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Positive human rights initiatives by companies featured in our Weekly Updates
Section 4: Companies beginning with M-Q
(10 Feb 2005 – 18 Jun 2014)
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|Company |Country |Date of our |Initiative |
| | |Update | |
|M.A.C. Cosmetics (part |Global |28 Sep 2005 |M.A.C. Cosmetics receives Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 2005 award for |
|of Estée Lauder) | | |excellence. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|M.A.C. Cosmetics (part |China |18 May 2005 |MAC Cosmetics & other companies make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|of Estée Lauder) | | | |
|(USA) | | | |
|Macif |France |8 Jan 2014 |Company adopts recruitment practices aimed at combatting discrimination. Click here |
|(France) | | |(French only) |
|Macy's |Nepal, India |29 Jun 2011 |Partnership with GoodWeave to launch child labour certified rug collections from Nepal |
|(USA) | | |and India. Click here |
|Macy’s |Rwanda |18 Oct 2006 |Macy's partners with women widowed in genocide, in basket-making project to foster |
|(USA) | | |economic development & reconciliation. Click here |
|Maersk |Hong Kong |23 Jan 2013 |Maersk Line calls for ban on high-sulphur fuel amidst allegations that ship emissions |
|(Denmark) | | |lead to nearly 400 deaths in 1 year. Click here |
|Maersk |Hong Kong |8 Sep 2010 |Maersk to use cleaner fuel in Hong Kong to reduce pollution, promote health - firm hopes |
|(Denmark) | | |move will prompt regulation in Asia. Click here |
|Magna |Global |29 Jun 2005 |Merrill Lynch & World Resources Institute partner to identify companies best positioned |
|(Canada) | | |for clean car revolution, including Magna. Click here |
|Mahindra |India |27 Mar 2013 |Mahindra Rural Housing Finance to extend accessible home loans to customers in rural |
|(India) | | |India. Click here |
|Mahou |Spain |18 Aug 2010 |Brewer Mahou signs plan that includes equal work opportunities for both sexes and the |
|(Spain) | | |prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Malakoff Médéric |France |8 Jan 2014 |Company adopts recruitment practices aimed at combatting discrimination. Click here |
|(France) | | |(French only) |
|Malongo |Sao Tomé & Principe |2 Jun 2010 |Malongo signs an agreement with the government & the UN to create, equip and train ten |
|(France) | | |coffee cooperatives. Click here [French only] |
|Mangalam Drugs |Global |23 Jul 2008 |Cipla, IPCA Labs, Calyx, Mangalam Drugs, Holleypharm, PIDI Standard sign pact with |
|(India) | | |Clinton Foundation to provide low-priced malaria drugs. Click here |
|Mango |Global |05 Dec 2012 |Zara, Mango commit to eliminating hazardous chemicals from supply chain by 2020 following|
|(Spain) | | |Greenpeace campaign. Click here |
|Mango |Spain/India |18 Oct 2006 |Mango launches keyring from which the profits will go towards the construction of homes |
|(Spain) | | |in India. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Manpower |Belgium |7 Aug 2013 |Manpower Unlimited helps disabled people find work & educates companies issues |
|(USA) | | |surrounding disability at work. Click here (French only) |
|Manpower (USA) |Global |22 Feb 2012 |Manpower, Verité release ethical framework to combat human trafficking & forced labour in|
| | | |cross-border recruitment. Click here |
|Manpower |USA |16 Mar 2011 |Manpower receives award from refugee NGO for helping refugees find work. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Manpower (USA) |Argentina |6 May 2009 |Manpower to continue with activities supporting labour inclusion of women in jail. Click |
| | | |here [Spanish only] |
|Manpower (USA) |Global |15 Apr 2009 |"Doing Business in a Multicultural World" report by UN Alliance of Civilizations, UN |
| | | |Global Compact - describes positive initiatives by Abu Dhabi Natl. Energy, American |
| | | |Express, BMW, HSBC, Manpower, Titan Cement, TUI, others. Click here |
|Manpower (USA) |Global |3 sep 2008 |Manpower receives recognition for promoting women in the workplace. Click here |
|Manpower (USA) |Argentina |30 Apr 2008 |Manpower signs agreement for preventing & eradicating child labour. Click here [Spanish |
| | | |only] |
|Manpower (USA) |Argentina |27 Jun 2007 |Network of companies against child labour created – companies include Manpower. Click |
| | | |here [Spanish only] |
|Manpower (USA) |Argentina |10 Jan 2007 |Manpower & Petrobras form alliance to increase work opportunities for disadvantaged young|
| | | |people. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Manpower (USA) |Global |5 Jul 2006 |Manpower runs global initiative to help combat human trafficking. Click here |
|Manquiri |Bolivia |23 Jul 2008 |Manquiri mining company participates in environmental remediation in Cerro Rico de |
|(Bolivia) | | |Potosí, contaminated over 470 years. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Maptek (Australia) |Chile |20 Oct 2010 |Firms that contributed to miners' rescue efforts include Codelco, BHP Billiton, |
| | | |Collahuasi, GeoTech Drilling, Maptek. Click here |
|Marathon |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive |
|(USA) | | |business excellence awards, including Marathon. Click here |
|Marathon |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies |
|(USA) | | |including Marathon Oil, Nestlé, Wal-Mart, Yutong. Click here |
|Marathon |Global |20 Jun 2007 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria awards companies including |
|(USA) | | |Marathon. Click here |
|Marathon |USA |30 Mar 2005 |Six US companies, including Marathon, take steps on climate change following shareholder |
|(USA) | | |demands. Click here |
|Marathon |Equatorial Guinea |30 Aug 2006 |Marathon Oil partners with Noble Energy, NGOs & govt., aiming to stop transmission of |
|(USA) | | |malaria on Bioko island within 5 years. Click here |
|Marco Aldany |Spain |16 Jan 2008 |Report on managing diversity in Spanish companies (refers to positive steps by companies |
|(Spain) | | |including Marco Aldany). Click here [in Spanish] |
|Marks & Spencer |UK |07 Nov 2012 |Greenpeace welcomes Marks & Spencer's commitment to eliminate hazardous chemicals from |
|(UK) | | |clothing - 7th brand to do so. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Bangladesh, Indonesia |7 Dec 2011 |Marks & Spencer reports on progress with its responsibility plan, including two "ethical |
|(UK) | | |excellence" factories. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Bangladesh |4 Aug 2010 |New Oxfam report: "Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains" - includes case studies on |
|(UK) | | |initiatives by companies including Marks & Spencer. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Bangladesh |28 Jul 2010 |Asda (part of Wal-Mart) responds to concerns over living wage, working conditions in its |
|(UK) | | |supplier factories. Refers to positive steps by Asda, Inditex, Marks & Spencer. Click |
| | | |here |
|Marks & Spencer |UK |26 May 2010 |Marks & Spencer first UK retailer to sell Fairtrade vegetables – Sainsbury says it will |
|(UK) | | |also offer Fairtrade. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Global |3 Mar 2010 |Marks & Spencer makes 80 commitments to become "world's most sustainable retailer" - |
|(UK) | | |include working to ensure "fair, living wage" for suppliers in So. Asia. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Global |11 Nov 2009 |Nestlé, Marks & Spencer commit to using sustainable palm oil. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Marks & Spencer |Uzbekistan |3 Jun 2009 |Uzbek Govt. signs ILO conventions after retailers including Tesco, Asda/Wal-Mart, Marks &|
|(UK) | | |Spencer, Gap pull out over forced child labour in cotton industry. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child |
|(UK) | | |labour in cotton fields. Companies including Marks & Spencer take measures to exclude |
| | | |Uzbek cotton from their products. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |India, |23 Jul 2008 |Shell Foundation, Marks & Spencer partnership strengthening fair-trade supply chains in |
|(UK) |So. Africa | |India, So. Africa. Click here |
|Marks & Spencer |Global |28 Mar 2007 |SustainAbility report on business partnerships with social entrepreneurs: How they can |
|(UK) | | |help solve social & environmental problems - refers to initiatives by companies including|
| | | |Marks & Spencer. Click Here |
|Marks & Spencer |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, |
|(UK) | | |including Marks & Spencer, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve |
| | | |working conditions. Click here. |
|Mark's Work Wearhouse |Global |13 Dec 2006 |"2006 Transparency Report Card" by NGO/labour coalition assesses labour standards |
|(Canada) | | |reporting by 30 apparel retailers: Mark’s Work Wearhouse improves its score from previous|
| | | |year. Click here |
|Marriott |USA |18 Mar 2009 |DiversityInc's "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" 2009 |
|(USA) | | |- Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, Ernst & Young, Marriott lead. Click here |
|Marriott |Global |13 Dec 2006 |Social investors welcome Marriott's addition of provisions to its human rights policy |
|(USA) | | |addressing child sex tourism. Click here |
|Marriott |Global |12 Jul 2006 |"Crossing boundaries": Country-visits by business leaders to witness social, |
|(USA) | | |environmental impacts of their companies (report by IBLF). Companies featured include |
| | | |Marriott. Click here |
|Marriott |Global |22 Mar 2006 |Marriott a founding participant in the Tourism and Human Rights Initiative, launched by |
|(USA) | | |the UN World Tourism Organization & Intl. Business Leaders Forum. Click here |
|Mars |Ghana |22 Dec 2010 |US Govt. gives Mars award for work with cocoa farmers in Ghana, including efforts to |
|(USA) | | |reduce child labour. Click here |
|Mars |Global |15 Apr 2009 |Mars to start sourcing cocoa that meets Rainforest Alliance standards on environment, |
|(USA) | | |labour - NGOs say measures are step in right direction but stronger protections needed. |
| | | |Click here |
|Mars |West Africa |30 May 2007 |World Cocoa Foundation partners with USAID to promote farm safety, reduce children's |
|(USA) | | |exposure to unsafe labour practices, improve education - supported by contributions from |
| | | |companies including Mars. Click here |
|Marshalls |India |5 Aug 2009 |Paving supplier Marshalls renews its campaign against child labour in India's sandstone |
|(UK) | | |industry. Click here |
|Maruha Nichiro |Japan |8 Jan 2014 |Maruha Nichiro apologises for understating health effects of pesticide in frozen food. |
|(Japan) | | |Click here |
|Massalin Particulares |Argentina |3 Jan 2006 |"Porvenir" programme involving companies including Massalin Particulares aims to remove |
|(part of Philip Morris) | | |700 children from work on tobacco plantations. Click here [Spanish only] |
|(Argentina ) | | | |
|Mast Industries |Sri Lanka |30 Aug 2006 |Partnership with UNDP, Gap, Mast Industries to improve access to water. Click here |
|(Sri Lanka) | | | |
|MasterCard |Africa |28 Sep 2011 |Part of initiative to improve access to banking services in Africa. Click here [in |
|(USA) | | |French] |
|MasterCard |Global |4 Mar 2009 |New coalition to tackle internet child porn: NGOs, MasterCard, Microsoft, PayPal, VISA |
|(USA) | | |involved. Click here |
|MasterCard (USA) |Global |19 Sep 2012 |World Food Programme & MasterCard create new “digital food” delivery systems, by |
| | | |providing people with electronic voucher transfers to buy food from local shops & |
| | | |markets. Click here |
|Matrix Direct (USA) |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & |
| | | |birth control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Matrix Laboratories |Global |12 Aug 2009 |Clinton Foundation announces deal with Pfizer, Matrix to lower cost of anti-AIDS drugs. |
|(India) | | |Click here |
|Mattel |China |1 Aug 2007 |Mattel helps ensure decent working conditions & product safety by owning toy factories in|
|(USA) | | |China, says NY Times article. Click here |
|Mazars |Global |21 Nov 2012 |Mazars & Shift launch collaboration to develop human rights auditing standards in line |
|(Global) | | |with UN Guiding Principles. Click here |
|Mazda Motor |Japan |19 Mar 2008 |Mazda Motor receives govt. human rights award. Click here |
|(Japan) | | | |
|McDonald’s |Israel & Palestine |10 Jul 2013 |McDonald's refuses to open restaurant in West Bank Jewish settlement. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|McDonald's |USA |4 Aug 2010 |New Oxfam report: "Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains" - includes case studies on |
|(USA) | | |initiatives by companies including McDonald’s. Click here |
|McDonald's |USA |21 Jan 2009 |Faith-based investors strengthen call for companies to support health care reform - Over |
|(USA) | | |12 US firms now do so publicly, including McDonald's. Click here |
|McDonald's |Global |14 May 2008 |Project Kaleidoscope by McDonald's, Disney, Interfaith Center & others, on improving |
|(USA) | | |supply chain working conditions - final report. Click here |
|McDonald's |Darfur, Sudan |7 May 2008 |Dream for Darfur gives higher marks to Adidas, McDonald's, Kodak for publicly urging |
|(USA) | | |action on Darfur; poor marks to 16 other Olympic sponsors. Click here |
|McDonald's |China/ Tibet |19 Mar 2008 |Olympic sponsors concerned over Tibet unrest & violence - comments by companies including|
|(USA) | | |McDonald's. Click here |
|McDonald's |USA |11 Apr 2007 |McDonald's & farmworker group agree to higher wages for tomato pickers & more stringent |
|(USA) | | |workplace code. Click here |
|McDonald’s |Brazil |26 July 2006 |Greenpeace welcomes McDonald's commitment to "zero deforestation plan", respecting 2-year|
|(USA) | | |moratorium on soy from newly-deforested parts of Amazon. Click here |
|McDonald's |Global |2 Nov 2005 |Oxfam welcomes McDonald's decision to serve only fair trade organic coffee at 658 of its |
|(USA) | | |restaurants in northeast USA. Click here |
|McKinsey |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |
|(USA) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including McKinsey. Click here |
|MDL |Senegal |21 Dec 2011 |MDL promises 200 million CFA to meet needs of residents close to mine. Click here (only |
|(Canada) | | |in French) |
|MDL (Mineral Deposits |Senegal |10 Jun 2009 |Social programme funded by Arcelor Mittal, MDL & Oromin will now be managed at local |
|Limited) | | |level. Click here [French only] |
|(Australia) | | | |
|MEASAT Broadcast Network|Global |27 Oct 2010 |Four firms win Asian CSR Awards for initiatives on workplace practices, health, |
|Systems (Malaysia) | | |environment, poverty alleviation & education. Click here |
|Medicall Home |Mexico |1 Jul 2009 |Economist report on initiatives by telecom, IT companies to help developing countries |
|(Mexico) | | |tackle health problems - refers to steps by Google, Medicall Home, MTN, Voxiva. Click |
| | | |here |
|Megaflex |Argentina |29 Aug 2007 |Megaflex provide complementary education in their factories to workers who have not |
|(Argentina) | | |finished primary education. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Mendes Júnior |Brazil |19 Mar 2014 | |
|(Brazil) | | |Brazil: Construction firm Mendes Júnior says it hires workers rescued from slave-like |
| | | |conditions to work in 2014 World Cup stadium. Click here |
| | | | |
|Mercedes Benz |Colombia |16 Jun 2010 |Mercedes Benz donates 192 million pesos to the Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar Foundation, |
|(Germany) | | |which has helped reduce infant mortality in Cartagena by 79%. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Merck |Global |1 Feb 2012 |Pharmaceutical firms and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to jointly combat 10 neglected|
|(Germany) | | |tropical diseases. Click here |
| | | |Click here (in French) |
|Merck |Global |8 Jun 2011 |Merck promises to reduce prices of vaccines in developing countries. |
|(USA) | | |Click here [also available in French] |
|Merck |Honduras |4 May 2011 |Merck partners with Project Hope & Honduran Ministry of Health to vaccinate vulnerable |
|(USA) | | |populations against pneumococcal disease. |
| | | |Click here |
|Merck |Rwanda |27 Apr 2011 |Merck, Qiagen donate vaccines & tests to start natl. cervical cancer prevention |
|(USA) | | |programme. |
| | | |Click here |
| | | |Click her [in French] |
|Merck |USA |22 Sep 2010 |Merck expands programme of free medicines & vaccines for poor & uninsured. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Merck |Botswana |1 Sep 2010 |Merck commits additional $30 million to fight against HIV/AIDS. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Merck |Global |11 Aug 2010 |Recent trend among pharmaceutical firms to reduce prices for HIV/AIDS & tropical disease |
|(USA) | | |medicines in developing world Click here |
|Merck |USA |28 Apr 2010 |AIDS Healthcare Foundation lauds Merck for "significant concessions" to lower prices of |
|(USA) | | |AIDS drug. Click here |
|Merck |Global |23 Sep 2009 |Merck and Wellcome Trust announce India-based partnership to develop vaccines for |
|(USA) | | |developing world. Click here [also available in French] |
|Merck |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Merck & "Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative" announce partnership to develop |
|(USA) | | |treatments for neglected tropical diseases. Click here [also available in Spanish] |
|Merck |Global |19 Nov 2008 |Partnership between Merck, UN, WHO & govts. makes progress toward stopping transmission |
|(USA) | | |of river blindness. Click here |
|Merck |Mexico |6 Aug 2008 |AIDS Healthcare Foundation commends Merck over price cuts on 2 key AIDS drugs in Mexico. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Merck |Burkina Faso |5 Feb 2008 |Pfizer, Merck & Glaxo donate $450 million in medicines for neglected tropical diseases. |
|(USA) | | |Click here [in French] |
|Merck |Africa |12 Dec 2007 |World Bank and Merck launch initiative to raise $50 million to fight river blindness in |
|(USA) | | |28 African countries. Click here |
|Merck |Global |24 May 2006 |Merck among Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS’ 2006 winners. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Merck |Botswana |10 May 2006 |Companies, including Merck, receive awards for contribution to UN Millennium Development |
|(USA) | | |Goals, presented by UNDP, ICC, IBLF. Click here |
|Merck |Latin America |17 Aug 2005 |26 pharmaceutical firms, including Merck, agree with governments of 11 Latin American |
|(USA) | | |countries on price reductions of up to 66% for anti-HIV/AIDS drugs. Click here |
|Merck |Global |6 Apr 2005 |UK Government launches framework for good practice in pharmaceutical industry on |
|(USA) | | |increasing access to essential medicines in developing countries: with input from |
| | | |companies including Merck. Click here |
|Merck |Global |21 Mar 2012 |Special initiative announced by company regarding World Water Day 2012 Click here |
|(Germany) | | | |
|Merck Sharp & Dohme |Africa, Latin America |3 Jun 2009 |Merck Sharp & Dohme programme to donate Mectizan prevents more than 40,000 cases of |
|(USA) | | |trypanosomiasis per year in Africa & Latin America – large-scale public-private |
| | | |partnership with more than 30 governments, 13 NGOs. Click here [French only] |
|Merck Sharp & Dohme |China |28 Jun 2006 |Merck receives award for health care initiatives in China. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Merck Sharp & Dohme |China |7 Sep 2005 |Steps that companies, including Merck Sharp & Dohme, are taking to address HIV/AIDS in |
|(USA) | | |China. Click here |
|Merck Sharp & Dohme |China |18 May 2005 |Merck Sharp & Dohme & other companies make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Merck Sharpe & Dohme |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including Merck Sharpe & Dohme, launch National |
|(USA) | | |Business Council on AIDS, aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the |
| | | |Mexican workplace. Click here |
|Merrill Lynch |Global |12 Jul 2006 |"Crossing boundaries": Country-visits by business leaders to witness social, |
|(USA) | | |environmental impacts of their companies (report by IBLF). Companies featured include |
| | | |Merrill Lynch. Click here |
|Merrill Lynch |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including Merrill Lynch launch $75 million fund for |
|(USA) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Merrill Lynch |Global |29 Jun 2005 |Merrill Lynch & World Resources Institute partner to identify companies best positioned |
|(USA) | | |for clean car revolution, including BorgWarner, Hyundai, Magna, Toyota. Click here |
|Metinvest |Ukraine |28 Nov 2012 |Metals & mining company Metinvest to fund construction of drinking water wells. Click |
|(Ukraine) | | |here |
|Metro (Denmark) |Denmark |15 Apr 2009 |"Business and Migration: Perceptions from Denmark" - refers to positive steps by Comwell,|
| | | |Eurotex, ISS, Metro, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk. Click here |
|MGEN |France |8 Jan 2014 |Company adopts recruitment practices aimed at combatting discrimination. Click here |
|(France) | | |(French only) |
|MicroEnsure |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 |
|MicroBank (La Caixa) |Global |16 Jul 2008 |MicroBank (La Caixa) channels 60 million Euros in microcedits to disadvantaged groups. |
|(Spain) | | |Click here (Spanish only) |
|Microsoft |USA |10 Jul 2013 |Businesses push for federal law to protect against workplace discrimination based on |
|(USA) | | |sexual orientation. Click here |
|Microsoft |Global |27 Mar 2013 |Microsoft releases data on law enforcement requests relating to online services. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Microsoft |Global |05 Dec 2012 |Microsoft's approach to implementing UN Guiding Principles. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Microsoft (USA) |USA |11 July 2012 |Global Witness, Enough Project & others call on electronics & automotive firms to make |
| | | |public statements against US Chamber of Commerce position on conflict minerals - praise |
| | | |Microsoft, GE, Motorola Solutions for "breaking" with the Chamber. Click here |
|Microsoft (USA) |USA |25 Jan 2012 |Group of companies write letter to Washington State Governor in support of gay marriage |
| | | |legislation Click here |
|Microsoft |Azerbaijan, Belarus, |8 Dec 2010 |Microsoft launches software license for NGOs, independent media in Russia & 11 other |
|(USA) |China, Kazakhstan, | |countries -will help address freedom of expression restrictions. Click here |
| |Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, | | |
| |Russia, Tajikistan, | | |
| |Turkmenistan, | | |
| |Uzbekistan, Vietnam | | |
|Microsoft |Global |17 Nov 2010 |New book on “CSR in the context of conflict and post-conflict – from risk management to |
|(USA) | | |value creation” - refers to positive initiatives by Grupo Éxito, Heineken, Microsoft |
| | | |Colombia. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Microsoft |Global |7 Jul 2010 |Microsoft partners with Intl. Development Law Organization to facilitate access to new |
|(USA) | | |technologies in developing countries. Click here |
|Microsoft |Global |5 May 2010 |Microsoft organizes the Imagine CUP, a competition to promote technological competence & |
|(USA) | | |creativity of youth in Africa & elsewhere. Click here [French only] |
|Microsoft (USA) |USA |31 Mar 2010 |Group including Google launches campaign for legislation restricting govt. access to |
| | | |private digital data. Click here |
|Microsoft |Kenya |10 Mar 2010 |Govt., Microsoft and NGO form joint initiative to protect children from internet abuse. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Microsoft |Africa |7 Oct 2009 |Microsoft in joint initiative with UN to dispose safely of hazardous electronic waste. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Microsoft |Denmark |15 Apr 2009 |"Business and Migration: Perceptions from Denmark" - refers to positive steps by Comwell,|
|(USA) | | |Eurotex, ISS, Metro, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk. Click here |
|Microsoft |Global |4 Mar 2009 |New coalition to tackle internet child porn: NGOs, MasterCard, Microsoft, PayPal, VISA |
|(USA) | | |involved. Click here |
|Microsoft |Global |25 Feb 2009 |UNEP & Microsoft announce partnership to address environmental issues by using new |
|(USA) | | |technologies. Click here [French only] |
|Microsoft |Global |29 Oct 2008 |Coalition of human rights NGOs, Internet firms including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! & |
|(USA) | | |others launches principles on govt. censorship & threats to privacy. Click here |
|Microsoft |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 |
|Microsoft |Global |2 Jun 2008 |Microsoft joins One Laptop Per Child project. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Microsoft |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 |
|Microsoft |Global |7 May 2008 |UK Prime Minister convenes major companies in "Business Call to Action" to tackle world |
|(USA) | | |poverty - booklet describes steps by Vodafone, Sumitomo Chemical, SAB Miller, Reuters, |
| | | |Microsoft, Diageo, Coca-Cola, Citi to help combat poverty. Click here |
|Microsoft |Spain |9 Apr 2008 |Caja Navarra, Grupo Vips, DKV Seguros, Microsoft recognised for role in promoting the |
|(USA) | | |social integration of disadvantaged people. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Microsoft |India |31 Oct 2007 |Local & global firms including Microsoft develop technological products & services for |
|(USA) | | |the poor. Click here |
|Microsoft |USA |2 May 2007 |Companies incl. Microsoft support natl. ban on sexual orientation discrimination. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Microsoft |Global |24 Jan 2007 |Companies, investors, human rights NGOs to develop principles on internet freedom of |
|(USA) | | |expression & privacy - Participants include Microsoft. Click here |
|Microsoft |Colombia |1 Nov 2006 |Microsoft to open 8 training centres for ex-combatants in Colombia. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Microsoft |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Microsoft. Click|
|(USA) | | |here |
|Microsoft |Global |1 Feb 2006 |Microsoft issues policy to address government requests for censorship of weblogs. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Microsoft |Uruguay |6 Jun 2012 |Microsoft organises third forum for NGOs on "The technology for social causes". Click |
|(USA) | | |here [Spanish only] |
|Minas Paz del Río |Colombia |7 Mar 2012 |13 mining companies sign commitment to promote health and security rights in the |
|(Colombia) | | |workplace, sustainable environmental mining, and human rights. Click here |
|Minera Yanacocha/ |Global |1 Jul 2009 |Minera Yanacocha/Newmont releases review of security & human rights policies under |
|Newmont | | |Voluntary Principles. Click here |
|(Peru) | | | |
|Mineral Invest |Dem. Rep. of Congo |8 Sep 2010 |Mineral Invest International’s contract for the exploitation of Kilomoto provides for the|
|International | | |construction of schools, hospitals & for the supply of water to local communities. Click |
|(Sweden) | | |here [French only] |
|Mineros (Colombia) |Colombia |7 Mar 2012 |13 mining companies sign commitment to promote health and security rights in the |
| | | |workplace, sustainable environmental mining, and human rights. Click here |
|Mittal |Mexico |1 Mar 2006 |Mexican Govt. recognises companies for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, including |
|(Netherlands) | | |Mittal. Click here |
|Mizuno |Global |18 Jan 2012 |First Global Framework Agreement signed by Japanese Multinational Mizuno Click here |
|(Japan) | | | |
|MMA |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including MMA launch $75 million fund for |
|(USA) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Mobiltel (Bulgaria) |Bulgaria |24 Feb 2010 |Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum gives awards for socially responsible companies. Click |
| | | |here |
|Modicare (part of Modi |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Microcare. Click|
|Group) (India) | | |here |
|Modicare (part of Modi |India |17 Aug 2005 |Steps that Indian companies, including Modicare, are taking to address HIV/AIDS. Click |
|Group) (India) | | |here |
|Mohammadi Group |Bangladesh |23 Jan 2013 |Companies need to cooperate with civil society to ensure safe working conditions in |
|(Bangladesh) | | |garment sector, says managing director of Mohammadi Group. Click here |
|Mondēlez Intl. |Côte d’Ivoire |5 Jun 2013 |Mondēlez Intl invests 100 million dollars in cacao-culture to improve the living |
|(USA) | | |conditions of cocoa producers. Click here (French only) |
|Mondēlez Intl. |Global |24 Apr 2013 |Mondēlez Intl. to aid women farmers in its supply chain following Oxfam's "Behind the |
|(USA) | | |Brands" report. Click here |
|Mondi |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Report urges forestry industry to address conflicts with local people - provides examples|
|(South Africa) | | |of steps taken by companies including Mondi. Click here |
|Monsanto (USA) |Global |17 Jun 2009 |6 seed firms, including Monsanto, outline approach to tackling child labour in |
| | | |agriculture. Click here |
|Monsanto (USA) |India |23 Nov 2005 |Monsanto & Bayer affiliates prepare plan with local NGOs in Andhra Pradesh, India, to |
| | | |address child labour in cottonseed production. Click here |
| |Global |29 Sep 2010 |Global action plan to achieve Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - with commitments by |
|(USA) | | |private sector. Firms making specific commitments include . Click here |
| |India |19 May 2010 | recognised for initiative to expand job opportunities for rural youth. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Morgan Stanley |Global |6 Nov 2013 |Company to establish Institute for Sustainable Investing to provide social benefit |
|(USA) | | |alongside financial return. Click here |
|Morgan Stanley |USA |6 Feb 2008 |Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley to require coal power plants they finance to |
|(USA) | | |meet anticipated govt. standards on CO2 emissions. Click here |
|Morrison & Foerster |USA |27 Jan 2010 |Report praises diversity policies at large California law firms including Morrison & |
|(USA) | | |Foerster. Click here |
|Motorola |Africa |20 Oct 2010 |Ford, Intel, Motorola pledge to implement OECD guidance for responsible sourcing of |
|(USA) | | |minerals from conflict areas. Click here |
|Motorola |USA |3 May 2006 |Motorola comes 4th in Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click here|
|(USA) | | | |
|Motorola Solutions |Democratic Rep. of |23 Jan 2013 |New on our videos, films & documentaries page: Video report on Motorola Solutions' |
|(USA) |Congo | |project to help develop conflict-free mining in Dem. Rep. of Congo. Click here |
|Motorola Solutions (USA)|USA |11 July 2012 |Global Witness, Enough Project & others call on electronics & automotive firms to make |
| | | |public statements against US Chamber of Commerce position on conflict minerals - praise |
| | | |Microsoft, GE, Motorola Solutions for "breaking" with the Chamber. Click here |
|Motorola Solutions |Dem. Rep. of Congo |20 Jul, 27 Jul|Motorola Solutions aims to create conflict-free supply chain of minerals from Dem. Rep. |
|(USA) | |2011 |of Congo. |
| | | |Click here [also available in French] |
|Mountain Equipment Co-op|Global |13 Dec 2006 |"2006 Transparency Report Card" by NGO/labour coalition assesses labour standards |
|(Canada) | | |reporting by 30 apparel retailers: Mountain Equipment Co-op improves its score from |
| | | |previous year. Click here |
|MPX Colombia (part of |Colombia |7 Mar 2012 |13 mining companies sign commitment to promote health and security rights in the |
|EBX) (Brazil) | | |workplace, sustainable environmental mining, and human rights. Click here |
|MTN |Cameroun |8 Jan 2014 |MTN’s subsidiary in Cameroon supports disadvantaged youth’s education. Click here (French|
|(Nigeria) | | |only) |
|MTN |Uganda |27 Apr 2011 |World Malaria Day: Companies honoured for their part in Roll Back Malaria Partnership |
|(South Africa) | | |Click here |
|MTN |Uganda |22 Sep 2010 |Ericsson and MTN joint project with UNHCR and Refugees United uses mobile phones to |
|(South Africa) | | |reconnect refugees, internally displaced people with their families. Click here |
|MTN |Uganda |8 Jul 2009 |Google, MTN, Grameen Foundation launch project to increase access to advice on health, |
|(South Africa) | | |agricultural markets. Click here |
|MTN |South Africa |1 Jul 2009 |Economist report on initiatives by telecom, IT companies to help developing countries |
|(South Africa) | | |tackle health problems - refers to steps by Google, Medicall Home, MTN, Voxiva. Click |
| | | |here |
|MTN |Côte d'Ivoire |13 May 2009 |MTN supports fight against rural poverty through a UNDP programme focusing on women. |
|(South Africa) | | |Click here [French only] |
|MTN |Uganda |21 Nov 2007 |Telecom firm MTN Uganda launches community development foundation, building on its |
|(South Africa) | | |housing, education projects. Click here |
|MTR railway company |Hong Kong |25 May 2005 |CSR Asia says new social & environmental report by MTR railway company includes |
|(China) | | |stakeholder engagement & "set the standard for others to follow" in Asia. Click here |
|MTV |Global |20 Oct 2010 |Facebook, MTV partner with activist groups to curb lesbian, gay, bisexual, and |
|(USA) | | |transgender bullying, in light of recent suicides. Click here |
|MTV |Global |3 Dec 2008 |MTV Latinoamérica promotes multimedia campaign to mark World Aids Day. Click here |
|(USA) | | |[Spanish only] |
|MTV |Global |31 Jan 2007 |MTV president criticises companies at Davos for waning attention to HIV/AIDS. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Munich Re |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including Munich Re launch $75 million fund for |
|(Germany) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Murray & Roberts |South Africa |18 Jan 2012 |Construction firms launch health & safety initiative, "BuildSafe South Africa" Click here|
|(South Africa) | | | |
|Murray & Roberts |South Africa |2 Mar 2011 |Murray & Roberts in partnership providing HIV testing for workers at power station. |
|(So Africa) | | |Click here |
|Nairn's |Global |11 Nov 2009 |WWF praises Nairn's for supporting sustainable palm oil - industry linked to climate |
|(UK) | | |change, displacement. Click here |
|Nalco (Netherlands) |Global |24 Mar 2010 |World Water Day: Steps to increase access to water by Coca-Cola, Dole, Dow, Intel, Nalco,|
| | | |Nestlé, PepsiCo, UL, Veolia. Click here |
|Nam Theun (Laos) |Laos |29 Aug 2007 |The Nam Theun dam is “a laboratory” for social and environmental impact mitigation. Click|
| | | |here [French only] |
|Nando |South Africa |27 Apr 2011 |World Malaria Day: Companies honoured for their part in Roll Back Malaria Partnership |
|(South Africa) | | |Click here |
|National Basketball |Global |24 May 2006 |National Basketball Association among Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS’ 2006 |
|Association (USA) | | |winners. Click here |
|National Grid (UK) |Global |12 April 2006 |National Grid & 5 other utility companies publish report on implementing human rights |
| | | |principles – focusing on supply chain, diversity, vulnerable customers, climate change. |
| | | |Click here |
|National Grid (UK) |Global |29 Jun 2005 |National Grid manager makes case for companies to respect & promote human rights, in a |
| | | |speech to the UN General Assembly on behalf of the 10 member companies of Business |
| | | |Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. Click here |
|Natura |Brazil |18 Nov 2009 |Financial Times reports rapid evolution of corporate responsibility - highlights examples|
|(Brazil) | | |from Grupo Orsa, Natura, Petrobras. Click here |
|Nature & Découvertes |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] |
|NatureAir |Global |26 Nov 2008 |UNEP says a Costa Rican airline, NatureAir, is the first to have “zero” carbon emissions.|
|(Costa Rica) | | |Click here |
|Nedbank |South Africa |31 Aug 2011 |Nedbank to support WWF water programme. Click here. |
|(South Africa) | | | |
|Nestlé |Global |14 Aug 2013 |Nespresso and Rainforest Alliance celebrate 10th anniversary of their collaboration aimed|
|Nespresso | | |at improving living conditions of coffee farmers and protect environment. Click here |
|(Switzerland) | | |(French only) |
|Nestlé |Global |10 Apr 2013 |Video: "Nestlé & Human Rights". Nestlé presents its "Human Rights Due Diligence |
|(Switzerland) | | |Programme", which it says it has implemented across its business activities. Click here |
|Nestlé |Côte d'Ivoire |20 Mar 2013 |The Nestlé report «Creating Shared Value » underlines its engagements & the results of |
|(Switzerland) | | |their projects in the fields of nutrition, water and rural development. Click here |
|Nestlé |Côte d'Ivoire |13 Mar 2013 |Nestlé publishes “The cocoa-planter’s manual” aiming to improve the quality of cocoa and |
|(Switzerland) | | |the living conditions of the workers. Click here [French only] |
|Nestlé |Côte d'Ivoire |27 Feb 2013 |Nestlé develops its « Cocoa plan » to better fight against child labour and assure |
|(Switzerland) | | |producers sustainable cocoa production. Click here |
|Nestlé |Côte d’Ivoire |6 Feb 2013 |Nestlé to construct numerous schools to better fight against child labour in cacao |
|(Switzerland) | | |plantations Click here [French only] |
|Nestlé |Cote d’Ivoire |23 Jan 2013 |Report on stakeholder consultation on child labour in Nestlé’s cocoa supply chain in Côte|
|(Switzerland) | | |d’Ivoire. Click here |
|Nestlé |Côte d’Ivoire |4 July 2012 |Nestlé sets out actions to address child labour in response to Fair Labor Association |
|(Switzerland) | | |report on company’s cocoa supply chain. Click here |
|Nestlé |Côte d'Ivoire |30 Nov 2011 |Nestlé announces partnership with Fair Labor Association to tackle child labour in its |
|(Switzerland) | | |supply chain. Click here |
| | | |Click here (in French) |
|Nestlé |Colombia |7 Sep 2011 |Nestle receives "Understanding Peace” award. Click here [in Spanish] |
|(Switzerland) | | | |
|Nestlé |Global |8 Sep 2010 |World Water Week: Positive initiatives by companies on access to clean water, sanitation.|
|(Switzerland) | | |Click here |
|Nestlé |Global |22 Aug 2010 |Unilever & Nestlé plan to source all palm oil from certified ethical & sustainable |
|(Switzerland) | | |suppliers by 2015. Click here |
|Nestlé |Colombia |21 Jul 2010 |Launch of "Colombia Guidelines on Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law" for |
|(Switzerland) | | |companies. Signatories include Coca-Cola, Indupalma, Isagen, Nestlé, Tipiel. Click here |
|Nestlé |Global |19 May 2010 |Nestlé issues new palm oil sourcing guidelines – includes free prior & informed consent |
|(Switzerland) | | |for indigenous peoples. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |24 Mar 2010 |World Water Day: Steps to increase access to water by Coca-Cola, Dole, Dow, Intel, Nalco,|
| | | |Nestlé, PepsiCo, UL, Veolia. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Africa |17 Feb 2010 |Nestlé developing research & agricultural production in order to help fight hunger & |
| | | |malnutrition. Click here [French only] |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |11 Nov 2009 |Nestlé, Marks & Spencer commit to using sustainable palm oil. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |14 Oct 2009 |Nestle to grant award on “actions to enhance access to water” in rural communities. Click|
| | | |here [in Spanish] |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Argentina |2 Sep 2009 |Meeting on the role of the private sector in the prevention and elimination of child |
| | | |labour is supported by companies such as Andreani, Arcor, Cargill, Nestlé, Telefónica. |
| | | |Click here [Spanish only] |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |6 May 2009 |Nestlé announces 3 new initiatives, including a global education programme on nutrition &|
| | | |health in cooperation with UN. Click here [French only] |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies |
| | | |including Nestlé. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |México |11 Jun 2008 |Nestlé opens community centre in Veracruz to expand its child nutrition program. Click |
| | | |here [Spanish only] |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |UK |30 Jan 2008 |21 food manufacturers commit to save water, including Nestlé. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Argentina |25 Apr 2007 |Agreement signed between the government, UNICEF, ILO & companies to eradicate child |
| | | |labour – Signatory companies include Nestlé. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |21 Mar 2007 |IBLF report on how company employee initiatives are helping increase access to education,|
| | | |water, health, housing – refers to initiatives by companies including Nestlé. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |12 Oct 2005 |Nestlé launches own fair trade coffee brand - provokes mixed reaction from aid & trade |
| | | |workers. Click here |
|Nestlé Philippines |Philippines |6 Jan 2010 |Govt. recognises 8 firms for environmental performance including Nestlé Philippines. |
|(Philippines) | | |Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Haiti |11 Apr 2012 |Company plans to build hospitals in Haiti an example of growing role of private sector in|
| | | |providing public services in poor countries. Click here |
|Nestlé (Switzerland) |Global |21 Mar 2012 |Special initiative announced by company regarding World Water Day 2012 Click here |
|New Balance |Peru |13 Mar 2013 |6 US textile & apparel companies urge Peruvian Govt. to repeal law that allegedly |
|(USA) | | |condones labour rights violations. Click here |
|New Balance |Global |9 Jul 2008 |Unions, NGOs & companies including adidas, New Balance, Nike, Speedo, Umbro form group to|
|(USA) | | |improve respect for labour rights. Click here |
|Newlink Group |Chile |14 Nov 2012 |Respect for companies ILO Convention 169 on indigenous rights is an opportunity to create|
|(USA) | | |shared value, according to Newlink Group. Click here |
|New Look |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, |
|(UK) | | |including New Look, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working |
| | | |conditions. Click here |
|Newmont/ Minera |Global |1 Jul 2009 |Minera Yanacocha/Newmont releases review of security & human rights policies under |
|Yanacocha | | |Voluntary Principles. Click here |
|(Peru) | | | |
|Newmont |Ghana |8 Jan 2014 |Newmont continues social responsibility projects despite slump in global gold price & |
|(USA) | | |workforce cuts. Click here |
|Newmont |Ghana |26 Aug 2009 |Profile of Newmont project supporting local development by its Ahafo Mine. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Newmont |Global |14 June |NGOs and companies, including Newmont, meet to discuss certification of |
|(USA) | |2006 |sustainably-produced metal. Click here |
|Newmont |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Newmont, |
|(USA) | | |to promote responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from |
| | | |mine to retail). Click here |
|NewPage Corp. |Indonesia |11 Feb 2009 |World Resources Institute & NewPage Corp. join to preserve forests, reducing greenhouse |
|(USA) | | |gas emissions & protecting traditional livelihoods. Click here |
|Next |Global |4 Aug 2010 |New Oxfam report: "Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains" - includes case studies on |
|(UK) | | |initiatives by companies including Next. Click here |
|Next |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, |
|(UK) | | |including Next, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working |
| | | |conditions. Click here. |
|Nigeria National |Nigeria |4 Aug 2010 |Oil companies agree to set up fund to cover cost of spills Click here |
|Petroleum Company (NNPC)| | | |
|(Nigeria) | | | |
|Nike |Peru |13 Mar 2013 |6 US textile & apparel companies urge Peruvian Govt. to repeal law that allegedly |
|(USA) | | |condones labour rights violations. Click here |
|Nike |China |24 Aug 2011 |Nike commits to eliminating hazardous chemicals in its supply chain. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Nike |Indonesia |15 Jun 2011 |Nike and others sign historic agreement with clothing unions to guarantee trade union |
|(USA) | | |rights. Click here |
|Nike |USA |29 Sep 2010 |Joint initiative by CalPERS (California pension system), Ceres (NGO), Nike, Skoll |
|(USA) | | |Foundation will push US firms to "embed sustainability factors into day-to-day |
| | | |decision-making". Click here |
|Nike |Honduras |4 Aug 2010 |Nike & labour union agree on steps to assist ex-workers of closed supplier factories |
|(USA) | | |Hugger, Vision Tex. Click here |
|Nike |Global |2 Dec 2009 |Nike, RED, Bono & football stars launch an initiative to fight HIV and AIDS. Click here |
|(USA) | | |[French only] |
|Nike |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Climate Counts NGO issues annual scorecard on companies' climate policies & practices |
|(USA) | | |- HP, Nike, Stonyfield Farm, Unilever lead. Click here |
|Nike |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Gap, Levi Strauss, Nike, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney support ILO/IFC Better Work programme. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Nike |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - |
|(USA) | | |full report includes examples of reporting practices by Nike. Click here |
|Nike |USA |30 Sep 2009 |Companies including Exelon, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, criticise US Chamber of Commerce |
|(USA) | | |over its stance on climate change. Click here |
|Nike |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 |
|Nike |Brazil |12 Aug 2009 |Footwear brands including Nike demand moratorium on leather from farms involved in |
|(USA) | | |deforestation, linked to climate change - Greenpeace welcomes move. Click here |
|Nike |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] |
|Nike |Global |11 Mar 2009 |Nike implements supplier code of conduct to address the possibility of human trafficking |
|(USA) | | |in its supply chain. Click here [French only] |
|Nike |Global |22 Oct 2008 |Nike gives $3 million to World Bank programme to empower girls in poor countries. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Nike |Global |9 Jul 2008 |Unions, NGOs & companies including adidas, New Balance, Nike, Speedo, Umbro form group to|
|(USA) | | |improve respect for labour rights. Click here |
|Nike |Global |20 Jun 2007 |New non-profit "Climate Counts" ranks 56 companies on climate change performance – |
|(USA) | | |companies scoring highest include Nike. Click here |
|Nike |Global |6 June 2007 |Nike to introduce "systemic" labour rights changes in its supply chain, including |
|(USA) | | |education on freedom of association. Click here |
|Nike |Pakistan |30 May 2007 |Nike to resume soccer ball production in Pakistan; contract with new supplier Silver Star|
|(USA) | | |includes labour rights provisions. Click here |
|Nike |USA |2 May 2007 |Companies incl. Nike support natl. ban on sexual orientation discrimination. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Nike |Global |28 Mar 2007 |SustainAbility report on business partnerships with social entrepreneurs: How they can |
|(USA) | | |help solve social & environmental problems - refers to initiatives by companies including|
| | | |Nike. Click Here |
|Nike |China / USA |10 Jan 2006 |Nike distances itself from American Chamber of Commerce position on China's proposed |
|(USA) | | |labour law reform. Click here. |
|Nike |Pakistan |22 Nov 2006 |Nike ends contract with football maker Saga Sports due to "significant labour compliance |
|(USA) | | |violations". Click here |
|Nike |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Nike and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory |
|(USA) | | |monitoring & improvement programme. Click here |
|Nike |Global |20 Apr 2005 |Nike publishes full list of its suppliers – first major apparel company to do so. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Nintendo |Global |19 Sep 2012 |Nintendo says its partners agree not to use conflict minerals in production of consoles. |
|(Japan) | | |Click here |
|Nix |Global |11 Jan 2011 |Event planning firm Nix signs code of conduct for meeting planners on child sex |
|(USA) | | |trafficking, developed with ECPAT-US. Click here |
|Noble Energy (USA) |Equatorial Guinea |30 Aug 2006 |Noble Energy in partnership with Marathon Oil, NGOs & govt., aiming to stop transmission |
| | | |of malaria on Bioko island within 5 years. Click here |
|Nobleza Piccardo |Argentina |27 Jun 2007 |Network of companies against child labour created – companies include Nobleza Piccardo. |
|(Argentina) | | |Click here [Spanish only] |
|Nobleza Piccardo |Argentina |3 Jan 2006 |"Porvenir" programme involving companies including Nobleza Piccardo aims to remove 700 |
|(Argentina) | | |children from work on tobacco plantations. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Nokia |Dem. Rep. of Congo |7 Mar 2012 |Company joins "Solutions for Hope" initiative, which aims to enable conflict-free |
|(Finland) | | |sourcing of tantalum from Dem. Rep. of Congo. Click here |
|Nokia |Dem. Rep. of Congo |8 Feb 2012 |Nokia releases formal policy on its approach to conflict minerals. Click here |
|(Finland) | | | |
|Nokia |Iran |13 Oct 2010 |Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi praises Nokia Siemens' decision to halt work on |
|(Finland) | | |monitoring centres in Iran, following reports govt. used its technology to suppress |
| | | |political activity. Click here |
|Nokia |Global |13 Jan 2010 |Greenpeace issues latest rankings of environmental impacts of electronics companies, |
|(Finland) | | |including use of toxics - Nokia rated best. Click here |
|Nokia |Latin America |22 Apr 2009 |Telefónica and Nokia partner to take educational content to remote schools in Latin |
|(Finland) | | |America. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Nokia |Global |1 Apr 2009 |Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics" shows overall improvement by IT firms on |
|(Finland) | | |climate change - refers to positive steps by Dell, HP, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, others. |
| | | |Click here |
|Nokia |Iraq |29 Oct 2008 |UNICEF and Nokia partner to rebuild eight schools in Iraq. Click here |
|(Finland) | | | |
|Nokia |East Africa |12 Mar 2008 |Nokia leads mobile phone recycling initiative in East Africa amid concerns over toxicity |
|(Finland) | | |of electronic waste. Click here |
|Nokia |Global |4 Jul 2007 |Nokia ranks first place in latest edition of Greenpeace’s green electronics guide. Click |
|(Finland) | | |here [in French] |
|Nokia |Indonesia, India, Sri |10 Jan 2007 |Nokia projects help young people affected by tsunami find jobs & set up businesses |
|(Finland) |Lanka | |(India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia). Click here |
|Nokia |Global |15 Mar 2006 |Greenpeace says Nokia is one of the electronics companies “leading the industry by |
|(Finland) | | |positive example on toxic chemicals.” Click here |
|Nokia Siemens Networks |Iran |14 Dec 2011 |Nokia Siemens Networks announces it will reduce its business activities in Iran citing |
|(Finland) | | |"toughening global sanctions". Click here |
|Nordstrom |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 |
|Nordstrom |China |26 Mar 2008 |HERproject provides health education to women factory workers - pilot programme with |
|(USA) | | |Nordstrom & its suppliers. Click here |
|NOV Mono |Africa |26 Aug 2009 |NOV Mono & NGO Water for All develop new water pump technologies to improve access to |
|(UK) | | |water in Africa. Click here |
|Novartis |Uganda |26 Jun 2013 |Novartis organises intl. workshop on wider access to quality-assured antimalarials. Click|
|(Switzerland) | | |here |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |USA |7 Mar 2012 |Company runs pioneering executive leadership program targeted at women. Click here |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |22 Feb 2012 |Company delivers 100 million treatments of antimalarial drug developed especially for |
| | | |children in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture. Click here |
|Novartis |Global |1 Feb 2012 |Pharmaceutical firms and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to jointly combat 10 neglected|
|(Switzerland) | | |tropical diseases. Click here |
| | | |Click here (in French) |
|Novartis |Global |28 Sep 2011 |Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Developed has helped create regional network for |
|(Switzerland) | | |psychosocial health of children affected by AIDS & conflict. Click here |
|Novartis |Global |8 Dec 2010 |Novartis calls upon the pharmaceutical industry to take responsibility for the |
|(Switzerland) | | |realization of the Millennium Development Goals. Click here [French only] |
|Novartis |Global |13 Oct 2010 |Novartis joins the WHO action against leprosy – the initiative will allow for the |
|(Switzerland) | | |treatment of 1.1 million patients by 2015. Click here [French only] |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Tanzania |16 Dec 2009 |IBM, Novartis & Vodafone partner to fight malaria using mobile phones & information |
| | | |technology. Click here |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Spain |29 Jul 2009 |Health sector companies adopt programs to integrate disabled into the workforce – refers |
| | | |to DKV, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanitas, Sanofi-Aventis. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |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] |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |12 Nov 2008 |60th anniversary of Universal Declaration: Human rights initiatives by BASF, Barloworld, |
| | | |Novartis, Ketchum, Titan. Click here |
|Novartis (Switzerland) |Global |15 Feb 2006 |Interview with Novartis CEO Daniel Vasellsa after he raised human rights concerns with |
| | | |Condoleezza Rice about US approach to combating terrorism. Click here |
|Novartis |Global |4 May 2005 |Addressing neglected diseases such as malaria & tuberculosis: Details of partnerships |
|(Switzerland) | | |between non-profits, governments & drug companies, including Novartis. Click here |
|Novartis |Global |20 Jul 2012 |Novartis Malaria Initiative convenes workshop to explore how efforts to combat malaria |
|(Switzerland) | | |can be expanded . Click here |
|Novo Nordisk |Algeria |4 Aug 2010 |One week of sensitization on diabetes organized by Novo Nordisk. Click here (French only)|
|(Denmark) | | | |
|Novo Nordisk (Denmark) |Denmark |15 Apr 2009 |"Business and Migration: Perceptions from Denmark" - refers to positive steps by Comwell,|
| | | |Eurotex, ISS, Metro, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk. Click here |
|NRG Energy |Haiti |22 Sep 2010 |Clinton Global Initiative - company commitments, including NRG energy re solar power in |
|(USA) | | |Haiti. Click here |
|Nucor |Brazil |4 Aug 2010 |Steel firm Nucor to take steps to stamp out Brazilian pig iron produced with slave labour|
|(USA) | | |from its supply chain. Click here |
|Nyamasaria Water Works |Kenya |24 Jul 2013 |Nyamasaria Water Works expands access to water for community in line with UN Millennium |
|(Kenya) | | |Development Goals. Click here |
|OceanaGold (Australia) |Philippines |20 Jul 2011 |OceanaGold upgrades water system at Didipio gold-copper project site, following community|
| | | |consultation. Click here |
|Odysseia-In (Bulgaria) |Bulgaria |24 Feb 2010 |Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum gives awards for socially responsible companies. Click |
| | | |here |
|Oil Search |Papua New Guinea |17 Feb 2010 |Oil Search says it supports local communities near its project site, including providing |
|(Autstralia) | | |health services. Click here |
|Olam (Singapore) |Global |11 Sep 2013 |World Water Week 2013: coverage of actions by companies on access to water, sanitation – |
| | | |refers to steps taken by Borealis, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Greif, H&M, Hindustan |
| | | |Construction, Nestlé, Netafim, Olam Intl., Roche, SABMiller, Unilever. Click here |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|Olam (Singapore) |Haiti |11 Apr 2012 |Company plans to build hospitals in Haiti an example of growing role of private sector in|
| | | |providing public services in poor countries. Click here |
|Old Mutual |Namibia |6 Sep 2006 |Old Mutual in Namibia's largest black economic empowerment deal. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|OM Group |Global |4 Jan 2012 |OM Group adopts human rights policy following pressure by Jesuit shareholders. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|ON Semiconductor |Philippines |6 Jan 2010 |Govt. recognises 8 firms for environmental performance including ON Semiconductor, ST |
|(Philippines) | | |Microelectronics, PSI Technologies, Vishay. Click here |
|OpenMarket (USA) |Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by OpenMarket. |
| | | |Click here |
|Orange |Africa |7 May 2014 | |
|(France) | | |L'Alliance Syndicale Mondiale et le groupe Orange renouvèlent leur accord mondial sur les|
| | | |droits fondamentaux au travail, en vue de l'expansion du groupe en Afrique. Click here |
| | | |[French only] |
| | | | |
|Orange |Haiti |20 Jan 2010 |French companies aid Haiti after the earthquake, including Air Caraïbes, Air France, |
|(France) | | |Crédit Agricole, EDF, GDF Suez, Orange, SFR, Société Générale. Click here [French only] |
|Orange |Niger |14 Jul 2010 |Orange Group finances a health care centre and makes available to local populations the |
|(France) | | |surplus electric energy produced by its solar stations. Click here [French only] |
|Orange |West Africa |24 Feb 2010 |France Telecom's Orange joins mHealth Alliance to develop mobile health tools in W. |
|(France) | | |Africa. Click here |
|Orange |Tunisia |6 Jun 2012 |Orange hosts conference focusing on mobile technology and citizens' access to |
|(France) | | |information. Click here |
|Orange |Côte d’Ivoire |5 Sep 2012 |Govt. partners with private sector to offer unemployed youth paid internships to ease |
|(France) | | |risk of social disruption & conflict. Click here |
|Orange-Côte d’Ivoire |Côte d’Ivoire |8 May 2013 |Orange-Côte d’Ivoire Telecom supports children’s rights through numerous education |
|Telecom | | |projects. Click here (French only) |
|(Côte d’Ivoire) | | | |
|Orange-Côte d’Ivoire |Côte d’Ivoire |13 Mar 2013 |The Orange-Côte d’Ivoire Telecom Foundation initiates the “numerical solidarity” project |
|Telecom | | |aiming to endow schools with computers and IT knowledge. Click here [French only] |
|(Côte d’Ivoire) | | | |
|Orange Healthcare |Africa |24 Feb 2010 |France Telecom’s Orange Healthcare joins mHealth Alliance to develop health solutions |
|(France) | | |through mobile phones in West Africa. Click here [French only] |
|Oromin |Senegal |10 Jun 2009 |Social programme funded by Arcelor Mittal, MDL & Oromin will now be managed at local |
|(Canada) | | |level. Click here [French only] |
|Otto Group |Africa |15 Oct 2008 |European textile companies including Otto Group, Puma, Tchibo, and Celio support project |
|(Germany) | | |in Africa to promote “socially responsible” cotton. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Paddy Power (Ireland) |UK |18 Sep 2013 |Gambling firm teams up with gay-rights charity to campaign against homophobia in |
| | | |football. Click here. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|Paladin |Malawi |10 Apr 2013 |Paladin to publish agreement with govt. on its community support obligations after |
|(Australia) | | |allegations that company operations did not benefit locals enough. Click here |
|Panacea Biotec |Global |8 Jun 2011 |Panacea Biotec promises to reduce prices of vaccines in developing countries. |
|(India) | | |Click here |
|Panasonic |China |26 March 2014 |Panasonic compensates its employees in China for living with air pollution. Click here |
|(Japan) | | | |
|Panera Bread (USA) |USA |15 Jun 2011 |Opening of the "Panera Cares" community kitchens - local initiative to seek to alleviate |
| | | |hunger. Click here |
|Pão de Açúcar (Brazil) |Brazil |24 Jun 2009 |Pão de Açúcar, Wal-Mart and Carrefour stop buying meat from deforested areas after |
| | | |Greenpeace report. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Patagonia (USA) |China |15 Aug 2012 |China: Rise in protests over pollution pushes companies to make environmental |
| | | |commitments. Click here |
|Patagonia |Global |11 Jan 2011 |Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard explains firm's ethical supply chain in talk to Stanford|
|(USA) | | |Business School Alumni Association. Click here |
|Patagonia |USA |11 Jan 2011 |Patagonia & 12 other companies register for "benefit corporation" status. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Patagonia |Global |26 Mar 2008 |Patagonia's "Footprint Chronicles" trace environmental impacts of its products & find |
|(USA) | | |some surprises. Click here |
|Pavco |Colombia |4 Nov 2009 |3 companies receive an award for their contribution to peace, including Pavco. Click here|
|(Colombia) | | |[in Spanish] |
|Pax World Investments |Global |18 Sep 2013 |Investment company urges apparel manufacturers & retailers to endorse Women’s Empowerment|
|(USA) | | |Principles. Click here |
|PayPal |Global |4 Mar 2009 |New coalition to tackle internet child porn: NGOs, MasterCard, Microsoft, PayPal, VISA |
|(USA) | | |involved. Click here |
|Pemex |Mexico |2 Jan 2008 |Pemex announces “most important” environmental remediation in its history – will convert |
|(Mexico) | | |contaminated area into a park. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Pemex |Mexico |21 Jan 2009 |Pemex records lowest ever number of injuries in 2008. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Mexico) | | | |
|Pemex |Mexico |1 Mar 2006 |Mexican Govt. recognises companies for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, including |
|(Mexico) | | |Pemex. Click here |
|Pentland |Global |13 Apr 2005 |UNICEF Child Labour Resource Guide makes case for business action on child labour & |
|(UK) | | |refers to steps taken by Pentland & other companies. Click here |
|Pentland/ Ellesse |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, |
|(UK) | | |including Pentland/Ellesse, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve |
| | | |working conditions. Click here. |
|Perenco |DRC |26 Jun 2013 |Perenco contributes to access to water, education and health in Muanda. Click here |
|(UK/France) | | |(French only) |
|Perenco |Dem. Rep. of Congo |7 Apr 2010 |Perenco finances a rural project to help local populations fight famine and unemployment.|
|(UK/France) | | |Click here (French only) |
|Perenco |Dem. Rep. of Congo |9 Sep 2009 |Perenco supports health care, electrification efforts. Click here [in French] |
|(UK/France) | | | |
|Petrobras (Brazil) |Brazil |18 Nov 2009 |Financial Times reports rapid evolution of corporate responsibility - highlights examples|
| | | |from Grupo Orsa, Natura, Petrobras. Click here |
|Petrobras (Brazil) |Argentina |10 Jan 2007 |Petrobras & Manpower form alliance to increase work opportunities for disadvantaged young|
| | | |people. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Pepsi Bottling Group |USA |28 Mar 2007 |DiversityInc announces "Top 50 companies for diversity" – top 5 companies include Pepsi |
|(USA) | | |Bottling Group. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |19 Mar 2014 |PepsiCo takes a stand for land rights. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|PepsiCo |Global |29 Aug 2012 |PepsiCo receives award at World Water Week - honours "contribution to sustainable water |
|(USA) | | |management". Click here |
|PepsiCo |Burma |15 Aug 2012 |Pepsi to enter Burma, enters agreement with UNESCO to provide vocational training to |
|(USA) | | |local communities. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |29 Aug 2012 |PepsiCo receives award at World Water Week - honours "contribution to sustainable water |
|(USA) | | |management". Click here |
|PepsiCo |Ethiopia |25 Jan 2012 |World Food Programme report on public private initiatives to fight hunger Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|PepsiCo |Asia & Pacific |7 Dec 2011 |Business strategies that include the poor help achieve Millennium Development Goals & |
|(USA) | | |deserve strong attention in Asia & Pacific region, says CSR Asia. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Mexico |2 Mar 2011 |Small farmers no longer sell their corn to middlemen but directly to PepsiCo, which |
|(USA) | | |guarantees the price it will pay for their crops. |
| | | |Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |29 Sep 2010 |Global action plan to achieve Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - with commitments by |
|(USA) | | |private sector. Firms making specific commitments include PepsiCo. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |8 Sep 2010 |World Water Week: Positive initiatives by companies on access to clean water, sanitation.|
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |24 Mar 2010 |World Water Day: Steps to increase access to water by Coca-Cola, Dole, Dow, Intel, Nalco,|
|(USA) | | |Nestlé, PepsiCo, UL, Veolia. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |1 Jul 2009 |PepsiCo, UN World Food Programme announce partnership to enhance food & humanitarian |
|(USA) | | |relief delivery to the poor. Click here |
|PepsiCo |Global |8 Apr 2009 |PepsiCo adopts human right to water policy. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|PepsiCo |Global |1 Oct 2008 |Clinton Global Initiative commitments: includes PepsiCo initiatives on access to water. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|PepsiCo |India |9 Jan 2008 |Pepsi aims to make net contribution to water supplies by 2009. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|PepsiCo |USA |2 Aug 2006 |Companies support renewal of voting rights law for minorities - including PepsiCo. Click|
|(USA) | | |here |
|Perenco |Dem. Rep. Congo |7 Apr 2010 |Perenco finances agrarian project to fight hunger and unemployment. Click here [French |
|(UK/ France) | | |only] |
|Petrobras |Global |7 Dec 2011 |Intl. Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine & General Workers (ICEM) signs global labour |
|(Brazil) | | |rights agreement with Petrobras. Click here |
|Petrobras |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and |
|(Brazil) | | |development" (with positive examples from companies including Petrobras). Click here |
|Petrobras |Brazil |7 Jul 2010 |Initiative promoting women’s integration in the labour market shows success in the |
|(Brazil) | | |construction sector – plan supported by Petrobras and Eletrobras. Click here [Spanish |
| | | |only] |
|Pfizer |Global |31 Jul 2013 |Pfizer agrees to sell vaccine against pneumonia & meningitis at cheaper price for |
|(USA) | | |children in poor countries. Click here |
|Pfizer |Global |1 Feb 2012 |Pharmaceutical firms and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to jointly combat 10 neglected|
|(USA) | | |tropical diseases. Click here |
| | | |Click here (in French) |
|Pfizer |Global |21 Dec 2011 |Pfizer & GlaxoSmithKline increase sale at low cost of pneumonia vaccine to poor countries|
|(USA) | | |through Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation – new deal to last through 2023. |
| | | |Click here |
|Pfizer |Global |11 Aug 2010 |Recent trend among pharmaceutical firms to reduce prices for HIV/AIDS & tropical disease |
|(USA) | | |medicines in developing world Click here |
|Pfizer |Global |24 Mar 2010 |Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline to provide 600 million doses of patented pneumonia vaccine at |
|(USA) | | |steeply reduced prices to poor countries in deal with GAVI Alliance. Click here |
|Pfizer |Africa |14 Oct 2009 |Pfizer launches new efforts to fight malaria. Click here [French only] |
|(USA) | | | |
|Pfizer |Spain |29 Jul 2009 |Health sector companies adopt programs to integrate disabled into the workforce – refers |
|(USA) | | |to DKV, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanitas, Sanofi-Aventis. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Pfizer |Global |12 Aug 2009 |Clinton Foundation announces deal with Pfizer, Matrix to lower cost of anti-AIDS drugs. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Pfizer |Global |13 May 2009 |Pfizer partners with NGO Medicines for Malaria Venture in the investigation of a |
|(USA) | | |treatment for malaria. Click here [Spanish only] |
|Pfizer |Africa |22 Apr 2009 |Pfizer & Abbott promise more anti-retrovirals for Africa. Click here [French only] |
|(USA) | | | |
|Pfizer |Global |15 Oct 2008 |Major drug firms including Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, Glaxo, Pfizer, agree with Ban |
|(USA) | | |Ki-Moon to invest more in AIDS treatments & diagnostics for poor regions. Click here |
|Pfizer |Burkina Faso |5 Feb 2008 |Pfizer, Merck & Glaxo donate $450 million in medicines for neglected tropical diseases. |
|(USA) | | |Click here [in French] |
|Pfizer |China |13 Sep 2006 |World Economic Forum launches China Health Alliance, a partnership against TB and AIDS - |
|(USA) | | |companies involved include Pfizer. Click here |
|Pfizer |Global |6 Apr 2005 |UK Government launches framework for good practice in pharmaceutical industry on |
|(USA) | | |increasing access to essential medicines in developing countries: with input from |
| | | |companies including Pfizer. Click here |
|Pfizer |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including Pfizer, launch National Business Council on |
|(USA) | | |AIDS, aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican workplace. |
| | | |Click here |
|PFT |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including PFT make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|(China) | | | |
|PG&E |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest |
|(USA) | | |companies - Boeing, PG&E, Samsung, Spectra lead their sectors. Click here |
|PG&E |USA |23 Sep 2009 |PG&E quits US Chamber of Commerce in protest over "dismaying" position on climate change.|
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|PG&E |USA |29 Nov 2006 |Pacific Gas & Electric Co. apologises to Arizona tribe for building water treatment plant|
|(USA) | | |on sacred site - agreement reached, including relocation of the plant. Click here |
|PGGM |Israel & Occupied |8 Jan 2014 |PGGM withdraws investments from Israel's 5 largest banks over intl. law problem due to |
|(Netherlands) |Palestinian | |ties with settlements in West Bank. Click here |
| |Territories | | |
|Philip Morris (USA) |Kazakhstan |11 May 2011 |Human Rights Watch welcomes Philip Morris' commitment to labour rights monitoring in |
| | | |Kazakhstan |
| | | |Click here |
|Philip Morris |Global |25 Mar 2009 |Tobacco firms, including Philip Morris & Reynolds American, take steps to address |
|(USA) | | |nicotine poisoning of tobacco pickers following social investor pressure. Click here |
|Philip Morris México |México |1 Oct 2008 |Philip Morris México donates $100 million to victims of floods in Tabasco. Click here |
|(México) | | |[only in Spanish] |
|Philips Electronics |Kenya |3 Jul 2013 |Royal Philips partners with hospital to offer free gynaecology services to slum |
|(Netherlands) | | |residents. Click here |
|Philips Electronics |Africa |17 Jul 2013 |Philips support access to healthcare in Burkina Faso and other other African countries |
|(Netherlands) | | |with its « Cap to Cairo » Caravan. Click here (French only) |
|Philips Electronics |Dem. Rep. of Congo |8 May 2013 |Video report on project that monitors tin mine's supply chain to ensure it is |
|(Netherlands) | | |conflict-free. Click here |
|Philips Electronics |Brazil |13 Jul 2011 |Company received price for educating employees about importance of elections and voting. |
|(Netherlands) | | |Click here [only in Spanish] |
|Philips Electronics |Global |1 Apr 2009 |Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics" shows overall improvement by IT firms on |
|(Netherlands) | | |climate change - refers to positive steps by Dell, HP, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, others. |
| | | |Click here |
|Philips Electronics |Global |12 Sep 2007 |Philips CEO: "Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right". Click here |
|(Netherlands) | | | |
|Philips Electronics |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Philips case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report |
|(Netherlands) | | |on business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Philips Electronics |Global |9 Mar 2005 |Companies, including Philips Electronics, work in partnerships with UNESCO to promote |
|(Netherlands) | | |education. Click here |
|Philips Electronics |Global |16 May 2012 |Companies in roundtable on working conditions in electronics sector with NGOs, labour |
|(Netherlands) | | |groups. Click here |
|Phillips-Van Heusen |Global |15 Dec 2010 |On Intl. Human Rights Day, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility recognises |
|(USA) | | |progress by Disney, Ford, Gap, HP, Phillips-Van Heusen. Click here |
|Phillips-Van Heusen |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 |
|Phillips-Van Heusen |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Philips-Van Heusen, urge President Arroyo to stop |
|(USA) | | |attacks on workers in export processing zone. Click here |
|Phillips-Van Heusen |Cambodia |2 May 2007 |Companies including Philips-Van Heusen call on govt. to investigate murder of union |
|(USA) | | |leader - Say swift justice key to their continued sourcing from Cambodia. Click here |
|Phillips-Van Heusen |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including Philips-Van Heusen, join chambers of commerce in |
|(USA) | | |expressing concern to Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks |
| | | |against striking workers. Click here |
|Phnom Penh Water Supply |Global |8 Sep 2010 |World Water Week: Positive initiatives by companies on access to clean water, sanitation.|
|Authority | | |Click here |
|(Cambodia) | | | |
|Piaget (part of |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Piaget, call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No |
|Richemont) (Switzerland)| | |Dirty Gold campaign welcomes move. Click here |
|PIDI Standard |Global |23 Jul 2008 |Cipla, IPCA Labs, Calyx, Mangalam Drugs, Holleypharm, PIDI Standard sign pact with |
|(China) | | |Clinton Foundation to provide low-priced malaria drugs. Click here |
|Ping An of China |China |26 July 2006 |Companies including Ping An of China receive corporate responsibility awards. Click here|
|(China) | | | |
|Pizza Hut |Brazil |30 Apr 2014 | |
|(USA) | | |Brasil: Pizza Hut possui programa de contratação de pessoas com mais de 60 anos. Click |
| | | |here [Portuguese only] |
| | | | |
|Polo Ralph Lauren |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Polo Ralph Lauren, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks|
|(USA) | | |on workers in export processing zone. Click here |
|Polo Ralph Lauren |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including Polo Ralph Lauren, join chambers of commerce in |
|(USA) | | |expressing concern to Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks |
| | | |against striking workers. Click here |
|PolyCom (USA) |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & |
| | | |birth control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|POSCO |India |10 Mar 2010 |Posco project to use by-products from steel-making to create reefs that will benefit |
|(South Korea) | | |local fishermen in Orissa. Click here |
|POSCO |Orissa, India |5 Sept 2007 |POSCO compensation to families displaced by steel plant - includes training in producing |
|(South Korea) | | |goods for export, and a guaranteed market. Click here |
|POSCO |Global |22 Aug 2007 |Report ranks 22 So. Korean companies' reporting on environmental & human rights issues – |
|(South Korea) | | |POSCO among those scoring highest. Click here |
|PPG |Cameroon |24 Apr 2013 |PPG supports the establishment of an industrial standard for lead in paint considering |
|(USA) | | |the toxic effects on health. Click here (French only) |
|Premier Oil |Global |18 Jun 2008 |4 case studies: Companies promoting institution-building in developing countries - refers|
|(UK) | | |to BP, Statoil, Premier Oil, others. Click here |
|PricewaterhouseCoopers |Chad |20 Aug 2008 |PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million towards education of Darfur refugee children in|
|(USA) | | |Chad. Click here |
|PricewaterhouseCoopers |Global |2 May 2012 |Company tops ranking in DiversityInc's "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Procter & Gamble |Global |12 Oct 2011 |UNICEF, Procter & Gamble expect to eliminate the disease "neonatal tetanus" by 2015; |
|(USA) | | |study examines the partnership. Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Global |22 Sep 2010 |Clinton Global Initiative - company commitments, including Procter & Gamble re water |
|(USA) | | |purification. Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Pakistan |25 Aug 2010 |Pakistan floods – company contributions to humanitarian aid. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Procter & Gamble |Bulgaria |24 Feb 2010 |Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum gives awards for socially responsible companies. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Procter & Gamble |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 |
|Procter & Gamble |Argentina |4 Feb 2009 |Procter & Gamble funds project for workplace integration of poor women. Click here |
|(USA) | | |[Spanish only] |
|Procter & Gamble |Zimbabwe |7 Jan 2009 |Procter & Gamble and NGO provide water purification packets to help prevent cholera. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Global |1 Oct 2008 |Clinton Global Initiative commitments: includes Procter & Gamble program on safe water, |
|(USA) | | |maternal & neonatal tetanus, girls' education. Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Africa |9 Jan 2008 |Procter & Gamble launch a programme that seeks to help young African girls to stay in |
|(USA) | | |school. Click here [French only] |
|Procter & Gamble |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable |
|(USA) | | |development. With case studies on companies including Procter & Gamble. Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Dem. Rep. of Congo |10 Oct 2007 |Procter & Gamble raises significant funds for UNICEF tetanus vaccination programme - |
|(USA) | | |"clever marketing or making a real difference?" Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Egypt |7 Feb 2007 |Overview of public-private partnerships: includes initiative involving Proctor & Gamble, |
|(USA) | | |promoting UNDP Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Procter & Gamble |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Procter & Gamble case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable |
|(USA) | | |Development report on business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click |
| | | |here |
|Procter & Gamble |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including Procter & Gamble, launch National Business |
|(USA) | | |Council on AIDS, aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican |
| | | |workplace. Click here |
|Prodeco (part of |Colombia |7 Mar 2012 |13 mining companies sign commitment to promote health and security rights in the |
|Glencore) (Switzerland) | | |workplace, sustainable environmental mining, and human rights. Click here |
|ProFlowers (USA) |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & |
| | | |birth control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Promasidor Nigeria |Nigeria |16 Apr | |
|Limited | |2014 |Nigerian dairy company Promasidor tailors corporate social responsibility policies to |
|(Nigeria) | | |help meet Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
| | | | |
|Protina |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and |
|(Germany) | | |development" (with positive examples from companies including Protina). Click here |
|Prudential |UK |13 May 2009 |Prudential first mainstream insurer to offer life coverage for people with HIV. Click |
|(UK) | | |here |
|PSA Peugeot Citroën |Global |5 April 2006 |PSA Peugeot Citroën signs global agreement with federations representing 85 unions - |
|(France) | | |includes specific human rights & supply chain commitments. Click here |
|PSI Technologies |Philippines |6 Jan 2010 |Govt. recognises 8 firms for environmental performance including PSI Technologies. Click |
|(Philippines) | | |here |
|Puma |Indonesia |15 Jun 2011 |Puma and others sign historic agreement with clothing unions to guarantee trade union |
|(Germany) | | |rights. Click here |
|Puma |Global |18 May 2011 |Puma releases estimates of "true" cost of its carbon emissions - they include costs of |
|(Germany) | | |future damage caused by climate change |
| | | |Click here |
|Puma |Global |2 Jun 2010 |PUMA expands project with Global Reporting Initiative and GTZ to enhance transparency & |
|(Germany) | | |working conditions in its supply chain. Click here |
|Puma |Africa |15 Oct 2008 |European textile companies including Otto Group, Puma, Tchibo, and Celio support project |
|(Germany) | | |in Africa to promote “socially responsible” cotton. Click here [Spanish only] |
|PVH |Peru |13 Mar 2013 |6 US textile & apparel companies urge Peruvian Govt. to repeal law that allegedly |
|(USA) | | |condones labour rights violations. Click here |
|PVH |Global |28 Mar 2012 |PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) reaches agreement with Clean Clothes Campaign & others to |
|(USA) | | |improve safety in garment factories. Click here |
|Qiagen (Netherlands) |Rwanda |27 Apr 2011 |Merck, Qiagen donate vaccines & tests to start natl. cervical cancer prevention programme|
| | | |Click here |
| | | |Click here [in French] |
|Qingdao Double Butterfly|China |18 May 2005 |Qingdao Double Butterfly & other companies make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. |
|(China) | | |Click here |
|Quicken Loans |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & |
|(USA) | | |birth control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Quilmes |Argentina |21 May 2008 |Quilmes launches conscientious campaign on safety in the workplace. Click here [Spanish |
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|QVC |USA |14 Feb 2007 |Eleven more jewellery retailers commit to No Dirty Gold campaign's social & environmental|
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