |29 Oct 2008 |Oxfam Australia says Philippines mine bankrolled by ANZ destroys local people's |Yes |
|(Australia) | | |livelihoods. 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) | | | | |
|AquaChile (Chile) |Chile |12 Jul 2006 |Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon industry, including workplace |Yes |
| | | |deaths. Click here | |
|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) | | | | |
|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 2208 |"In the wake of ArcelorMittal" - NGOs allege social, environmental abuses in India, |Yes |
|(Luxembourg) | | |Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, others. 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 | |
|Areva |Niger |8 Aug 2007 |Tuareg spokesman says mining by Areva causing social & environmental damage - also |Yes |
|(France) | | |alleges discrimination. 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 |NGOs allege company complicity in police raide on home of leader for local environmental|Yes |
|(Canada/USA) | |Nov 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 | |
|AstraZeneca (UK) |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
| | |Sep, 8 Nov |including AstraZeneca - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|AstraZeneca (UK) |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
| | | |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 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |
|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Atos Origin (France) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Atos Origin, to |Yes |
| | | |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 | |
|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 | |
|Baishanlin (China) |Guyana |5 Sep 2007 |Allegations of safety & labour abuses at Baishanlin’s wood processing factory. Click |Yes |
| | | |here | |
|Banorte (Mexico) |Mexico |3 May 2006 |Transgender woman alleges that Banorte cancelled her bank account because she is a |No |
| | | |"travesti" (transvestite). | |
| | | |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 | |
|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 | | |
|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) | | | | |
|Barrick Gold |Tanzania |19 Nov 2008 |Report says tax evasion by mining companies leading to negative social impacts. Click |Yes |
|(Canada) | | |here | |
|Bayer (Germany) |India |20 Jun 2007 |NGO report says Bayer are taking steps to address child labour in cotton production but |Yes |
| | | |still have "much more" to do. Click here | |
|Bayer (Germany) |India |17 Oct 2007 |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |Yes |
|Bayer (Germany) |USA |30 April, |"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. of|Yes |
| | |7 May 2008 |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including Bayer. Click here | |
|Bestec |China |10 Jan, 7 Mar|Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
| | |2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. | |
| | | |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 (Australia) |Suriname |10 Jan 2007 |Indigenous peoples NGOs’ submission to UN Special Representative raises social & |Yes |
| | | |environmental concerns about Bakhuys project. Click here | |
|BHP Billiton (Australia) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including BHP Billiton, to|No |
| | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|BHP Billiton (Australia) |Global |12, 19 Dec |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including BHP |Yes |
| | |2007 |Billiton, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|BHP Billiton (Australia) |Global |12 Nov 2008 |London Mining Network says BHP Billiton failed to respond to social & environmental |Yes |
| | | |concerns at annual meeting - cases from Philippines, Indonesia, Guatemala, Colombia. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|BHP Billiton (Australia) |Philippines |12 Nov 2008 |CAFOD report on impact of proposed BHP Billiton, AMCOR project on local livelihoods & |Yes |
| | | |environment. 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 | |
|Bluhmod (Germany) |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|No |
| | |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 | |
|BNP Paribas (France) |Global |30 Jan, 6 |Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on anti-personnel mines & |Yes |
| | |Feb, 23 Apr |cluster munitions. Click here | |
| | |2008 | | |
|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 | | |
|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 | |
|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, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Bristol-Myers Squibb - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |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 | |
|BUCC |Guyana |5 Sep 2007 |Allegations of safety & labour abuses at wood processing factory co-owned by BUCC. Click|Yes |
|(China) | | |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 | |
|Calyon |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola’s |Yes |
|(France) | |Nov 2005 |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
|Carlsberg (Denmark) |Cambodia |7 June 2006 |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |Yes |
| | | |conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here | |
|Carlsberg (Denmark) |China |18 Apr 2007 |CCTV footage shows joint-venture involving Carlsberg polluting local water supplies. |Yes |
| | | |Click here | |
|Carrefour (France) |Bangladesh |11 May 2005 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |– Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working| |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|Carrefour (France) |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|Yes |
| | |Oct 2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |
| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including Carrefour). Click here | |
|Carrefour (France) |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |
| | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Caterpillar (USA) |Israel/ Occupied|23 Mar 2005 |Bulldozers used by Israeli army for destroying homes & trees, causing homelessness & |Yes |
| |Territories | |poverty, according to report by War on Want & letter from UN Special Rapporteur on the | |
| | | |right to food. Click here | |
|Catlin |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |
|(Bermuda) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Cermaq (Norway) |Chile |12 Jul 2006 |Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon industry, including workplace |Yes |
| | | |deaths. Click here | |
|Chevron |Ecuador |10 Sep 2008 |Commentary on Chevron's stance in Ecuador environmental lawsuit, by Daniel Taillant |Yes |
|(USA) | | |(Center for Human Rights & Environment - Argentina). Click here | |
|Chevron |Ecuador |23 Mar 2005 |Shareholder resolution by Amnesty USA & others requests Chevron to prepare report on its|Yes |
|(USA) | | |initiatives to address health & environmental concerns where Texaco operated in Ecuador.| |
| | | |Click here | |
|Chevron |Chad/ |7 Sep & 21 |Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, |Yes |
|(USA) |Cameroon |Sep 2005 |Petronas are “contracting out” of their human rights obligations. Click here | |
|Chevron |Dem. Rep. of |10 Oct 2007 |Community group concerned about toxic waste that Chevron buried between 1986-1990 & |Yes |
|(USA) |Congo | |recently excavated. Click here | |
|Chevron |Ecuador |6 Aug 2008 |Chevron responds to Newsweek article on lobbying US Govt. to cut Ecuador trade |Yes |
|(USA) | | |preferences over toxic waste lawsuit. Click here | |
|China Power Investment |Burma |20 Feb 2008 |Construction of Myitsone dam (China Power Investment, Burmese Govt.) begins - concerns |No |
|(China) | | |of extortion & abuse of villagers by army. Click here | |
|China Road & Bridge (CRBC)|Rep. of Congo |22 May 2007 |Congolese workers at Chinese cement factory allege labour abuses including nationality |Yes |
|(China) | | |discrimination, denial of freedom of association. Click here | |
|Chiquita |Colombia |12 Nov 2008 |NGO says Chiquita's political connections in Colombia & USA contribute to stalling of |Yes |
|(USA) | | |case against firm for payments to paramilitaries. Click here | |
|Cicam (Cameroon) |Cameroon |9 Aug 2006 |Residents of Douala accuse Cicam & other firms of chemical pollution of their |No |
| | | |neighbourhood. Click here | |
|Cimpor (Portugal) |Mozambi-que |19 Jul 2006 |Cimpor cement factory says high dust pollution is due to filter damage caused by local |No |
| | | |electricity company - environmentalists say factory could do more. Click here | |
|Cintas |Global |9, 23 Jul |"Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying US state uniforms source from |Yes |
|(USA) | |2008 |firms "engaged in serious human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include | |
| | | |Cintas. Click here | |
|Clarks |China |31 Aug, |Global textiles union (ITGLWF) accuses Kingmaker Footwear of labour abuses & cover-up to|Yes |
|(UK) | |7 Sep 2005 |mislead workplace monitors – supplies Clarks & Skechers. Click here | |
|CMT-Windfield (France) |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|No |
| | |Oct 2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |
| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including CMT-Windfield). Click here | |
|Coca-Cola (USA) |India |24 Aug 2005 |India Resource Center says over 1500 people from communities in Tamil Nadu hold a |Yes |
| | | |protest against proposed plant of Coca-Cola franchisee, over concerns it will further | |
| | | |exacerbate water scarcity in Gangaikondan village. Click here | |
|Coca-Cola (USA) |India, Colomba, |26 July, 2 |TIAA-CREF divests from Coca-Cola after its removal from KLD Broad Market Social Index |Yes |
| |USA |Aug 2006 |over worker rights in Colombia, water issues in India, health issues. Click here | |
|Coca-Cola (USA) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Coca-Cola, to |Yes |
| | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Coca-Cola (USA) |Colombia |8 Oct 2008 |Excerpt of new book alleging bottling plants supplying Coca-Cola are linked with |Yes |
| | | |killings of trade unionists. Click here | |
|Coca-Cola FEMSA |Mexico |7 Sep 2005 |Roberto Mendoza, senior manager at Coca-Cola’s Mexican bottler, accuses the company of |Yes |
|(Mexico) | | |firing him because he is gay. Click here. | |
|Coca-Cola FEMSA |Mexico |1 Feb 2006 |Rejoinder by Roberto Mendoza to Coca-Cola’s first response regarding alleged sexual |Yes |
|(Mexico) | | |orientation discrimination. Click here | |
|Commerzbank (Germany) |Angola |12 Oct, 16 & |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |No |
| | |23 Nov 2005 |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
|ConocoPhillips (USA) |USA |24 May 2005 |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|No |
| | | |institute (PERI): ConocoPhillips in top 10. Click here | |
|ConocoPhillips (USA) |USA |15 & 22 Aug |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |No |
| | |2007 |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a | |
| | | |ConocoPhillips oil refinery, are responsible. Click here | |
|Coop |China |15 Jun 2005 |Swedwatch/Fair Trade Center report alleges poor working conditions at toy factories. |Yes |
|(Sweden) | | |Click here | |
|Corus |UK |17 May 2006 |EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, including Corus. Click here |No |
|(UK) | | | | |
|Cotton Group (Belgium) |Bangladesh |11 May 2005 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |- Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working| |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|Crédit Agricole |Global |30 Jan 2008 |Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on anti-personnel mines & |Yes |
|(France) | | |cluster munitions. Click here | |
|Credit Suisse |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Credit Suisse, to withhold further |Yes |
|(Switzerland) | | |loans from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo| |
| | | |mud volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Crescent Security |Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by Human |Yes |
|(Kuwait) | | |Rights First. Click here | |
|Crew Gold |Philippines |7 & 14 Feb |Report by coalition of indigenous, environmental, human rights & religious groups finds |Yes |
|(UK) | |2007 |mining in Philippines is “destructive” of environment & livelihoods. Click here | |
|Cummins |USA |22 Aug 2007 |Union report accuses Cummins of violating workers' basic labour rights. Click here |Yes |
|(USA) | | | | |
|Custer Battles |Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by Human |No |
|(USA) | | |Rights First. Click here | |
|CWE (China International |Sudan |26 Apr, 17 |3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here |Yes |
|Water & Electric) | |May 2006 | | |
|(China) | | | | |
|Daewoo International |Burma |13 Dec 2006 |Earthrights Intl. calls on sponsors of Shwe gas pipeline to conduct environmental & |No |
|(Korea) | | |human rights impact assessments; 15 Korean NGOs raise concerns about project. Click here| |
|De Beers |Botswana |29 Oct 2008 |Survival Intl. says De Beers returns to mine Central Kalahari Game Reserve while Bushmen|Yes |
|(So. Africa) | | |are still displaced. Click here | |
|Dell |China |10 Jan, 21 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
|(USA) | |Mar 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including Dell. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Delta Electronics (Taiwan)|China |10 & 17 Jan |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
| | |2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Deutsche Bank (Germany) |China |24 Aug 2005 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |Yes |
| | | |prison labour – says major banks, including Deutsche Bank, among its top shareholders. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Deutsche Bank (Germany) |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |Yes |
| | |Nov, 14 Dec |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
| | |2005 | | |
|Dexia |Global |18 Jan, 1 Feb|Major European banks have invested over $8 billion in “companies that abuse human |Yes |
|(Belgium) | |2006 |rights”, according to NGO report. Click here | |
|Diageo/ Guinness |Cameroon |2 & 23 Aug |Residents of Douala accuse Guinness & other firms of chemical pollution of their |Yes |
|(UK) | |2006 |neighbourhood. Click here | |
|Disney |China |28 Feb 2007 |800 lose jobs after Disney licensee ends contract with factory, following allegations of|Yes |
|(USA) | | |labour abuses. Click here | |
|Disney |China |22 Oct 2008 |Investigative report into working conditions in factories manufacturing products for |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Disney reveals numerous abuses. Click here [French only] | |
|DSM (Netherlands) |India |4 Jan 2006 |Times of India article says pharmaceutical plants poison ground water in Punjab village.|Yes |
| | | |Click here | |
|Doe Run |Peru |2 Mar 2005 |Production at La Oroya mine pollutes local area, provides few benefits to local |Yes |
|(USA) | | |residents, says Christian Aid report, “Unearthing the truth”. Click here | |
|Doe Run |Peru |15 Feb 2006 |Peruvian congressman accuses Doe Run of using townspeople of La Oroya to pressure |Yes |
|(USA) | | |government to approve delays in environmental protection measures. Click here | |
|Doe Run |Peru |25 Oct 2006 |Blacksmith Institute lists La Oroya (site of Doe Run smelter) as one of 10 “World’s |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Worst Polluted Places”. Click here | |
|Dole |Colombia |7 Mar 2007 |NGOs & unions allege widespread labour rights abuses at Dole flower plantations, |Yes |
|(USA) | | |including compulsory pregnancy tests, exposure to pesticides, excessive hours. Click | |
| | | |here | |
|Dow Chemical (USA) |USA, India |2 May 2007 |Amnesty USA calls for Securities & Exchange Commission to investigate Dow Chemical's |Yes |
| | | |disclosures to shareholders regarding Bhopal disaster & aftermath. Click here | |
|Dow Chemical (USA) |USA |30 April 2008|"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. of|Yes |
| | | |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including Dow. Click here | |
|Drax |UK |17 May 2006 |EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, including Drax. Click here |No |
|(UK) | | | | |
|Drummond (USA) |Colombia |8 Nov 2006 |Colombia Journal alleges continued paramilitary presence around Drummond mine & says the|No |
| | | |mine's social programmes do not offset its negative social and health impacts. Click | |
| | | |here | |
|DuPont |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
|(USA) | |2006 |institute (PERI): DuPont in top 10. Click here | |
|DuPont |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 | |
|DuPont |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 DuPont. Click here | |
|Eagle Industries (USA) |Global |9, 16 Jul |"Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying US state uniforms source from |Yes |
| | |2008 |firms "engaged in serious human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include | |
| | | |Eagle Industries. Click here | |
|Ecuavital Biox (Ecuador) |Ecuador |4 Jul 2007 |Ecuatival Biox security guards accused of intimidating human rights officals. Click here|Yes |
|Ecopetrol |Colombia |5 Nov 2008 |Amazon Watch urges US investors not to buy Ecopetrol shares due to concerns over impacts|No |
|(Colombia) | | |on Colombian indigenous community. Click here | |
|EDF |Laos |23 Feb & 2 |EDF did not conduct detailed enough environmental impact assessment for Nam Theun 2 dam |Yes |
|(France) | |Mar 2005 |project, says OECD Guidelines complaint by Proyecto Gato & Amis de la Terre. Click here | |
|EDF Energy (UK) |UK |17 May |EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, including EDF Energy. Click here |Yes |
| | |2006 | | |
|Eli Lilly |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|No |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Eli Lilly - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Eli Lilly |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 | |
|Emirates |Mexico |15 Oct 2008 |Javier Vázquez alleges he was told not to apply for job at Emirates due to his age. |No |
|(United Arab Emirates) | | |Click here | |
|Endiama (Angola) |Angola |1 Oct 2008 |Report says mining companies' arbitrary seizure & destruction of farmlands causing |No |
| | | |widespread hunger & deepening poverty. Click here | |
|Endiama (Angola) |Angola |13, 20 Sep |Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango responsible for killings, |Yes |
| | |2006 |torture, beatings & other abuses, says report. Click here | |
|Energi Mega Persada |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks to withhold further loans from Lapindo Brantas|No |
|(Indonesia) | | |gas project (owned by companies including Energi Mega Persada) until it compensates | |
| | | |people displaced by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Entergy |USA |15 Aug 2007 |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |Yes |
|(USA) | | |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including an| |
| | | |Entergy power plant, are responsible. Click here | |
|E.ON |UK |17 May 2006 |EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, including E.ON. Click here |Yes |
|(UK) | | | | |
|Ericsson (Sweden) |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
| | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Erinys |Iraq |16 Apr 2008 |Erinys response to War on Want allegations of abuses in Iraq. Click here |Yes |
|(UK) | | | | |
|ExxonMobil (USA) |Chad/ |7 Sep & 21 |Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, |Yes |
| |Cameroon |Sep 2005 |Petronas are “contracting out” of their human rights obligations. Click here | |
|ExxonMobil (USA) |Chad |15 Mar 2006 |Publish What You Pay coalition & Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic call on |No |
| | | |ExxonMobil to refuse Chad’s request to pay oil revenues directly to government instead | |
| | | |of into escrow account for poverty reduction. Click here | |
|ExxonMobil (USA) |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|No |
| | |2006 |institute (PERI): ExxonMobil in top 10. Click here | |
|ExxonMobil (USA) |USA |30 April 2008|"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. of|Yes |
| | | |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including ExxonMobil. Click here | |
|Frechheimer Brothers |Global |9 Jul 2008 |"Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying US state uniforms source from |No |
|(USA) | | |firms "engaged in serious human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include | |
| | | |Frechheimer Brothers. Click here | |
|Firestone Natural Rubber |Liberia |30 Jul, 27 |"The Heavy Load" report alleges continuing abuses on Firestone rubber plantation. |Yes |
|(USA) | |Aug 2008 |Includes rejoinder by Save my Future Foundation & further response by Firestone. Click | |
| | | |here | |
|Fittec |China |10 Jan 2007 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
| | | |labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Ford |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
|(USA) | |2006 |institute (PERI): Ford in top 10. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Ford |Argentina |14 Mar 2007 |Ford statement regarding legal claims brought by former employees who say they were |Yes |
|(USA) | | |kidnapped and tortured on Ford Argentina premises during the 1976-83 military | |
| | | |dictatorship. Click here | |
|Fortis (Netherlands/ |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Fortis, to withhold further loans |Yes |
|Belgium) | | |from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud | |
| | | |volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Forza |Peru |17 Jan 2007 |Human rights groups & news articles allege Forza involved in spying operation & |No |
|(Peru) | | |intimidation against local environmentalists opposed to Yanacocha mine. Click here | |
|Foxconn/ |China |30 Aug, 6 Sep|Foxconn lawsuit against two journalists who reported on working conditions at Foxconn |[2] |
|Hon Hai (Taiwan) | |2006 |iPod factory sparks concerns for journalists’ rights among Chinese media. Click here | |
| | | |and here | |
|Fred Meyer (USA) |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social & |Yes |
| | | |environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |
|Frederick’s of Hollywood |Philippines |27 Apr 2005 |Behind the Label (USA) alleges poor working conditions at Frederick’s supplier Gelmart |No |
|(USA) | | |Industries. Click here | |
|Freeport-McMoRan |West Papua/ |4 Jan 2006 |NY Times front-page report raises concerns about payments to Indonesian military, |Yes |
|(USA) |Indonesia | |environmental impacts of Grasberg mine. Click here | |
|Friosur |Chile |12 Jul 2006 |Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon industry, including workplace |Yes |
|(Chile) | | |deaths. Click here | |
|Full Start |China |19 Dec 2007, |Workers in Junxingye factory (owned by Full Start) making crucifixes for religious gift |Yes |
|(China) | |16 Jan 2008 |shops in US work 15-hour days in poor conditions, says Natl. Labor Committee (USA). | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Gaslink |Nigeria |26 Sep 2007 |Environmental groups warn of "unprecedented loss of lives" if safety concerns are not |Yes |
|(Nigeria) | | |addressed in pipeline projects, particularly Gaslink's project. Click here | |
|Gelmart Industries |Philippines |27 Apr 2006 |Behind the Label (USA) alleges poor working conditions. |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Click here | |
|Gem Diamonds |Botswana |29 Oct 2008 |Survival Intl. says De Beers returns to mine Central Kalahari Game Reserve while Bushmen|No |
|(UK) | | |are still displaced – also refers to Gem Diamonds. Click here | |
|General Electric (USA) |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
| | |2006 |institute (PERI): General Electric in top 10. Click here | |
|General Electric (USA) |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
| | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|General Electric (USA) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including General |Yes |
| | | |Electric, to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|General Electric (USA) |USA |30 April 2008|"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. of|Yes |
| | | |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including GE. Click here | |
|Georgia Gulf (USA) |USA |15 & 22 Aug |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |Yes |
| | |2007 |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a | |
| | | |Georgia Gulf facility, are responsible. Click here | |
|Gilead Sciences (USA) |Global |15 Feb 2006 |Médecins Sans Frontières says prices of essential new AIDS drugs in developing countries|No |
| | | |are too high. Click here | |
|Gilead Sciences (USA) |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|No |
| | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Gilead - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Glamis Gold (USA) |Guatemala |10 Feb 2005 |One protester killed & many injured by security forces after indigenous people & |Yes |
| | | |environmental groups’ protest blocks equipment to be used for Glamis Gold’s Marlin mine,| |
| | | |says Friends of the Earth. Click here | |
|Glaxo-SmithKline |Global |13 Jul 2005 |Médecins Sans Frontières says prices of essential new AIDS drugs in developing countries|Yes |
|(UK) | | |are too high. Click here | |
|Glaxo-SmithKline |Thailand |9 & 16 Aug |Hundreds protest against Glaxo HIV drug patent application over concerns about access |Yes |
|(UK) | |2006 |for the poor. Click here | |
|Glaxo-SmithKline |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(UK) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Glaxo - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Glaxo-SmithKline |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 | |
|Glencore |Colombia |29 Aug 2007 |Glencore accused of labour rights abuses, as well as two reported attempts on life of |Yes |
|(Switzerland) | | |trade unionist from Glencore-licensed mine. Click here | |
|Global Coal Management |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including Global |Yes |
|(UK) | | |Coal Management, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|Goldcorp/ Glamis |Guatemala |21 Feb 2007 |Concerns about social & environmental impacts of Goldcorp's Marlin mine, including |Yes |
|(Canada) | | |threats against author of report on toxic run-off. Click here | |
|Goldcorp |Guatemala |23 Apr 2008 |Death threats against bishop allegedly due to his criticism of mining practices in his |No |
|(Canada) | | |diocese. Click here | |
|Goldcorp |Americas |11 Jun 2008 |Report raises concerns about human rights, environmental impacts of Goldcorp in the |No |
|(Canada) | | |Americas. Click here | |
|Goldcorp |Honduras |15 Oct 2008 |Video "The real costs of gold mining: Goldcorp in Honduras" raises serious health & |No |
|(Canada) | | |other concerns. Click here | |
|Golden Star Resources |Ghana |6 Jul 2005 |Government security forces open fire during protests over environmental, social impacts |No |
|(Canada) | | |of Bogoso/Prestea mine – Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining calls for | |
| | | |governnment investigation. Click here | |
|Golden Star Resources |Ghana |4 Jun 2008 |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |No |
|(Canada) | | |abuses by the military. Click here | |
|Goldfields |Ghana |4, 11 Jun |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |Yes |
|(So. Africa) | |2008 |abuses by the military. Click here | |
|Goldsmiths (UK) |Global |11 Jul 2007 |CAFOD calls on Goldsmiths to sign 12 "Golden Rules" to reduce harmful social & |No |
| | | |environmental impacts of gold mining. Click here | |
|Google |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 | |
|Google |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|GP Garments (Sri Lanka) |Sri Lanka |25 May 2005 |Global textiles union (ITGLWF) raises concerns over labour rights issues at GP Garments |Yes |
| | | |factory in export processing zone. Click here | |
|Graciela Naum (Argentina) |Argentina |3 May 2006 |Allegations that Argentinean clothing brands sourcing from clandestine factories where |Yes |
| | | |Bolivians work in “slave-like conditions”. Click here | |
|Group Talent/ Jordan Silk |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |No |
|(China) | | |garment factories including Group Talent/Jordan Silk supplying US brands & retailers. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Grupo Agbar |Mexico |2 Jul 2008 |Allegations that water company Grupo Agbar “violated the human right to water” in |Yes |
|(Spain) | | |Coahuila. Click here [Spanish only] | |
|Grupo Flores de la Montaña|Ecuador |7 Mar 2007 |Report denounces anti-union practices of Grupo Flores de Montaña. Click here [in |Yes |
|(Ecuador) | | |Spanish] | |
|Grupo México/ Industrial |Mexico |29 Nov 2006 |Concerns raised about mine safety, violations of unionisation rights. Click here [in |Yes |
|Minera México (Mexico) | | |Spanish] | |
|Guangdong Yudean |China |14 June 2006 |Shooting of protesters who opposed power plant construction at Dongzhou village, |Yes |
|(China) | | |Shanwei. Click here | |
|Guangdong Red Bay |China |14 June 2006 |Shooting of protesters who opposed power plant construction at Dongzhou village, |No |
|Generation (China) | | |Shanwei. Click here | |
|Guangdong Electric Power |China |14 June 2006 |Shooting of protesters who opposed power plant construction at Dongzhou village, |No |
|Development (China) | | |Shanwei. Click here | |
|Guangzhou Development |China |14 June 2006 |Shooting of protesters who opposed power plant construction at Dongzhou village, |No |
|Industry Holdings | | |Shanwei. Click here | |
|(China) | | | | |
|Hanesbrands (USA) |Jordan |17 Sep 2008 |Human trafficking & wide range of abuses at Mediterranean Resources, according to |Yes |
| | | |US-based National Labor Committee - supplies Hanesbrands, Wal-Mart. Click here | |
|Hantai Shoe |China |30 Jul 2008 |China Labor Watch report alleges abuses at Hantai Shoe, supplier to Wal-Mart. Click here|No |
|(China) | | | | |
|Harbin |Sudan |12, 19 Sep |UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing concerned about forced evictions & other |No |
|(China) | |10 Oct |abuses related to the Merowe dam project. Click here | |
| | |2007 | | |
|Hasbro |China |6 Aug 2008 |National Labor Committee alleges abuses at Hoida factory in Shenzhen, China, producing |Yes |
|(USA) | | |"Ernie" toys, Click here | |
|Heineken (Netherlands) |Cambodia |7 June |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |Yes |
| | |2006 |conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here | |
|Henan Rebecca (China) |China |24, 31 Aug |South China Morning Post article says Henan Rebecca uses forced prison labour. Click |Yes |
| | |2005 |here | |
|Hewlett-Packard (USA) |Global |1 Jun 2005 |Greenpeace report says hi-tech products made by Hewlett-Packard & others use toxic flame|Yes |
| | | |retardants. Click here | |
|Hindalco (Aditya Birla) |India |3 Aug 2006 |Reports in Indian newspapers The Hindu and Tehelka: Residents oppose proposed Utkal |No |
|(India) | | |bauxite mining & alumina refinery project in Orissa over environmental & displacement | |
| | | |concerns. Click here | |
|Hindalco (Aditya Birla) |India |13 & 20 Dec |Indian People’s Tribunal report on alleged human rights and environment violations |No |
|(India) | |2006 |involved in Utkal aluminium project. Click here | |
|Hindalco (Aditya Birla) |India |4 Apr 2007 |Report by former World Bank advisor Robert Goodland raises serious human rights & |No |
|(India) | | |environmental concerns about Utkal bauxite & alumina project. Click here | |
|Horizon Clothing (Jordan) |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |Yes |
| | | |garment factories including Horizon that supply US brands & retailers. Click here | |
|HSBC |China |24 Aug, 31 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |Yes |
|(UK) | |Aug 2005 |prison labour – says major banks, including HSBC, among its top shareholders. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Hoffman-La Roche |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|No |
|(Switzerland) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Hoffman-La Roche - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Hoida factory |China |6 Aug 2008 |National Labor Committee alleges abuses at Hoida factory in Shenzhen, China, producing |Yes |
|(China) | | |"Ernie" toys, Click here | |
|Hoya Corporation |Thailand |1 Oct 2008 |Hoya Glass Disk Company allegedly clamps down on unions; workers claim to have been |Yes |
|(Japan) | | |arbitrarily dismissed. Click here | |
|Iam Gold |Ecuador |3 May 2006 |Local groups raise concerns over environmental impacts of Iam Gold operations - demand |Yes |
|(Canada) | | |revocation of its concession. Click here | |
|Implats |South Africa |18 Jul 2007 |Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North West Province owned by |Yes |
|(South Africa) | | |companies including Implats putting workers' & communities' health at risk. Click here | |
|InBev |Cambodia |7 June |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working |Yes |
|(Belgium) | |2006 |conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here | |
|Inco |New Caledonia |26 Apr 2006 |Indigenous group protests against Inco's Goro mine in New Caledonia - concerned about |Yes |
|(Canada) | | |future impacts on water supply. Click here | |
|Inditex (Zara) (Spain) |Bangladesh |11 May 2005 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |- Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working| |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|ING (Netherlands) |China |24 Aug 2005 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |Yes |
| | | |prison labour – says major banks, including ING, among its top shareholders. Click here | |
|ING (Netherlands) |Uruguay |21 Dec 2005, |Center for Human Rights & Environment (CEDHA), Argentina, claims that ING’s potential |Yes |
| | |4 Jan, 12 Apr|investment in pulp mill projects would violate Equator Principles. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|ING (Netherlands) |Global |18 Jan, 25 |Major European banks have invested over $8 billion in “companies that abuse human |Yes |
| | |Jan 2006 |rights”, according to NGO report. Click here | |
|Ingenio Guadalupe |Guatemala |6 Aug, 3 Sep |Indigenous farmers protest against displacement, environmental damage by sugar ethanol |Yes |
|(Guatemala) | |2008 |companies | |
| | | |- Alleged violent repression of protestors by security agents working for Ingenio | |
| | | |Guadalupe. Click here | |
|Intel |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Island Oil & Gas (Ireland)|Morocco/ Western|20 Dec 2006, |Western Sahara Watch says new reconnaissance contract with Moroccan state oil company |No |
| |Sahara |3 Jan 2007 |increases risk of further armed conflict. Click here | |
|ITM Mining (UK/Angola) |Angola |1 Oct 2008 |Report says mining companies' arbitrary seizure & destruction of farmlands causing |No |
| | | |widespread hunger & deepening poverty. Click here | |
|ITM Mining (UK/Angola) |Angola |13, 20 Sep |Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango responsible for killings, |Yes |
| | |2006 |torture, beatings & other abuses, says report. Click here | |
|JC Penney (USA) |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social & |Yes |
| | | |environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |
|JC Penney (USA) |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |No |
| | | |garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including JC Penney. Click here | |
|Jindal Vijayanagar Steel |India |8 Jun 2006 |Report by mines, minerals & PEOPLE (alliance of mining issues NGOs in India) alleges use|Yes |
|(India) | | |of child labour in many iron ore and granite mines in Karnataka state. Click here | |
|JMS Garments |Bangladesh |5 Nov 2008 |SweatFree Communities alleges labour abuses by Wal-Mart supplier JMS Garments. Click |Yes |
|(Bangladesh) | | |here | |
|Jockey International (USA)|Philippines |27 Apr 2005 |Behind the Label (USA) alleges poor working conditions at Jockey supplier Gelmart |Yes |
| | | |Industries. Click here | |
|Johnson & Johnson/ Tibotec|Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(USA/Belgium) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Johnson & Johnson/Tibotec- finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Johnson & Johnson |Sudan |12 Dec 2007, |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Johnson & |Yes |
|(USA) | |2 Jan 2008 |Johnson, to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Johnson & Johnson |Global |12 Dec 2007, |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
|(USA) | |2 Jan 2008 |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Jostens |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 | |
|Karachaganak Petroleum |Kazakhstan |20 Apr 2005 |Emissions from Karachaganak oil and gas field causing serious environmental health |Yes |
|Operating (Kazakhstan). | | |problems in nearby communities, critical environmental information withheld, says Crude | |
|(Operating cos.: BG Group,| | |Accountability. Click here | |
|ENI) | | | | |
|Karstadt-Quelle (Germany) |Bangladesh |11 May 2005 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |- Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working| |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|KBC |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |Yes |
|(Belgium) | |Nov, 23 Nov |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
| | |2005 | | |
|KBC |Global |18 Jan, 8 Feb|Major European banks have invested over $8 billion in “companies that abuse human |Yes |
|(Belgium) | |2006 |rights”, according to NGO report. Click here | |
|KBR |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 | |
|Kingmaker Footwear |China |31 Aug 2005 |Global textiles union (ITGLWF) accuses Kingmaker Footwear of labour abuses & cover-up to|Yes |
|(Hong Kong) | | |mislead workplace monitors - supplies Clarks & Skechers. Click here | |
|Kmart (part of Sears) |Philippines |27 Apr 2006 |Behind the Label (USA) allege poor working conditions alleged at Kmart supplier Gelmart |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Industries. Click here | |
|Kmart/Sears (USA) |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social & |No |
| | | |environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |
|K-Nex |China |6 Aug 2008 |National Labor Committee alleges abuses at Hoida factory in Shenzhen, China, producing |Yes |
|(USA) | | |"Ernie" toys, Click here | |
|Kodak |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
|(USA) | |2006 |institute (PERI): Kodak in top 10. Click here | |
|Kodak |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Kodak, to raise |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Kodak |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 Kodak. Click here | |
|Kohler |China |22 Jun 2005 |China Labor Watch says employees at Kohler factory work in dangerous conditions. Click |No |
|(USA) | | |here | |
|Korea Gas (Korea) |Burma |13 & 20 Dec |Earthrights Intl. calls on sponsors of Shwe gas pipeline to conduct environmental & |No |
| | |2006 |human rights impact assessments; 15 Korean NGOs raise concerns about project. Click here| |
|Labuan Re |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |
|(Malaysia) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Lajat (Grupo Lajat) |Mexico |26 Apr 2006 |Allegations that Grupo Lajat blocked trade unions and was involved in threats against |Yes |
|(Mexico) | | |unionists. Click here | |
|Lahmeyer (Germany) |Sudan |11 May 2005 |Merowe Dam, in which Lahmeyer is involved, will displace thousands & has not been |Yes |
| | | |adequately assessed for environmental impact, according to International Rivers Network | |
| | | |& Corner House. Click here | |
|Lahmeyer |Sudan |26 Apr, 3 & |3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here |Yes |
|(Germany) | |10 May 2006 | | |
|Lahmeyer |Sudan |12, 19 Sep, |UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing concerned about forced evictions & other |Yes |
|(Germany) | |17 Oct 2007 |abuses related to the Merowe dam project. Includes comments on Laymeyer’s statement from| |
| | | |Ali Askouri, Leadership Office of Hamdab Affected People, and Laymeyer counter-response.| |
| | | |Click here | |
|Lazare Kaplan (USA) |Angola |13 Sep 2006 |Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango responsible for killings, |Yes |
| | | |torture, beatings & other abuses, says report. Click here | |
|Lazare Kaplan (USA) |Angola |1 Oct 2008 |Report says mining companies' arbitrary seizure & destruction of farmlands causing |No |
| | | |widespread hunger & deepening poverty. Click here | |
|Ledesma (Argentina) |Argentina |16 Aug, 8 Nov|Ledesma accused of complicity with detention, torture & “disappearance” of over 400 |Yes |
| | |2006 |people by dictatorship’s security forces in 1976; also accused of recent pollution | |
| | | |resulting in illness & death. Click here [in Spanish] | |
|Lee Group |Nigeria |2 Jun 2008 |Workers allege "inhuman treatment", use of child labour and ban on unionization at Lee |Yes |
|(Nigeria) | | |Group factory. Click here | |
|Lenovo |China |10 Jan, 14 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |No |
|(China) | |Mar 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including Lenovo.| |
| | | |Click here | |
|Lenovo |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Lenovo, to raise|Yes |
|(China) | | |Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Lev Leviev Group |Angola |13 Sep 2006 |Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango responsible for killings, |Yes |
|(Israel/USA) | | |torture, beatings & other abuses, says report. Click here | |
|Lev Leviev Group |Israel/ |16, 30 Jan |Adalah-NY (Coalition for Justice in the Middle East) asks Oxfam not to accept donations |Yes |
|(Israel/USA) |Occupied |2008 |from Lev Leviev due to alleged abuses in Occupied Territories, Angola, New York, | |
| |Territories, | |sourcing from Burma. Includes rejoinder by Adalah-NY to Lev Leviev response. Click here | |
| |Angola, USA, | | | |
| |Burma | | | |
|LG |Dem. Rep. of |6, 13 Aug |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |Yes |
|(So. Korea) |Congo |2008 | | |
|LG Chem |Dem. Rep. of |6 Aug 2008 |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |No |
|(So. Korea) |Congo | | | |
|Lion Apparel (USA) |Global |9, 23, 30 Jul|"Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying US state uniforms source from |Yes |
| | |2008 |firms "engaged in serious human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include | |
| | | |Lion Apparel. Click here | |
|Lloyd's of London |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |
|(UK) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Lonmin |South Africa |18 & 25 Jul |Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North West Province owned by |No |
|(UK) | |2007 |companies including Lonmin putting workers' & communities' health at risk. Click here | |
|Lyondell |USA |15 & 22 Aug |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |No |
|(USA) | |2007 |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a | |
| | | |Lyondell facility, are responsible. Click here | |
|Maersk (Denmark) |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |No |
| | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Manhattan Minerals |Peru |2 Mar 2006 |Tambogrande mine ignored opposition from local farmers, says Christian Aid report, |Yes |
|(USA) | | |“Unearthing the truth”. Click here | |
|Manulife |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Manulife, to |No |
|(Canada) | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Martinson Konfektion |India, Pakistan |2 May 2007 |SwedWatch report reveals Swedish local govts. sourcing equipment & textiles for |Yes |
|(Sweden) | | |healthcare manufactured in poor working conditions in India, Pakistan. Providers include| |
| | | |Martinson Konfektion. Click here | |
|Max India |India |4 Jan 2006 |Times of India article says pharmaceutical plants poison ground water in Punjab village.|Yes |
|(India) | | |[Note: Max India response says it does not operate in Toansa & was mentioned erroneously| |
| | | |in Times of India report] Click here | |
|McDonald’s (USA) |USA |11 Jan 2006 |Tomato pickers allege McDonald's using new voluntary certification programme instead of |Yes |
| | | |adequately addressing working conditions & pay issues. Click here | |
|McDonald’s (USA) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including McDonald's, to |Yes |
| | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|MedcoEnergi (Indonesia) |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks to withhold further loans from Lapindo Brantas|Yes |
| | | |gas project (owned by companies including Energi Mega Persada) until it compensates | |
| | | |people displaced by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Mediterranean Resources |Jordan |17 Sep 2008 |Human trafficking & wide range of abuses at Mediterranean Resources, according to |Yes |
|(Jordan) | | |US-based National Labor Committee - supplies Hanesbrands, Wal-Mart. Click here | |
|Mengma Rubber |China |6 Aug 2008 |Farmer & son die in clash with Mengma Rubber in Yunnan Province (background on the |No |
|(China) | | |dispute provided). Click here | |
|Merck |Global |13 Jul 2005 |Médecins Sans Frontières says prices of essential new AIDS drugs in developing countries|Yes |
|(USA) | | |are too high. Click here | |
|Merck |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Merck - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Merck |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
|(USA) | | |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Merrill Lynch (USA) |China |24 Aug 2005 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |No |
| | | |prison labour – says major financial firms, including Merrill Lynch, among its top | |
| | | |shareholders. Click here | |
|Merrill Lynch (USA) |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Merrill Lynch, to withhold further |No |
| | | |loans from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo| |
| | | |mud volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Microsoft |China |22 Jun & 6 |Reporters Without Borders criticise Microsoft for censorship of words such as “human |No |
|(USA) | |Jul 2005 |rights” & “democracy” in Chinese version of its weblog tool. Click here | |
|Microsoft |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 | |
|Microsoft |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 | |
|Microsoft |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Microsoft, to |Yes |
|(USA) | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Microsoft |Global |28 Mar 2008 |Video games consoles: Greenpeace names Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo for dangerous chemical |No |
|(USA) | | |substances. Click here [in French] | |
|Minefinders |México |9, 30 Jul |Community leaders in Chihuahua protest against “exploitation and dispossession” by |Yes |
|(Canada) | |2008 |Minera Dolores (part of Minefinders). Click here [Spanish only] | |
|Minefinders |Mexico |13 Aug 2008 |Allegations that Minefinders' subsidiary pollutes water sources, displaces local |Yes |
|(Canada) | | |communities – includes NGO ProDesc reply to the company. Click here | |
|Minera Alumbrera |Argentina |28 Mar 2007 |FOCO (Argentinean NGO) alleges labour & human rights abuses & environmental |No |
|(Argentina) | | |contamination by Minera Alumbrera. Click here [Spanish only] | |
|Minera Yanacocha (Peru) |Peru |17 Jan, 14 |Human rights groups & news articles allege Yanacocha mine & security company involved in|Yes |
| | |Feb, 7 Mar |spying operation & intimidation against local environmentalists. Click here | |
| | |2007 | | |
|Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Pending |
|(Japan) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Mittal Steel (Netherlands)|Bosnia & |8 Feb, 15 Feb|Amnesty International report finds employment discrimination, raises concerns about |Yes |
| |Herzego-vina |2006 |access to mass grave sites. Click here | |
|Monsanto |India |31 May 2006 |India Committee of the Netherlands writes to Monsanto raising questions about its |Yes |
|(USA) | | |approach to combatting child labour in cotton seed production. Click here | |
|Monsanto |India |20 Jun 2007 |NGO report says Monsanto are taking steps to address child labour in cotton production |Yes |
|(USA) | | |but still have "much more" to do. Click here | |
|Monsanto |India |17, 24 Oct |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |Yes |
|(USA) | |2007 | | |
|Monsanto |Global |21 May 2008 |"Monsanto's Harvest of Fear" - Vanity Fair report details environmental legacy, |Yes |
|(USA) | | |treatment of farmers. Click here | |
|Montagne (Argentina) |Argentina |3 May 2006 |Allegations that Argentinean clothing brands sourcing from clandestine factories where |No |
| | | |Bolivians work in “slave-like conditions”. Click here | |
|Monterrico Metals |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including |Yes |
|(UK) | | |Monterrico Metals, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|Morgan Stanley (USA) |China |24 Aug, 31 |South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca uses forced |Yes |
| | |Aug 2005 |prison labour – says major financial firms, including Morgan Stanley, among its top | |
| | | |shareholders. Click here | |
|Motorola |China |10 Jan, 14 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
|(USA) | |Mar 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including | |
| | | |Motorola. Click here | |
|Motorola |Israel/ Occupied|12 Mar 2008 |US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation calls on Motorola to stop providing products |Yes |
|(USA) |Territories | |used in "Israel's illegal military occupation and human rights violations". Click here | |
|Motorola |Dem. Rep. of |6, 13 Aug |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |Yes |
|(USA) |Congo |2008 | | |
|Mysore Minerals |India |8 Jun 2006 |Report by mines, minerals & PEOPLE (India) alleges use of child labour in many iron ore |No |
|(India) | | |and granite mines in Karnataka. Click here | |
|Natexis |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |Yes |
|(France) | |Nov 2005, |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
| | |1 Feb 2006 | | |
|Natixis |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Natixis, to withhold further loans |No |
|(France) | | |from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud | |
| | | |volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Natixis |Global |30 Jan, 6 Feb|Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on anti-personnel mines & |Yes |
|(France) | |2008 |cluster munitions. Click here | |
|National Mineral |India |8 Jun 2006 |Report by mines, minerals & PEOPLE (India) alleges use of child labour in many iron ore |Yes |
|Development Corporation | | |and granite mines in Karnataka state. Click here | |
|(India) | | | | |
|NBC |China |10 Sep 2008 |Commentary in USA Today says NBC's Olympics coverage gave "narrow view of China" by |No |
|(USA) | | |skirting human rights issues. Click here | |
|NEC |China |10 Jan, 18 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
|(Japan) | |Apr 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including NEC. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Nestlé (Swizerland) |Pakistan |13 Apr 2005 |Nestlé's bottled water business exacerbating drinking water shortage by depleting water |Yes |
| | | |table & marketing as a healthier replacement for tap water at prices many cannot afford,| |
| | | |says report by Nils Rosemann (attorney at law / human rights & development consultant). | |
| | | |Click here | |
|New Wave Group |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|Yes |
|(Sweden) | |Oct 2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |
| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including New Wave Group). Click here | |
|New Yorker (Germany) |Bangladesh |12 Oct, 19 |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|Yes |
| | |Oct 2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |
| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including New Yorker). Click here | |
|Newmont |Ghana |15 Jun 2005 |Participants in workshop organised by Wassa Association of Communities Affected by |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Mining raise concerns about environmental & health impacts of mining operations. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Newmont |Ghana |1 Mar 2006 |Concerns about police violence near Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti mining concessions – at |Yes |
|(USA) | | |least 1 killed in Nov 2005 while protesting planned Newmont mine (Ghana News Agency). | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Newmont |Ghana |1 Mar 2006 |John O’Reilly (Amnesty International UK Business Group & former Senior Vice-President of|Yes |
|(USA) | | |BP Indonesia) calls on Newmont to take further steps to address Nov 2005 shooting near | |
| | | |Newmont site. Click here | |
|Newmont |Peru |17 Jan, 14 |Human rights groups & news articles allege Yanacocha mine & security company involved in|Yes |
|(USA) | |Feb, 7 Mar |spying operation & intimidation against local environmentalists. Click here | |
| | |2007 | | |
|Newmont |Ghana |4, 11 Jun |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |Yes |
|(USA) | |2008 |abuses by the military. Click here | |
|Nigerian Agip Oil Company,|Nigeria |27 Apr 2006 |Nigerian Agip Oil Company involved in house demolitions to clear land for new |Yes |
|(Nigerian Natl. Petroleum,| | |facilities, local residents allege (AFP article). Click here | |
|ENI, ConocoPhillips) | | | | |
|Nike |China |17 & 24 Jan |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(USA) | |2007 |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Nissan |USA |30 April 2008|"Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Research Institute, Univ. of|Yes |
|(Japan) | | |Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including Nissan. Click here | |
|Nokia |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(Finland) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Nokia |Dem. Rep. of |6 Aug 2008 |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |Yes |
|(Finland) |Congo | | | |
|Norilsk |Russia |25 Oct 2006 |Blacksmith Institute lists Norilsk as one of 10 “World’s Worst Polluted Places”. Click |Yes |
|(Russia) | | |here | |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
| | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Novartis - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |29 Nov 2006 |Physicians for Social Justice (Nigeria) says companies’ responses to Interfaith Center |Yes |
| | | |on Corporate Responsibility report are a “cover” for their insufficient action to ensure| |
| | | |access to essential medicines. Click here | |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |India |20 Jun 2007 |Physicians for Social Justice: "Novartis versus India - Putting profit before human |Yes |
| | | |rights". Click here | |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
| | | |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Nucete (Argentina) |Argentina |18 Apr 2007 |Union alleges rural migrant workers for subsidiaries of olive company Nucete living in |No |
| | | |"sub-human" conditions. Click here | |
|Nuziveedu |India |17 Oct 2007 |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |No |
|(India) | | | | |
|OCBC Bank/ Great Eastern |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |
|Life | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|(Singapore) | | | | |
|Occidental (USA) |Peru |16 May 2007 |NGO report alleges Occidental's former operations caused serious harm to environment & |Yes |
| | | |health. Click here | |
|Odebrecht (Brazil) |Angola |13, 20 Sep |Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango responsible for killings, |Yes |
| | |2006 |torture, beatings & other abuses, says report. Click here | |
|Ole Wolff Electronics |China |24 Sep 2008 |Local union & blogging workers allege Ole Wolff Electronics factory dismissed workers |Yes |
|(Denmark) | | |for forming a union. Click here | |
|Olga Naum (Argentina) |Argentina |3 May 2006 |Allegations that Argentinean clothing brands sourcing from clandestine factories where |Yes |
| | | |Bolivians work in “slave-like conditions”. [Note: Olga Naum said by telephone that its | |
| | | |name was mentioned erroneously in media reports about the allegations]. Click here | |
|Oxus Gold |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including Oxus |Yes |
|(UK) | | |Gold, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|Pana Harrison |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |
|(Singapore) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Panasonic |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Panasonic, to |Yes |
|(Japan) | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|PEMEX |Mexico |25 Oct 2006 |Veracruz regional health official says Pemex is wrong to deny that its pollution has |Yes |
|(Mexico) | | |contributed to illnesses among local population. Click here | |
|PepsiCo |Poland |20 Jul 2005 |International food workers’ union (IUF) alleges sexual harassment at PepsiCo plant. |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Click here | |
|PepsiCo |Poland |5 Apr 2006 |Labour groups protest allege anti-union activities & sexual harassment at Frito-Lay food|Yes |
|(USA) | | |plant (part of PepsiCo). | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Perenco (France) |Ecuador |19 Jul 2006 |Thousands protest environmental damage. Click here |Yes |
|Perenco (France) |Peru |20 Aug 2008 |Survival Intl. names "unholy trinity - the three worst companies abusing tribal peoples'|Yes |
| | | |rights". Click here | |
|Petroecuador (Ecuador) |Ecuador |7 June 2006 |40 indigenous communities call on Petroecuador to make certain social & environmental |Yes |
| | | |measures in “Bloque 15“ (formerly operated by Occidental). Click here | |
|Petronas (Malaysia) |Chad/ |7 Sep & 21 |Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, |Yes |
| |Cameroon |Sep 2005 |Petronas are "contracting out" of their human rights obligations. Click here | |
|Pfizer |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Pfizer - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Pfizer |Global |29 Nov 2006 |Physicians for Social Justice (Nigeria) says companies’ responses to Interfaith Center |Yes |
|(USA) | | |on Corporate Responsibility report are a “cover” for their insufficient action to ensure| |
| | | |access to essential medicines. Click here | |
|Pfizer |Global |12 Dec 2007, |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
|(USA) | |20 Feb 2008 |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Placer Dome (Canada) |Philippines |23 Mar 2005 |Villagers not compensated for environmental harms, clean-up not completed, according to |Yes |
| | | |Oxfam Australia report. Click here | |
|PPG Industries (USA) |USA |15 Aug 2007 |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |Yes |
| | | |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a | |
| | | |PPG Industries facility, are responsible. Click here | |
|Procter & Gamble |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(USA) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Propper Intl. (USA) |Global |9 Jul 2008 |"Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying US state uniforms source from |No |
| | | |firms "engaged in serious human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include | |
| | | |Propper Intl. Click here | |
|PSA Peugeot-Citroën |China |17 & 24 Jan |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(France) | |2007 |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Puma |China |9 Jul 2008 |China Labor Watch report alleges serious labour rights abuses at Puma's supplier |Yes |
|(Germany) | | |Surpassing Shoe Co. Click here | |
|QBE |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |
|(Australia) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|QVC (part of Liberty |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social & |Yes |
|Media) (USA) | | |environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |
|Ranbaxy |India |4 Jan 2006 |Times of India article says pharmaceutical plants poison ground water in Punjab village.|Yes |
|(India) | | |Click here | |
|Rasi |India |17 Oct 2007 |Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour. Click here |No |
|(India) | | | | |
|Redback |Ghana |4 Jun 2008 |NGOs say mining companies have impeded food production, led to serious human rights |No |
|(Canada) | | |abuses by the military. Click here | |
|Reliance Energy (India) |India |9 Aug 2006 |Report on police beatings of Uttar Pradesh villagers who were protesting their |Yes |
| | | |displacement by planned Reliance Energy plant. Click here | |
|Repsol YPF (Spain) |Peru |30 May 2007 |8 NGOs write to Peruvian Govt. expressing their concerns about the potential impacts of |Yes |
| | | |Repsol's "Lote 39" project over indigenous populations & biodiversity. Click here | |
|Rio Tinto |Madagascar |31 Oct 2007 |Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar: Panos/Friends of the Earth report raises displacement, |Yes |
|(UK/Australia) | | |poverty & environmental concerns. Click here | |
|Rio Tinto |Global |12 Dec 2007 |"Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining companies, including Rio |Yes |
|(UK/Australia) | | |Tinto, involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|Rimbunan Hijau (Malyasia) |Papua New Guinea|16 Mar 2006 |Dangerous working conditions and sub-standard housing for loggers, according to PNG MP &|Yes |
| | | |Labour Department official. Click here | |
|Risks Incorporated |Mexico |30 Jul 2008 |US security firm Risks Incorporated in torture training sessions with police - includes |No |
|(USA) | | |videos of the sessions. Click here | |
|Roche |Global |12 Dec 2007 |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|No |
|(Switzerland) | | |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Rolex (Switzerland) |Global |8 Mar 2006 |No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers to sign on to social & |No |
| | | |environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here | |
|Royal Bank of Scotland |Angola |12 Oct, 16 & |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |Yes |
|(UK) | |23 Nov 2005 |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
|Royalife |Israel / |17 Sep 2008 |Cases of employers' non-compliance with High Court ruling on Palestinian workers' |Yes |
|(Israel) |Occupied | |rights, including withholding pay, using work permits to "intimidate" workers. Click | |
| |Territories | |here | |
|Rubie’s Costume |Mexico |9 Nov 2005 |Rubie's Costume Co. facility accused of child labour, safety infringements & other |Yes |
|(USA) | | |labour abuses. Click here | |
|Russell |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |No |
|(USA) | | |garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including Russell. Click here | |
|RWE npower (UK) |UK |17 May 2006 |EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, including RWE npower. Click here |No |
|Sainsbury's (UK) |Costa Rica |25 Apr 2007 |ActionAid says women working for suppliers to UK supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s, |Yes |
| | | |locked into dangerous conditions, "appallingly" low pay. Click here | |
|SalmonChile (Chile) |Chile |12 Jul 2006 |Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon industry, including workplace |Yes |
| | | |deaths. Click here | |
|Samling |Malaysia |20 Aug 2008 |Survival Intl. names "unholy trinity - the three worst companies abusing tribal peoples'|No |
|(Malaysia) | | |rights". Click here | |
|Samsung (So. Korea) |China |10 Jan, 18 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |Yes |
| | |Apr 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including | |
| | | |Samsung. Click here | |
|Samsung (So. Korea) |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Samsung, to |Yes |
| | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Samsung (So. Korea) |Dem. Rep. of |6 Aug 2008 |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |Yes |
| |Congo | | | |
|San Miguel (Philippines) |Cambodia |7 June 2006 |Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working | Yes |
| | | |conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here | |
|sanofi-aventis (France) |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|No |
| | |Sep, 8 Nov |including sanofi-aventis - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|sanofi-aventis (France) |Global |12 Dec 2007, |Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not doing enough to provide access|Yes |
| | |13 Feb 2008 |to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Santos (Australia) |Indonesia |11 Jul 2007 |Friends of the Earth calls on major banks to withhold further loans from Lapindo Brantas|Yes |
| | | |gas project (owned by companies including Santos) until it compensates people displaced | |
| | | |by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here | |
|Sara Lee/Hanes (USA) |Mexico |30 Aug 2006 |Workers at Monclova factory raise concerns about workplace safety & wages. Click here |Yes |
|Sasol |USA |15 & 22 Aug |Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic chemicals in their blood & |Yes |
|(South Africa) | |2007 |environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a | |
| | | |Sasol facility, are responsible. Click here | |
|Scapino (Netherlands) |Bangladesh |11 May 2005 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |– Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working| |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|Schering-Plough |Global |23 Aug, 6 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|No |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |including Schering-Plough - finds none has comprehensive approach. Click here | |
| | |2006 | | |
|Schlumberger (USA) |Libya |10 May 2006 |Job seeker says he was told by Schlumberger representative not to apply because of his |Yes |
| | | |age. Click here | |
|Seaboard/ Ingenio Tabacal |Argentina |4 Oct 2006 |Indigenous youth killed for stealing oranges by guards working for security company of |No |
|(USA/Argentina) | | |Ingenio Tabacal (part of Seaboard Corp) - guards arrested. Click here [English] or here | |
| | | |[Spanish] | |
|Shell |Global (8 |29 Jun 2005 |Friends of the Earth issues “The Other Shell Report 2004”, in which communities affected|Yes |
|(UK/ Netherlands) |countries) | |by Shell’s operations in 8 countries – Brazil, Curacao, Ireland, Nigeria, Philippines, | |
| | | |Russia, So. Africa, United States – raise concerns. Click here | |
|Shell |Nigeria |29 Nov 2006 |Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) alleges Shell seeks to resume |Yes |
|(UK/ Netherlands) | | |operations in Ogoniland without Ogonis' assent. Click here | |
|Shell |China |17 Jan 2007 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
|(UK/ Netherlands) | | |organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here | |
|Shell |Global |3 Oct 2007 |Former Shell executive: "The myth of corporations' commitments to Human Rights". Click |Yes |
|(UK/ Netherlands) | | |here | |
|Silver Planet (Jordan) |Jordan |18 Oct 2006 |Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in |Yes |
| | | |garment factories including Silver Planet supplying US brands & retailers. Click here | |
|Singer |China |19 Dec 2007, |Workers in Junxingye factory making crucifixes (distributed by Singer) for religious |Yes |
|(USA) | |16 Jan 2008 |gift shops in US work 15-hour days in poor conditions, says Natl. Labor Committee (USA).| |
| | | |Click here | |
|Skechers |China |31 Aug 2005 |Global textiles union (ITGLWF) accuses Kingmaker Footwear of labour abuses & cover-up to|Yes |
|(USA) | | |mislead workplace monitors – supplies Clarks & Skechers. Click here | |
|Skye Resources (Canada) |Guatemala |20 Dec 2006 |Indigenous residents protest mining exploration, say they are badly beaten by police. |Yes |
| | | |Click here | |
|Socatur (Cameroon) |Cameroon |9 & 16 Aug |Residents of Douala accuse Socatur & other firms of chemical pollution of their |Yes |
| | |2006 |neighbourhood. Click here | |
|Société Générale (France) |Global |30 Jan 2008 |Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on anti-personnel mines & |No |
| | | |cluster munitions. Click here | |
|Solo Invest (France) |Bangladesh |12 & 19 Oct |Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers|No |
| | |2005 |died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet | |
| | | |pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including Solo Invest). Click here | |
|Sompo |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |Yes |
|(Japan) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|Sony Ericsson |Dem. Rep. of |6 Aug 2008 |DanWatch report alleges mobile phones linked to metal mining abuses. Click here |Yes |
|(UK) |Congo | | | |
|SP International (India) |India |13 Dec 2006 |Calcutta Telegraph article raise concerns about exploitation & confinement of child |Yes |
| | | |workers. Click here | |
|Staples |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Staples, to |Yes |
|(USA) | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Standard Chartered |Angola |12 Oct, 16 |Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola's |No |
|(UK) | |Nov, 23 Nov |state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here | |
| | |2005 | | |
|Standard Flour Mills |Nigeria |5 Sep 2007 |Workers at Standard Flour Mills allege anti-union practices, racial discrimination, |Yes |
|(Nigeria) | | |safety breaches. Click here | |
|Starbucks (USA) |Guantanamo |29 Mar, 14 |Starbucks at Guantanamo Bay: customer writes to Starbucks raising human rights concerns.|Yes |
| |Bay |Jun 2006 |Click here | |
|Starwood Hotels |Egypt |14 Dec 2005 |Middle East Times reports that Coptic Christian employee was allegedly dismissed for |No |
|(USA) | | |refusing to convert to Islam. Click here | |
|Steilmann (Germany) |Bangladesh |11 May 2006 |Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers|Yes |
| | | |– Global textiles union (ITGLWF and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working | |
| | | |conditions prior to collapse. Click here | |
|Suez |Bolivia |16 Feb 2005 |Democracy Center (Bolivia) alleges Suez restricting access to water for poor communities|Yes |
|(France) | | |in El Alto – Government ends contract with Suez after protests. Click here (and here for| |
| | | |brief abstract of Suez response in English). | |
|Surpassing Shoe Co. |China |9 Jul 2008 |China Labor Watch report alleges serious labour rights abuses at Puma's supplier |No |
|(China) | | |Surpassing Shoe Co. Click here | |
|Swatch |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Swatch, to raise|Yes |
|(Switzerland) | | |Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Swarovski (Austria) |India |10 May 2006 |Alleged use of child labour by apparel manufacturers using Swarovski beadwork, in India.|Yes |
| | | |Click here | |
|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 Insurance Brokers |Burma |20 Aug 2008 |Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma |No |
|(Singapore) | | |"support dictators". Click here | |
|TCL |China |10 Jan, 14 |Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread |No |
|(China) | |Mar 2007 |labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including TCL. | |
| | | |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 |South Africa |13 Apr 2005 |Women working on fruit farms supplying Tesco work in “appalling” conditions – receiving |Yes |
|(UK) | | |“poverty wages”, exposed to pesticides, living in “dismal housing” and losing out on | |
| | | |benefits, says ActionAid report. 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 | |
|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 – | |
| | | |click here] | |
|Timberland (USA) |China |30 Mar 2005 |China Labor Watch alleges labour rights abuses at Timberland supplier Kingmaker Footwear|Yes |
| | | |in China. 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 | |
|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 Human |Yes |
|(USA) | | |Rights First. Click here | |
|TVI Pacific (Canada) |Philippines |7 Feb 2007 |Report by coalition of indigenous, environmental, human rights & religious groups finds |Yes |
| | | |mining in Philippines is “destructive” of environment & livelihoods. Click here | |
|Tyson |USA |24 May 2006 |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
|(USA) | | |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 | |
|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 | |
|US Steel |USA |24, 31 May |"Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Massachusetts research|Yes |
|(USA) | |2006 |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. of|Yes |
|(USA) | | |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 country|Yes |
|(UK) | | |"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 Vedanta,|Yes |
|(UK) | | |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 peoples'|Yes |
|(UK) | | |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 raise |Yes |
|(USA) | |2007 |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 residents|No |
|(Perú) | | |of Cerro Pasco. Click here [Spanish only] | |
|Volkswagen |Sudan |12 Dec 2007 |Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Volkswagen, to |Yes |
|(Germany) | | |raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here | |
|Volvo |Israel |11 Jul, 18 |Volvo bulldozers photographed in destruction of Bedouin Arab villages - US church group |Yes |
|(Sweden) | |Jul 2007 |urges divestment. Click here and here | |
|Wal-Mart |Bangladesh |5 Nov 2008 |SweatFree Communities alleges labour abuses by Wal-Mart supplier JMS Garments. Click |Yes |
|(USA) | | |here | |
|Wal-Mart |Canada |9 Mar 2006 |Wal-Mart’s labour policies & practices violate international law, according to article |Yes |
|(USA) | | |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 here|Yes |
|(USA) | | | | |
|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/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 under |Yes |
| | | |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 |Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business |Yes |
| | |Feb 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 of |Yes |
|Time Warner) | | |child labour, safety infringements & other labour abuses. Click here | |
|(USA) | | | | |
|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 to|Yes |
|(Australia) | | |his political activities. Click here | |
|Wyeth |Global |23 Aug, 13 |Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS,|Yes |
|(USA) | |Sep, 8 Nov |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 access|No |
|(USA) | |2007 |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 widespread |No |
|(China) | | |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 Xstrata,|No |
| | | |involved in human rights abuses overseas. Click here | |
|Yad Lechayey Adam |Israel / |17 Sep 2008 |Cases of employers' non-compliance with High Court ruling on Palestinian workers' |No |
|Carpenters |Occupied | |rights, including withholding pay, using work permits to "intimidate" workers. Click | |
|(Israel) |Territories | |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 Howen) |No |
|(USA) | | |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 Borders.|No |
|(USA) | | |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 (SACOM)|No |
|(China) | |2007 |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 widespread |No |
|FSP Group (China) | | |labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. | |
| | | |Click here | |
|Zambia Copper Investments |Zambia |14 Nov 2007 |Christian Aid & other organizations call on multinationals in Zambia to give the country|Yes |
|(Zambia) | | |"a better deal" in copper mining contracts. Click here | |
|Zapata Engineering (USA) |Global |30 Jan 2008 |"Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity", report by Human |No |
| | | |Rights First. Click here | |
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