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Positive human rights initiatives by companies featured in our Weekly Updates

Section 3: Companies beginning with G-L

(10 Feb 2005 – 9 Dec 2009)

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|Company |Country |Date of our |Initiative |

| | |Update | |

|G4S |Global |24 Dec 2008 |G4S signs global agreement with Union Network Intl. on labour rights. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|Gap |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Gap, Levi Strauss, Nike, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney support ILO/IFC Better Work programme. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Gap |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to |

|(USA) | | |positive steps by 25 brands & retailers including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap, JC |

| | | |Penney, Kohl's, Levi Strauss, Limited Brands, Nike, Nordstrom, Timberland, TJX, Phillips-Van |

| | | |Heusen, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney. Click here |

|Gap |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including Gap, General |

|(USA) | | |Mills, Hearst on girls' education & women's access to finance. Click here |

|Gap |Global |2 Sep 2009 |New brand of Gap jeans made in partnership with Business for Social Responsibility |

|(USA) | | |Sustainable Water Group - goal is to ensure all wastewater leaving production plant is clean.|

| | | |Click here |

|Gap |Honduras |5 Aug 2009 |Letter from adidas, Gap, Knights, Nike to US Secretary of State calls for "restoration of |

|(USA) | | |democracy". Click here [also available in Spanish] |

|Gap |Uzbekistan |3 Jun 2009 |Uzbek Govt. signs ILO conventions after retailers including Tesco, Asda/Wal-Mart, Marks & |

|(USA) | | |Spencer, Gap pull out over forced child labour in cotton industry. Click here |

|Gap |Global |8 Oct 2008 |IFC, ILO, intl. buyers launch Better Work Vietnam programme to improve working conditions & |

|(USA) | | |competitiveness in apparel industry - refers to Gap as one of the programme's supporters. |

| | | |Click here |

|Gap |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child |

|(USA) | | |labour in cotton fields. Companies including Gap take measures to exclude Uzbek cotton from |

| | | |their products. Click here |

|Gap |India |2 Jul 2008 |Gap works with govt. to address child labour and exploitation of women workers. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Gap |Global |7 Oct 2007 |Gap plans certification system to mark its products "sweatshop free". Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Gap |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Gap, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks on workers in |

|(USA) | | |export processing zone. Click here |

|Gap |Cambodia |2 May 2007 |Companies including Gap call on govt. to investigate murder of union leader - Say swift |

|(USA) | | |justice key to their continued sourcing from Cambodia. Click here |

|Gap |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including Gap, join chambers of commerce in expressing concern to |

|(USA) | | |Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks against striking workers. |

| | | |Click here |

|Gap |So. & |8 Nov 2006 |Gap joins with intl. textile union to implement factory-level workers' rights & industrial |

|(USA) |So-East Asia | |relations programme. Click here |

|Gap |Mexico |11 Jan 2006 |Gap urges Puebla, Mexico state govt. to investigate charges against jailed anti-sweatshop |

|(USA) | | |campaigner immediately & ensure his safety. Click here |

|Gap |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Gap and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory monitoring|

|(USA) | | |& improvement programme. Click here |

|Gap |Global |20 Jul 2005 |Corporate responsibility expert praises Gap's frank reporting about its supply chain, asks: |

|(USA) | | |"Where is the rest of the apparel industry, as well as the toy and electronics industries?" |

| | | |Click here |

|Gap |Global |13 Jul 2005 |Social investors welcome the recognition in Gap’s social report 2004 that brands & retailers'|

|(USA) | | |"unreasonable expectations" of suppliers contribute to poor working conditions. Click here |

|Gap |Cambodia |10 Feb 2005 |Gap & World Bank sign agreement to provide labour standards training for 650 factory |

|(USA) | | |supervisors. Click here |

|Gap |Sri Lanka |30 Aug 2006 |Partnership with UNDP, Brandix Lanka, Mast Industries to improve access to water. Click here|

|(USA) | | | |

|Gas Natural (Spain) |Global |8 Apr 2009 |New book: “Can companies contribute to the Millennium Development Goals?” – refers to best |

| | | |practice by companies including Novartis, Agbar, BBVA, Gas Natural, Telefónica. Click here |

| | | |[Spanish only] |

|Gas Natural (Spain) |Colombia |15 Nov 2006 |Gas Natural & UN project to reduce CO2 emissions from 8 industrial plants by 325,000 tonnes. |

| | | |Click here [Spanish only)] |

|Gaz de France |France/ Global |28 Mar 2007 |8 companies, including Gaz de France, launch francophone “Business Leaders Initiative for |

|(France) | | |Human Rights”. Click here [French only] |

|General Electric |China |20 May 2009 |Guangdong Environmental Partnership includes environmental health & safety academy and energy|

|(USA) | | |efficiency projects - corporate sponsors include GE. Click here |

|General Electric |Global |2 Jun 2008 |General Electric aims to cut its water use 20% by 2012. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|General Electric |Global |21 Mar 2007 |IBLF report on how company employee initiatives are helping increase access to education, |

|(USA) | | |water, health, housing – refers to initiatives by companies including General Electric. Click|

| | | |here |

|General Electric |China/ Tibet |19 Mar 2008 |Olympic sponsors concerned over Tibet unrest & violence - comments by companies including GE.|

|(USA) | | |Click here |

|General Electric |USA |24 Jan 2007 |Coalition of companies & environmental orgs. urges govt. to set limits on carbon emissions – |

|(USA) | | |companies include General Electric. Click here |

|General Electric |Global |8 Nov 2006 |General Electric joins Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|General Electric |Global |11 May 2005 |General Electric launches “Eco-imagination” environmental initiative to develop green |

|(USA) | | |products & services, reduce greenhouse gases, increase transparency. Click here |

|General Electric |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including General Electric, launch National Business |

|(USA) | | |Council on AIDS, aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican |

| | | |workplace. Click here |

|General Mills |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including Gap, General |

|(USA) | | |Mills, Hearst on girls' education & women's access to finance. Click here |

|General Motors |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |

|(USA) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including General Motors. Click here |

|General Motors |Global |6 Dec 2006 |US faith-based investors welcome project to improve workplace human rights in automotive |

|(USA) | | |supply chains, involving General Motors & others. Click here |

|General Motors |Colombia |8 Nov 2006 |General Motors wins US State Department award for contributions to peace-building & human |

|(USA) | | |development in Colombia. Click here |

|General Motors |So. Africa |25 Oct 2006 |Metalworkers union praises car firms including General Motors for strong HIV/AIDS programmes.|

|(USA) | | |Click here |

|Genesis Futuristic |Cameroon |11 Mar 2009 |Genesis Futuristic Technologies launches a ‘Telemedicine’ project for most under-served rural|

|Technologies | | |areas. Click here [French only] |

|(India) | | | |

|Geometric Power |Nigeria |19 Jul 2006 |Nigeria's first "Clean Development Mechanism" project: World Bank says Geometric Power's new |

|(Nigeria) | | |plant will reduce greenhouse gas & benefit local communities. Click here |

|Getty Images |Global |28 Sep 2005 |Getty Images receives Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 2005 award for excellence. Click|

|(USA) | | |here |

|Giesecke & Devrient |Zimbabwe |2 Jul 2008 |Giesecke & Devrient announces it will stop selling paper to Zimbabwe for printing banknotes –|

|(Germany) | | |Berlin requested the suspension over human rights concerns. Click here [French only] |

|Gildan |Honduras |6 May 2009 |Gildan teaches its employees about occupational health, security, and HIV/AIDS. Click here |

|(USA) | | |[Spanish only] |

|Gilead |India |25 Feb 2009 |Gilead enters into generic licensing deals with 10 Indian pharma firms to distribute its HIV |

|(USA) | | |drug Viread, says this will drive down prices - patient groups & NGOs welcome move. Click |

| | | |here |

|Gilead |Global |16 Aug 2006 |Gilead offers trade secrets to generic firms to help them make AIDS drug more cheaply. Click|

|(USA) | | |here |

|Giordano (China/Hong |China/ Hong Kong |25 Mar 2009 |Oxfam Hong Kong releases "Transparency Report II" on 26 garment companies - Esquel, Li & |

|Kong) | | |Fung, Glorious Sun, Esprit, Giordano, Chickeeduck, Hembly have started reporting on supply |

| | | |chain. Click here |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |18 Nov 2009 |GlaxoSmithKline partners with World Health Organization to fight H1N1 flu in poorest |

|Kline | | |countries – will donate 50 million doses of vaccine. Click here [French only] |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Brazil |16 Sep 2009 |Fiocruz Foundation & GlaxoSmithKline work together to create vaccines against dengue fever |

|Kline | | |and malaria. Click here (in Spanish) |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Africa |15 Jul 2009 |GlaxoSmithKline creates £50 million fund to treat African children with AIDS - UK |

|Kline | | |Parliamentarian welcomes the pledge, but says working with UNITAID would have wider impact. |

|(UK) | | |Click here |

|GlaxoSmith- |Sri Lanka |27 May 2009 |GlaxoSmithKline partners with NGO to empower people with disabilities. Click here |

|Kline | | | |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |18 Feb 2009 |GlaxoSmithKline CEO pledges major new initiative to cut prices of medicines for the poor - |

|Kline | | |challenges other firms to follow suit. Inc. reactions by Oxfam, Médecins Sans Frontières, |

|(UK) | | |others. Click here |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |15 Oct 2008 |Major drug firms including Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, Glaxo, Pfizer, agree with Ban |

|Kline | | |Ki-Moon to invest more in AIDS treatments & diagnostics for poor regions. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |27 Feb 2008 |Glaxo cuts prices on HIV drugs for poor countries. Click here [in French] |

|Kline | | | |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Burkina Faso |5 Feb 2008 |Pfizer, Merck & Glaxo donate $450 million in medicines for neglected tropical diseases. Click|

|Kline | | |here [in French] |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Rwanda |15 Aug 2007 |GlaxoSmithKline agrees to generic production of AIDS drugs for Rwanda - first use of Canadian|

|Kline | | |regime seeking to ease production of cheap drugs for poor countries. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |28 Mar 2007 |SustainAbility report on business partnerships with social entrepreneurs: How they can help |

|Kline | | |solve social & environmental problems - refers to initiatives by companies including |

|(UK) | | |GlaxoSmithKline. Click Here |

|GlaxoSmith- |Latin America |17 Aug 2005 |26 pharmaceutical firms, including GlaxoSmithKline, agree with governments of 11 Latin |

|Kline | | |American countries on price reductions of up to 66% for anti-HIV/AIDS drugs. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |4 May 2005 |Addressing neglected diseases such as malaria & tuberculosis: Details of partnerships between|

|Kline | | |non-profits, governments & drug companies, including GlaxoSmithKline. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |10 May 2006 |Companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, receive awards for contribution to UN Millennium |

|Kline | | |Development Goals, presented by UNDP, ICC, IBLF. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |6 Apr 2005 |UK Government launches framework for good practice in pharmaceutical industry on increasing |

|Kline | | |access to essential medicines in developing countries: with input from companies including |

|(UK) | | |GlaxoSmithKline. Click here |

|GlaxoSmith- |Global |9 Mar 2005 |Companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, work in partnerships with UNESCO to promote education. |

|Kline | | |Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|GlaxoSmith- |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including GlaxoSmithKline, launch National Business Council|

|Kline | | |on AIDS, aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican workplace. |

|(UK) | | |Click here |

|Global Environment Fund |Global |24 Jun 2009 |Financial Times & IFC sustainable banking awards go to Triodos Bank, Itau Unibanco, |

|(UK) | | |MicroEnsure, Root Capital, Global Environment Fund. Click here |

|Global Solutions |Australia |26 April 2006 |Global Solutions Ltd, which runs Australia's immigration detention centres, agrees to operate|

|(UK/Australia) | | |under international human rights standards following OECD Guidelines complaint - 5 NGOs |

| | | |welcome the outcome. Click here |

|Glorious Sun (China/Hong |China/ Hong Kong |25 Mar 2009 |Oxfam Hong Kong releases "Transparency Report II" on 26 garment companies - Esquel, Li & |

|Kong) | | |Fung, Glorious Sun, Esprit, Giordano, Chickeeduck, Hembly have started reporting on supply |

| | | |chain. Click here |

|Gobon Guilin Latex |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including Gobon Guilin Latex, make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click |

|(China) | | |here |

|Gold Fields |Ghana |25 Jan 2006 |Gold Fields says that it is emphasising sustainable development in Ghana & that over 250 |

|(So. Africa) | | |people affected by new mine were resettled in 2005 without incident. Click here |

|Goldman Sachs |UK |7 Jan 2009 |Top 5 firms in Stonewall's workplace equality index ranking gay-friendly employers: Lloyds |

|(USA) | | |TSB, Ford, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Barclays. Click here |

|Goldman Sachs |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |

|(USA) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including Goldman Sachs. Click here |

|Goldman Sachs |Global |11 Jul 2007 |Goldman Sachs publishes investment framework incorporating Global Compact principles on human|

|(USA) | | |rights, labour, environment, corruption, & says "leadership on these issues is crucial". |

| | | |Includes list of 44 firms Goldman Sachs believes will outperform, partly for |

| | | |environmental/social reasons. Click here |

|Goldman Sachs |USA |6 June 2007 |Goldman Sachs endows chair in civil & human rights at Morehouse College - will help bring |

|(USA) | | |Martin Luther King's writings to wider audience. Click here |

|Goldman Sachs |Global |7 Dec 2005 |Goldman Sachs becomes first investment bank to adopt detailed environmental policy. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Google |Global |21 Oct 2009 |Google partners with Amazon tribe to highlight impacts of mining, logging on indigenous |

|(USA) | | |peoples. Click here |

|Google |Uganda |8 Jul 2009 |Google, MTN, Grameen Foundation launch project to increase access to advice on health, |

|(USA) | | |agricultural markets. Click here |

|Google |Global |1 Jul 2009 |Economist report on initiatives by telecom, IT companies to help developing countries tackle |

|(USA) | | |health problems - refers to steps by Google, Medicall Home, MTN, Voxiva. Click here |

|Google |Global |27 May 2009 |8 power firms in US, Canada & India partner with Google in energy-saving initiative. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Google |Kenya |4 Feb 2009 |Google project helps bring internet access to remote villages. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Google |No. Korea |17 Dec 2008 |Google, YouTube to promote human rights in North Korea via internet broadcasting. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Google |Global |29 Oct 2008 |Coalition of human rights NGOs, Internet firms including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! & others |

|(USA) | | |launches principles on govt. censorship & threats to privacy. Click here |

|Google |Global |6 Aug 2008 |Internet firms closer to agreeing code of conduct on freedom of expression & privacy - |

|(USA) | | |Letters from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! to 2 US Senators who sought update on progress prior |

| | | |to Beijing Olympics. Click here |

|Google |Iraq, Chad, |9 Apr 2008 |Google helps UN refugee agency highlight refugee crises in Iraq, Chad, Colombia, Darfur & |

|(USA) |Colombia, Darfur &| |neighbouring countries. Click here |

| |neighbouring | | |

| |countries | | |

|Google |Burma |14 May 2008 |Burma cyclone: CSR Asia describes steps by Exotissimo, Lonely Planet, Abercrombie & Kent, |

|(USA) | | |Asia TransPacific Journeys, Google, Microsoft, Intrepid Travel. Click here |

|Google |Global |23 Jan 2008 |Google announces $25 million for groups addressing climate change, pandemics, economic |

|(USA) | | |development. Click here |

|Google |Global |12, 19 Dec 2007|UNICEF, Google & NGO "One Laptop per Child" launch One Voice initiative promoting dialogue |

|(USA) | | |between children across borders & cultures. Click here |

|Google |Global |28 Nov 2007 |Google to invest "hundreds of millions" of dollars developing renewable energy technologies. |

|(USA) | | |Click here |

|Google |Global |7 Nov 2007 |UN, Google, Cisco launch website to track global poverty, progress towards Millennium |

|(USA) | | |Development Goals. Click here |

|Google |Global |5 Sep 2007 |Technology companies, including Google, aim to reduce energy consumption at server-centres to|

|(USA) | | |combat climate change. Click here [French only] |

|Google |Global |27 Jun 2007 |Google calls on US trade officials to treat internet censorship as intl. trade barriers. |

|(USA) | | |Click here |

|Google |Sudan |18 Apr 2007 |Google adds images of Darfur atrocities to Google Earth to raise awareness & help press for |

|(USA) | | |action. Click here |

|Google |Global |24 Jan 2007 |Companies, investors, human rights NGOs to develop principles on internet freedom of |

|(USA) | | |expression & privacy - Participants include Google. Click here |

|Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh |2 Apr 2008 |Grameen Bank & Veolia Water start joint venture to supply drinking water to poor rural |

| | | |communities. Click here [French only] |

|Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)|Global |20 Feb 2008 |Crédit Agricole invests €50 million in new microfinance foundation with Grameen Bank. Click |

| | | |here |

|Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh |28 Feb 2007 |Muhammad Yunus initiates joint venture involving Grameen Bank, opening "social enterprise" |

| | | |yoghurt factory to combat poverty & malnutrition. Click here |

|Grasim |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full |

|(India) | | |report includes examples of reporting practices by Grasim. Click here |

|Green Mountain Coffee |Ethiopia |31 Jan 2007 |Green Mountain Coffee agrees to work with Ethiopian Govt. to ensure better pricing for |

|(USA) | | |farmers - Oxfam welcomes move. Click here |

|Green Mountain Coffee |USA |3 May 2006 |Green Mountain Coffee tops Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Grupo ACP |Latin America |13 Apr 2008 |Innovest & Inter-American Development Bank launch index of companies that address needs of |

|(Perú) | | |the poor - top firms in initial ranking include Grupo ACP. Click here |

|Grupo Antena 3 |Spain |27 May 2009 |Grupo Antena 3 will require suppliers to avoid poor working conditions and discrimination. |

|(Spain) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |

|Grupo Aval |Colombia |10 Jun 2009 |Grupo Aval to donate initial capital for a poor people bank that would give microcredits to |

|(Colombia) | | |over 10000 people. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Grupo Logístico Andreani |Argentina |27 Jun 2007 |Network of companies against child labour created – companies include Grupo Logístico |

|(Argentina) | | |Andreani. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Grupo MAPFRE (Spain) |Global |30 May 2007 |CEO of Grupo MAPFRE says CSR must work like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click |

| | | |here |

|Grupo Modelo |Mexico |1 Mar 2006 |Mexican Govt. recognises companies for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, including Grupo|

|(Mexico) | | |Modelo. Click here |

|GrupoNueva |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable |

|(Chile) | | |development. With case studies on companies including GrupoNueva. Click here |

|GrupoNueva |Global |14 Sep 2005 |GrupoNueva case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report |

|(Chile) | | |on business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |

|Grupo OHL |Spain |23 Sep 2009 |Grupo OHL signs gender equality plan with unions. Click here [Spanish only] |

|(Spain) | | | |

|Grupo Orsa |Brazil |18 Nov 2009 |Financial Times reports rapid evolution of corporate responsibility - highlights examples |

|(Brazil) | | |from Grupo Orsa, Natura, Petrobras. Click here |

|Grupo Siro |Spain |14 Oct 2009 |Grupo Siro signs agreement to hire workers from the ethnic gypsy minority. Click here |

|(Spain) | | |[Spanish only] |

|Grupo Vicini (Dominican |Dominican Republic|7 Mar 2007 |Sugar company Grupo Vicini supports government-backed plan to eradicate child labour in its |

|Republic) | | |own & suppliers’ operations. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Grupo Vips |Spain |9 Apr 2008 |Caja Navarra, Grupo Vips, DKV Seguros, Microsoft recognised for role in promoting the social |

|(Spain) | | |integration of disadvantaged people. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Guangdong Yudean |China |9 Aug 2006 |Guangdong Yudean power plant to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 90%. Click here |

|(China) | | | |

|Gulfstream Air |Haiti |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies including|

|(USA) | | |Gulfstream Air. Click here |

|Gucci |Global |18 Nov 2009 |Gucci partners with Rainforest Action Network to stop sourcing paper made from Indonesian |

|(Netherlands) | | |rainforests, to help combat climate change. Click here |

|Hacienda Santa Maura |Nicaragua |1 Jul 2009 |Hacienda Santa Maura is highlighted as model of child labour eradication. Click here [Spanish|

|(Nicaragua) | | |only] |

|HBO |Global |20 Jun 2007 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria awards companies including HBO. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|HBO |USA |26 April 2006 |HBO in first 5 of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|HBOS |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |

|(UK) | | |including HBOS. Click here |

|HDFC |India |2 Jan 2008 |Govt., UNICEF, NGOs & companies including HDFC partner to address child under-nutrition |

|(India) | | |(report by Synergos). Click here |

|HDFC |India |30 Aug 2006 |Business Week article says domestic & multinational banks including HDFC increasing their |

|(India) | | |provision of microloans for the poor. Click here |

|Health Care Service |USA |26 April 2006 |Health Care Service in first 5 of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Hearst |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including Gap, General |

|(USA) | | |Mills, Hearst on girls' education & women's access to finance. Click here |

|Heineken (Netherlands) |Global |7 Mar 2007 |Dutch Commission on Sustainable Research creates "Millennium Development Goals Scan" to |

| | | |benchmark companies' contributions – companies passing the scan include Heineken. Click here |

|Heinz |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including DSM, Heinz, |

|(USA) | | |Kraft, Unilever in partnership with UN World Food Programme on hunger alleviation. Click here|

|Helzberg |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Helzberg call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No Dirty |

|(USA) | | |Gold campaign welcomes move. Click here |

|Hembly (China/Hong Kong) |China/ Hong Kong |25 Mar 2009 |Oxfam Hong Kong releases "Transparency Report II" on 26 garment companies - Esquel, Li & |

| | | |Fung, Glorious Sun, Esprit, Giordano, Chickeeduck, Hembly have started reporting on supply |

| | | |chain. Click here |

|Hennes & Mauritz |India |9 Dec 2009 |H&M and UNICEF launch project to promote children's rights in India. Click here |

|(Sweden) | | | |

|Hennes & Mauritz |Global |18 Nov 2009 |Gucci partners with Rainforest Action Network to stop sourcing paper made from Indonesian |

|(Sweden) | | |rainforests, to help combat climate change - also refers to actions by Tiffany, H&M, Staples,|

| | | |Unisource. Click here |

|Hennes & Mauritz |Cambodia |2 May 2007 |Companies including Hennes & Mauritz call on govt. to investigate murder of union leader - |

|(Sweden) | | |Say swift justice key to their continued sourcing from Cambodia. Click here |

|Hennes & Mauritz |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, including |

|(Sweden) | | |Hennes & Mauritz, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working conditions.|

| | | |Click here |

|Hennes & Mauritz |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Hennes & Mauritz and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO |

|(Sweden) | | |factory monitoring & improvement programme. Click here |

|Hershey |West Africa |30 May 2007 |World Cocoa Foundation partners with USAID to promote farm safety, reduce children's exposure|

|(USA) | | |to unsafe labour practices, improve education - supported by contributions from companies |

| | | |including Hershey. Click here |

|Hershey |Global |14 Mar 2007 |Hershey chocolate company commits to new supplier code of conduct, in response to shareholder|

|(USA) | | |proposal. Click here |

|Hewitt Associates |USA |10 Sep 2008 |Some employers assisting transgender workers - includes example at Hewitt Associates. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|Hindustan Lever |India |2 Jan 2008 |Govt., UNICEF, NGOs & companies including Hindustan Lever partner to address child |

|(India) | | |under-nutrition (report by Synergos). Click here |

|Hilton |Global |22 Mar 2006 |Hilton a founding participant in the Tourism and Human Rights Initiative, launched by the UN |

|(USA) | | |World Tourism Organization & Intl. Business Leaders Forum. Click here |

|Hiper Libertad |Argentina |12 Jul 2006 |Hiper Libertad & other companies support programme providing employment for disabled people. |

|(Argentina) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |

|Holcim |Mexico |1 Mar 2006 |Mexican Govt. recognises companies for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, including |

|(Switzerland) | | |Holcim. Click here |

|Holcim |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Holcim case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |

|(Switzerland) | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |

|Holcim |Global |3 Aug 2005 |UNDP partners with private sector to develop business-led solutions to poverty – details of |

|(Switzerland) | | |investment projects led by Holcim and other companies. Click here |

|Holleypharm |Global |23 Jul 2008 |Cipla, IPCA Labs, Calyx, Mangalam Drugs, Holleypharm, PIDI Standard sign pact with Clinton |

|(China) | | |Foundation to provide low-priced malaria drugs. Click here |

|Holz Toys |Global |4 Nov 2009 |Ethical Consumer says prices of cheap toys does not reflect their full environmental & social|

|(Germany) | | |costs - highlights ethical toy firm Holz Toys. Click here |

|Home Depot |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies including|

|(USA) | | |Home Depot. Click here |

|Home Depot |USA |8 Mar 2006 |Home Depot & others agree to expand disclosure on energy efficiency & climate-related issues,|

|(USA) | | |following shareholder requests. Click here |

|Honda |Global |6 Dec 2006 |US faith-based investors welcome project to improve workplace human rights in automotive |

|(Japan) | | |supply chains, involving Honda & others. Click here |

|Honeywell |China |20 May 2009 |Guangdong Environmental Partnership includes environmental health & safety academy and energy|

|(USA) | | |efficiency projects - corporate sponsors include Honeywell. Click here |

|Horizon Research |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including Horizon Research make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS. Click here |

|(China) | | | |

|Hotel Hesperia |Spain |25 Jun 2008 |Hotel Hesperia signs agreement to introduce disabled people into the workplace. Click here |

|(Spain) | | |[Spanish only] |

|Hotelplan |Global |22 Aug 2007 |Over 600 companies, including Hotelplan, sign code of conduct against child sex tourism. |

|(France) | | |Click here [French only] |

|HP |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Climate Counts NGO issues annual scorecard on companies' climate policies & practices - HP, |

|(USA) | | |Nike, Stonyfield Farm, Unilever lead. Click here |

|HP |USA |25 Nov 2009 |US Congress considers bill to curb trade in conflict minerals - endorsed by NGO |

|(USA) | | |coalition, HP, tech industry council, others. Click here |

|HP |Africa |28 Oct 2009 |HP & UNESCO in partnership to stem brain drain from Africa, in order to promote development |

|(USA) | | |on the continent. Click here [French only] |

|HP |China |7 Oct 2009 |SACOM (NGO), HP and suppliers Chicony Electronics & Delta Electronics develop training on |

|(USA) | | |workers' rights. Click here |

|HP |Global |30 Sep 2009 |HP program to educate workers in its suppliers’ factories on their rights, with NGOs SACOM, |

|(USA) | | |Pain pour le prochain (Bread for All). Click here [French only] |

|HP |Global |23 Sep 2009 |Newsweek ranks largest 500 US firms on climate change efforts - top 5 are HP, Dell, Johnson &|

|(USA) | | |Johnson, Intel, IBM. Click here |

|HP |So. Africa |20 May 2009 |HP launches programme promoting environmental practices in IT industry. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|HP |Global |8 Apr 2009 |HP reports on its engagement with SACOM (Hong Kong NGO) on supply chain labour rights, |

|(USA) | | |publishes list of top suppliers. Click here |

|HP |Global |1 Apr 2009 |Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics" shows overall improvement by IT firms on climate |

|(USA) | | |change - refers to positive steps by Dell, HP, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, others. Click here |

|HP |Global |4 Mar 2009 |HP and others unveil conclusions of pilot project to tackle electronic waste in Africa, and |

|(USA) | | |next steps. Click here |

|HP |Global |9 Apr 2008 |HP names top-tier suppliers - some flout its code, but campaigners praise disclosure. Click |

|(USA) | | |here |

|HP |Spain |16 Jan 2008 |Report on managing diversity in Spanish companies (refers to positive steps by companies |

|(USA) | | |including HP). Click here [in Spanish] |

|HP |Africa |26 Sep 2007 |HP launches project to improve e-waste recycling - aims to create jobs in disadvantaged |

|(USA) | | |communities. Click here |

|HP |Global |5 Sep 2007 |Technology companies, including HP, aim to reduce energy consumption at server-centres to |

|(USA) | | |combat climate change. Click here [French only] |

|HP |USA |2 May 2007 |Companies incl. HP support natl. ban on sexual orientation discrimination. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|HP |USA |3 May 2006 |HP comes 2nd in Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|HP |Global |15 Mar 2006 |Greenpeace welcomes commitment by HP to phase out certain toxic chemicals in its products, |

|(USA) | | |joining other industry leaders. Click here |

|HP |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including HP launch $75 million fund for |

|(USA) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |

|HP |Global |9 Mar 2005 |Companies, including HP, work in partnerships with UNESCO to promote education. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|HSBC |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest |

|(UK) | | |companies - BASF, Bayer, Chevron, HSBC, Wal-Mart lead all firms. Click here |

|HSBC |India |22 Apr 2009 |Intl. Dalit Solidarity Network Annual Report 2008 - with section on private sector |

|(UK) | | |developments - refers to initiatives by Daimler, HSBC, Shell. Click here |

|HSBC |Brazil |15 Apr 2009 |Financial institutions including HSBC, Banco Real, Unibanco support campaign to eradicate |

|(UK) | | |forced labour. Click here [Spanish only] |

|HSBC |Global |15 Apr 2009 |"Doing Business in a Multicultural World" report by UN Alliance of Civilizations, UN Global |

|(UK) | | |Compact - describes positive initiatives by Abu Dhabi Natl. Energy, American Express, BMW, |

| | | |HSBC, Manpower, Titan Cement, TUI, others. Click here |

|HSBC |Global |16 Jan 2008 |CERES ranks finance firms on climate strategies: HSBC, ABN Amro score highest. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|HSBC |Global |14 June 2006 |HSBC overall winner of Financial Times sustainable banking awards. Click here |

|(UK) | | | |

|HSBC |India |30 Aug 2006 |Business Week article says domestic & multinational banks including HSBC increasing their |

|(UK) | | |provision of microloans for the poor. Click here |

|Hudson’s Bay (Canada) |Global |13 Dec 2006 |"2006 Transparency Report Card" by NGO/labour coalition assesses labour standards reporting |

| | | |by 30 apparel retailers: Hudson’s Bay improves its score from previous year. Click here |

|Hyundai |China |11 Feb 2009 |Hyundai’s “Green Zone” project fights desertification in China & poverty. Click here [French |

|(So. Korea) | | |only] |

|Hyundai |Global |29 Jun 2005 |Merrill Lynch & World Resources Institute partner to identify companies best positioned for |

|(So. Korea) | | |clean car revolution, including Hyundai. Click here |

|Iberdrola |Spain |3 Jun 2009 |World Summit on Climate Change: Business call for an “ambitious & effective” global agreement|

|(Spain) | | |- Iberdrola calls on governments to reach agreement on climate change. Click here [Spanish |

| | | |only] |

|Iberdrola |Spain |18 Mar 2009 |Iberdrola signs a plan with unions that “guarantees equal treatment” between men and women. |

|(Spain) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |

|Iberdrola |Global |1 Oct 2008 |Climate Leadership Index ranks Iberdrola as the world’s best electricity company at combating|

|(Spain) | | |climate change. Click here |

|IBM |Global |23 Sep 2009 |Newsweek ranks largest 500 US firms on climate change efforts - top 5 are HP, Dell, Johnson &|

|(USA) | | |Johnson, Intel, IBM. Click here |

|IBM |USA |6 May 2009 |DiversityInc top 10 companies for people with disabilities - top 5: Cisco, Ernst & Young, |

|(USA) | | |IBM, Kaiser Permanente, Procter & Gamble. Click here |

|IBM |UK |7 Jan 2009 |Top 5 firms in Stonewall's workplace equality index ranking gay-friendly employers: Lloyds |

|(USA) | | |TSB, Ford, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Barclays. Click here |

|IBM |Global |17 Dec 2008 |Ceres ranks companies' climate strategies - IBM, Tesco, Dell lead. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|IBM |Global |21 May 2008 |IBM & researchers launch "supercomputer" to help tackle global hunger. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|IBM |Global |2 Apr 2008 |IBM sends 100 employees to address socio-economic issues in emerging countries - "corporate |

|(USA) | | |version of Peace Corps". Click here |

|IBM |Global |6 Feb 2008 |Australia's Human Rights Commissioner congratulates IBM for its commitment to gay & lesbian |

|(USA) | | |rights. Click here |

|IBM |Spain |16 Jan 2008 |Report on managing diversity in Spanish companies (refers to positive steps by companies |

|(USA) | | |including IBM). Click here [in Spanish] |

|IBM |Global |17 Oct 2007 |IBM partners with Grameen Foundation to expand microfinance software platform. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|IBM |USA |12 Sep 2007 |"6 years after Sept. 11, Muslims see more inclusive workplaces" – includes positive steps by |

|(USA) | | |IBM. Click here |

|IBM |Global |5 Sep 2007 |Technology companies, including IBM, aim to reduce energy consumption at server-centres to |

|(USA) | | |combat climate change. Click here [French only] |

|IBM |Global |20 Jun 2007 |New non-profit "Climate Counts" ranks 56 companies on climate change performance – companies |

|(USA) | | |scoring highest include IBM. Click here |

|IBM |USA |31 May 2006 |Environmental Protection Agency recognises companies for action on climate change, including |

|(USA) | | |IBM. Click here |

|IBM |Global |19 Jul 2006 |Overview of IBM’s "Global Pandemic Initiative" with WHO & others. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|ICICI |India |2 Jan 2008 |Govt., UNICEF, NGOs & companies including ICICI partner to address child under-nutrition |

|(India) | | |(report by Synergos). Click here |

|ICICI |India |30 Aug 2006 |Business Week article says domestic & multinational banks, including ICICI increasing their |

|(India) | | |provision of microloans for the poor. Click here |

|iEnergizer |India |16 Aug 2006 |Call centre workers identified as high-risk group for HIV/AIDS - refers to steps by companies|

|(India) | | |including iEnergizer. Click here. |

|iEnergizer |India |29 Mar 2006 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Confederation of Indian Industry & iEnergizer launch |

|(India) | | |initiative to confront rising HIV/AIDS risk in call centres in India. Click here |

|Igloo Diamonds |Global |12 Mar 2008 |"Ethical diamonds" go beyond conflict-free diamonds (refers to steps by Brilliant Earth, |

|(Canada) | | |Igloo Diamonds). Click here |

|iKang |China |13 Sep 2006 |World Economic Forum launches China Health Alliance, a partnership against TB and AIDS - |

|(China) | | |companies involved include iKang. Click here |

|Ikea |Global |14 Oct 2009 |Ikea's long-term partnership with UNICEF to prevent child labour in its supply chain. Click |

|(Sweden) | | |here |

|Ikea |Vietnam |29 Apr 2009 |UNICEF and IKEA project supports education for ethnic minorities. Click here |

|(Sweden) | | | |

|Ikea |India |25 Feb 2009 |Ikea gives $48 million to UNICEF to improve health & living conditions of children in poorest|

|(Sweden) | | |parts of India. Click here |

|Ikea |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, including |

|(Sweden) | | |Ikea, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working conditions. Click |

| | | |here. |

|Ikea |Global |13 Apr 2005 |UNICEF Child Labour Resource Guide makes case for business action on child labour & refers to|

|(Sweden) | | |steps taken by Ikea & other companies. Click here |

|Implats |So. Africa |20 Sep 2006 |Partnership involving Implats to improve education in 5 disadvantaged schools in KwaThema. |

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

|Inditex |Global |21 Oct 2009 |Global agreement between Inditex and UNI to guarantee labour rights. Click here [Spanish |

|(Spain) | | |only] |

|Inditex |Global |7 Nov 2007 |Inditex and Federación Internacional de Trabajadores del Textil agree to ensure compliance |

|(Spain) | | |with labour standards. |

|Inditex |Global |01 Aug 2007 |Clean Clothes Campaign verifies that Inditex complies with their new code of conduct over |

|(Spain) | | |labour conditions. Click here (in Spanish) |

|Inditex |Bangladesh |2 Aug 2006 |Inditex invites other companies to join relief scheme for victims of Apr 2005 Spectrum |

|(Spain) | | |Sweater factory collapse. Click here |

|ING |Uruguay |12 April 2006 |ING decides not to continue its involvement in Botnia’s pulp mill project in Uruguay – over |

|(Netherlands) | | |which social, environmental concerns have been raised. Click here |

|ING |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |

|(Netherlands) | | |including ING. Click here |

|Intel |Global |23 Sep 2009 |Newsweek ranks largest 500 US firms on climate change efforts - top 5 are HP, Dell, Johnson &|

|(USA) | | |Johnson, Intel, IBM. Click here |

|Intel |Guatemala, Peru |27 Aug 2008 |Guatemala & Peru implement programs to reduce the digital divide with the support of Intel. |

|(USA) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |

|Intel |Egypt |7 Feb 2007 |Overview of public-private partnerships: includes initiative by Intel to connect schools & |

|(USA) | | |health centres via wireless broadband. Click here |

|Intel |Latin America/ |4 Oct 2006 |Inter-American Development Bank & Intel sign agreement to tackle digital divide in Latin |

|(USA) |Caribbean | |America & the Caribbean. Click here [in Spanish] |

|Intel |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Intel. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Intercontinental |Global |22 Mar 2006 |Intercontinental a founding participant in the Tourism and Human Rights Initiative, launched |

|(UK) | | |by the UN World Tourism Organization & Intl. Business Leaders Forum. Click here |

|Interros |Russia / UK |12 Jul 2006 |CEOs of Russian companies, including Interros, meet in London to discuss "responsible |

|(Russia) | | |business practices". Click here |

|Inti Raymi (Bolivia) |Bolivia |23 May 2007 |Mining company Inti Raymi awarded prize for creating a health and education fund for |

| | | |communities. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Intrepid Travel |Burma |14 May 2008 |Burma cyclone: CSR Asia describes steps by Exotissimo, Lonely Planet, Abercrombie & Kent, |

|(UK) | | |Asia TransPacific Journeys, Google, Microsoft, Intrepid Travel. Click here |

|IPCA Labs |Global |23 Jul 2008 |Cipla, IPCA Labs, Calyx, Mangalam Drugs, Holleypharm, PIDI Standard sign pact with Clinton |

|(India) | | |Foundation to provide low-priced malaria drugs. Click here |

|Ipek Kagit |Turkey |10 May 2006 |Companies, including Ipek Kagit, receive awards for contribution to UN Millennium Development|

|(Turkey) | | |Goals, presented by UNDP, ICC, IBLF. Click here |

|ISS |Denmark |15 Apr 2009 |"Business and Migration: Perceptions from Denmark" - refers to positive steps by Comwell, |

|(Denmark) | | |Eurotex, ISS, Metro, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk. Click here |

|Itau Unibanco |Global |24 Jun 2009 |Financial Times & IFC sustainable banking awards go to Triodos Bank, Itau Unibanco, |

|(Brazil) | | |MicroEnsure, Root Capital, Global Environment Fund. Click here |

|ITC |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full |

|(India) | | |report includes examples of reporting practices by ITC. Click here |

|Jaipur Rugs |India |9 Sep 2009 |Jaipur Rugs trains network of village weavers, leading to better pay for 40,000 artisans. |

|(India) | | |Click here |

|JBS |Brazil |30 Sep 2009 |JBS commits to stop sourcing cattle from farms linked to illegal Amazon deforestation & |

|(Brazil) | | |occupation of indigenous land. Click here |

|JC Penney (USA) |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to |

| | | |positive steps by 25 brands & retailers including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap, JC |

| | | |Penney, Kohl's, Levi Strauss, Limited Brands, Nike, Nordstrom, Timberland, TJX, Phillips-Van |

| | | |Heusen, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney. Click here |

|Jewelers of America |Burma |18 Feb 2009 |US Campaign for Burma calls on consumers to help find Burmese rubies in jewellery stores - |

|(USA) | | |refers to positive steps by Leber Jeweler, Tiffany, Jewelers of America. Click here |

|John Wiley & Sons |Global |12 Aug 2009 |UN agency partners with publishing companies to provide developing countries with free access|

|(USA) | | |to scientific information |

| | | |- firms include John Wiley & Sons. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |USA |30 Sep 2009 |Companies including Exelon, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, criticise US Chamber of Commerce over |

|(USA) | | |its stance on climate change. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |Global |23 Sep 2009 |Newsweek ranks largest 500 US firms on climate change efforts - top 5 are HP, Dell, Johnson &|

|(USA) | | |Johnson, Intel, IBM. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |USA |18 Mar 2009 |DiversityInc's "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" 2009 |

|(USA) | | |- Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, Ernst & Young, Marriott lead. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |Burma |14 May 2008 |Burma cyclone: Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Johnson & Johnson and |

|(USA) | | |others give medical aid to victims. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |USA |31 May 2006 |Environmental Protection Agency recognises companies for action on climate change, including |

|(USA) | | |Johnson & Johnson. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |USA |11 Jan 2006 |Johnson & Johnson presented with US Presidential Award for Corporate Leadership for its |

|(USA) | | |nursing initiative. Click here |

|Johnson & Johnson |China |18 May 2005 |Johnson & Johnson & other companies make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|Johnson Controls |Global |6 Dec 2006 |US faith-based investors welcome project to improve workplace human rights in automotive |

|(USA) | | |supply chains, involving Johnson Controls & others. Click here |

|Jones Apparel (USA) |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Jones Apparel, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks on |

| | | |workers in export processing zone. Click here |

|Jones Apparel (USA) |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including Jones Apparel, join chambers of commerce in expressing |

| | | |concern to Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks against |

| | | |striking workers. Click here |

|JPMorgan Chase |USA |6 Feb 2008 |Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley to require coal power plants they finance to meet |

|(USA) | | |anticipated govt. standards on CO2 emissions. Click here |

|JPMorgan Chase |USA |12 Sep 2007 |"6 years after Sept. 11, Muslims see more inclusive workplaces" – includes positive steps by |

|(USA) | | |JPMorgan Chase. Click here |

|JPMorgan Chase |Global |23 May 2007 |Clinton Global Initiative: 5 banks including JPMorgan Chase to raise US$5 billion to make |

|(USA) | | |buildings more energy efficient in cities worldwide. Click here |

|JPMorgan Chase |Global |27 Apr 2005 |New JPMorgan Chase policy restricts investments in projects with high environmental & social |

|(USA) | | |impacts, including on climate & indigenous peoples. Click here |

|Kaefer Thermal |So. Africa |9 Aug 2006 |Kaefer Thermal joins others in long-term HIV/AIDS programme focusing on prevention, |

|(So. Africa) | | |counselling, testing, treatment. Click here |

|Kaiser Permanente (USA) |USA |6 May 2009 |DiversityInc top 10 companies for people with disabilities - top 5: Cisco, Ernst & Young, |

| | | |IBM, Kaiser Permanente, Procter & Gamble. Click here |

|Karstadt Quelle (Germany)|China |13 Sep 2006 |World Economic Forum launches China Health Alliance, a partnership against TB and AIDS - |

| | | |companies involved include Karstadt Quelle. Click here |

|Kenya Airways |Global |20 Aug 2008 |African firms including East African Breweries, Kenya Airways, Sasol start to take action on |

|(Kenya) | | |climate change. Click here |

|Kenya Airways |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |

|(Kenya) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including Kenya Airways. Click here |

|Ketchum |Global |12 Nov 2008 |60th anniversary of Universal Declaration: Human rights initiatives by BASF, Barloworld, |

|(USA) | | |Novartis, Ketchum, Titan. Click here |

|Kingfisher |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, including |

|(UK) | | |Kingfisher, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working conditions. |

| | | |Click here. |

|Knights |Honduras |5 Aug 2009 |Letter from adidas, Gap, Knights, Nike to US Secretary of State calls for "restoration of |

|(USA) | | |democracy". Click here [also available in Spanish] |

|Kodak |Darfur, Sudan |7 May 2008 |Dream for Darfur gives higher marks to Adidas, McDonald's, Kodak for publicly urging action |

|(USA) | | |on Darfur; poor marks to 16 other Olympic sponsors. Click here |

|Kohl's |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to |

|(USA) | | |positive steps by 25 brands & retailers including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap, JC |

| | | |Penney, Kohl's, Levi Strauss, Limited Brands, Nike, Nordstrom, Timberland, TJX, Phillips-Van |

| | | |Heusen, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney. Click here |

|Korea South-East Power |Global |22 Aug 2007 |Report ranks 22 So. Korean companies' reporting on environmental & human rights issues - |

|(South Korea) | | |Korea South-East Power among those scoring highest. Click here |

|KPMG |Tanzania |15 Oct 2008 |KPMG joins the Millennium Villages Project to help address extreme poverty. Click here |

|(USA) | | | |

|KPMG |Brazil |2 Jan 2008 |KPMG & children's foundation work jointly to save the most marginilised teenage girls in |

|(USA) | | |Belem. Click here [Spanish only] |

|Kraft |Côte d'Ivoire |4 Nov 2009 |Kraft announces Rainforest Alliance certification for cocoa in Cote d'Or, Marabou, Suchard |

|(USA) | | |chocolates - will seek to improve incomes for small farmers in Côte d'Ivoire. Click here |

| | | |[also available in French] |

|Kraft |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including DSM, Heinz, |

|(USA) | | |Kraft, Unilever in partnership with UN World Food Programme on hunger alleviation. Click here|

|Kraft |Philippines |29 Jul 2009 |Kraft Foods, Save the Children partner to help improve health, food security & education of |

|(USA) | | |poor children. Click here |

|Kraft |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies including|

|(USA) | | |Kraft. Click here |

|Kraft |West Africa |30 May 2007 |World Cocoa Foundation partners with USAID to promote farm safety, reduce children's exposure|

|(USA) | | |to unsafe labour practices, improve education - supported by contributions from companies |

| | | |including Kraft. Click here |

|Kraft |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including Kraft, launch National Business Council on AIDS, |

|(USA) | | |aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican workplace. Click here |

|Kumba Resources |So. Africa |20 Sep 2006 |Partnership involving Kumba Resources to improve education in 5 disadvantaged schools in |

|(So. Africa) | | |KwaThema. Click here |

|Kuoni |Global |22 Aug 2007 |Over 600 companies, including Kuoni, sign code of conduct against child sex tourism. Click |

|(Switzerland) | | |here [French only] |

|L’Oreal |Indonesia |23 Apr 2008 |L'Oréal partners with UNESCO to encourage hairdressers to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS. Click|

|(France) | | |here |

|L’Oréal |Global |24 May 2006 |L’Oréal among Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS’ 2006 winners. Click here |

|(France) | | | |

|L’Oreal |Global |9 Mar 2005 |Companies, including L’Oreal, work in partnerships with UNESCO to promote education. Click |

|(France) | | |here |

|La Caixa |Spain |2 Oct 2008 |La Caixa promotes the workplace integration of people at risk of social exclusion. Click here|

|(Spain) | | |[Spanish only] |

|La Caixa |Spain |26 Mar 2008 |In the past year, La Caixa financed 28 projects in accordance with the Equator Principles. |

|(Spain) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |

|Lafarge |Global |15 Jul 2009 |CARE & Lafarge in partnership to extend company’s health programmes, develop tool to evaluate|

|(France) | | |its social & environmental impact. Click here [French only] |

|Lafarge |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable |

|(France) | | |development. With case studies on companies including Lafarge. Click here |

|Lafarge |Middle East |23 May 2007 |Regional business coalition on HIV/AIDS for Arab world launched by companies including |

|(France) | | |Lafarge. Click here |

|Lafarge |Global |22 Feb 2006 |UNEP & companies including Lafarge launch Sustainable Building & Construction Initiative, |

|(France) | | |aimed at "greening" the industry. Click here |

|Lafarge |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including Lafarge, make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |

|(France) | | | |

|Lafarge (France) |Global |5 April 2006 |Lafarge, United Technologies & World Business Council for Sustainable Development lead new |

| | | |initiative to develop energy self-sufficient buildings. Click here |

|Lambert Howarth |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, including |

|(UK) | | |Lambert Howarth, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working conditions. |

| | | |Click here. |

|Laser Soft Infosystems |India |7 Dec 2005 |Laser Soft Infosystems & other companies win award for facilitating employment opportunities |

|(India) | | |for people with disabilities in India. Click here |

|Leber Jeweler |Zimbabwe |11 Nov 2009 |Leber Jeweler says it is "outraged" over decision not to suspend Zimbabwe from Kimberley |

|(USA) | | |Process, despite human rights abuses in Marange diamond fields. Click here |

|Leber Jeweler |Burma |18 Feb 2009 |US Campaign for Burma calls on consumers to help find Burmese rubies in jewellery stores - |

|(USA) | | |refers to positive steps by Leber Jeweler, Tiffany, Jewelers of America. Click here |

|Leber Jeweler |Burma |30 Jul 2008 |US Govt. bans all Burmese gem imports, encourages Chevron to divest - Leber Jeweler calls for|

|(USA) | | |all US jewellers to stop selling Burmese gemstones. Click here |

|Leber Jeweler |Burma |14 May 2008 |Burma cyclone: Leber Jeweler says cyclone is country's "latest catastrophe" after years of |

|(USA) | | |govt. abuses; company continues work with Jewelers' Burma Relief Project. Click here |

|Leber Jeweler |Burma |14 Nov 2007 |"Gem trade bolsters military regime, fuels atrocities", says Human Rights Watch - calls for |

|(USA) | | |ban on Burmese rubies & jade, recognises steps taken by companies including Leber Jeweler. |

| | | |Click here |

|Lehman Brothers |Asia |13 Feb 2008 |Investment banks such as Lehman Brothers step up efforts to recruit gay employees. Click here|

|(USA) | | | |

|Lehman Brothers |USA |24 Jan 2007 |Coalition of companies & environmental orgs. urges govt. to set limits on carbon emissions – |

|(USA) | | |companies include Lehman Brothers. Click here |

|Lenovo |Global |14 Jan 2009 |Greenpeace seems some “greening” of products at Las Vegas electronics show - first prizes for|

|(China) | | |products from Lenovo, Sharp, Samsung. Click here [French only] |

|Lenovo |China/ Tibet |19 Mar 2008 |Olympic sponsors concerned over Tibet unrest & violence - comments by companies including |

|(China) | | |Lenovo. Click here |

|Lenovo |Global |4 April 2007 |Lenovo leaps to top in Greenpeace ranking of electronic manufacturers' recycling and toxic |

|(China) | | |content policies. Click here |

|Leroy Merlin |Global |14 Jan 2009 |WWF-France joins with Castorama, Leroy Merlin, Nature & Découvertes & other companies to |

|(France) | | |support sustainable trade in wood products. Click here [French only] |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Gap, Levi Strauss, Nike, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney support ILO/IFC Better Work programme. Click |

| | | |here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to |

| | | |positive steps by 25 brands & retailers including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap, JC |

| | | |Penney, Kohl's, Levi Strauss, Limited Brands, Nike, Nordstrom, Timberland, TJX, Phillips-Van |

| | | |Heusen, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive business |

| | | |excellence awards, including Levi Strauss. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Egypt |24 Dec 2008 |Women's health initiative by Levi Strauss & Business for Social Responsibility expands to |

| | | |Egypt. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child |

| | | |labour in cotton fields. Companies including Levi Strauss take measures to exclude Uzbek |

| | | |cotton from their products. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |USA |16 May 2007 |Government agrees future trade deals will include enforceable labour & environmental |

| | | |provisions - Levi Strauss welcomes inclusion of labour standards. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |USA |2 May 2007 |Companies incl. Levi Strauss support natl. ban on sexual orientation discrimination. Click |

| | | |here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |South Africa |21 Feb 2007 |Levi Strauss & others find financial benefits in tackling HIV/AIDS. Click here [French only] |

|Levi Strauss |Global |13 Dec 2006 |"2006 Transparency Report Card" by NGO/labour coalition assesses labour standards reporting |

|(USA) | | |by 30 apparel retailers: Levi Strauss scores highest. Click here |

|Levi Strauss |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Levi Strauss and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory |

|(USA) | | |monitoring & improvement programme. Click here |

|Levi Strauss |Global |13 Apr 2005 |UNICEF Child Labour Resource Guide makes case for business action on child labour & refers to|

|(USA) | | |steps taken by Reebok & other companies. Click here |

|Levi Strauss (USA) |Global |12 Oct 2005 |Levi Strauss publishes list of its suppliers: Provides names & locations of over 750 |

| | | |factories. Click here |

|LexisNexis |USA |3 Jun 2009 |LexisNexis partners with NGO to develop national database aimed at combating human |

|(USA) | | |trafficking. Click here |

|LG |Global |15 Mar 2006 |Greenpeace says LG is one of the electronics companies “leading the industry by positive |

|(So. Korea) | | |example on toxic chemicals.” Click here |

|Li & Fung (China/Hong |China/ Hong Kong |25 Mar 2009 |Oxfam Hong Kong releases "Transparency Report II" on 26 garment companies - Esquel, Li & |

|Kong) | | |Fung, Glorious Sun, Esprit, Giordano, Chickeeduck, Hembly have started reporting on supply |

| | | |chain. Click here |

|Limited Brands (USA) |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to |

| | | |positive steps by 25 brands & retailers including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap, JC |

| | | |Penney, Kohl's, Levi Strauss, Limited Brands, Nike, Nordstrom, Timberland, TJX, Phillips-Van |

| | | |Heusen, Target, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney. Click here |

|Littman |USA |14 Feb 2007 |Eleven more jewellery retailers commit to No Dirty Gold campaign's social & environmental |

|(USA) | | |standards, incl. Littman. Click here |

|Liz Claiborne (USA) |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Liz Claiborne, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks on |

| | | |workers in export processing zone. Click here |

|Liz Claiborne (USA) |Cambodia |2 May 2007 |Companies including Liz Claiborne call on govt. to investigate murder of union leader - Say |

| | | |swift justice key to their continued sourcing from Cambodia. Click here |

|Liz Claiborne (USA) |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including Liz Claiborne, join chambers of commerce in expressing |

| | | |concern to Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks against |

| | | |striking workers. Click here |

|Lloyds TSB |UK |7 Jan 2009 |Top 5 firms in Stonewall's workplace equality index ranking gay-friendly employers: Lloyds |

|(UK) | | |TSB, Ford, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Barclays. Click here |

|Lonely Planet |Burma |14 May 2008 |Burma cyclone: CSR Asia describes steps by Exotissimo, Lonely Planet, Abercrombie & Kent, |

|(Australia) | | |Asia TransPacific Journeys, Google, Microsoft, Intrepid Travel. Click here |

|Lowe’s |USA |8 Mar 2006 |Lowe’s & others agree to expand disclosure on energy efficiency & climate-related issues, |

|(USA) | | |following shareholder requests. Click here |

|Lush Cosmetics |Indonesia |5 Aug 2009 |Lush Cosmetics launches protest against palm oil company Sinar Mas over alleged impacts on |

|(UK) | | |indigenous peoples in Indonesia. Click here |

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