Business & Human Rights
Positive human rights initiatives by companies featured in our Weekly Updates
Section 5: Companies beginning with R-Other
(10 Feb 2005 – 18 Jun 2014)
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|Company |Country |Date of our |Initiative |
| | |Update | |
|Rabobank |Global |15 Nov 2006 |Rabobank among top 5 reports in SustainAbility's bi-annual survey of corporate social & |
|(Netherlands) | | |environmental reporting. Click here |
|Rabobank (Netherlands) |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |
| | | |including Rabobank. Click here |
|Rabobank (Netherlands) |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Rabobank case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |
| | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Ranbaxy |Global |4 May 2005 |Addressing neglected diseases such as malaria & tuberculosis: Details of partnerships between |
|(India) | | |non-profits, governments & drug companies, including Ranbaxy. Click here |
|Randgold |Côte d’Ivoire |24 Apr 2013 |Randgold to support agricultural activities of riverside populations near its mine. Click here |
|(UK/So. Africa) | | |(French only) |
|Randgold |Global |07 Nov 2012 |The mining companies Randgold, AngloGold Ashanti, IamGold and Gold Fields bring their financial |
|(UK/So. Africa) | | |support to Helen Keller International. Click here |
|Randgold |Senegal |16 Jun 2010 |Randgold & its partners provide the Tenkotou village with one health care centre and three |
|(UK/So. Africa) | | |classrooms. Click here (French only) |
|Randgold |Mali |9 May 2012 |Company supports northerners affected by the political crisis by providing food Click here |
|(UK/So. Africa) | | | |
|Rapaport Group |Global |4 Apr 2007 |Diamond Development Initiative seeks to go "beyond Kimberley Process" to improve lives of |
|(USA) | | |artisanal miners – participants include Rapaport Group. Click here |
|Rapaport Group |Africa |24 Aug 2005 |Global Witness, De Beers, Partnership Africa Canada, Rapaport Group, World Bank’s Communities and |
|(USA) | | |Small-Scale Mining Program launch “Diamond Development Initiative" to improve impacts of artisanal|
| | | |mining in Africa, for miners, communities, governments. Click here |
|Rawbank |Dem. Rep. of Congo|21 Apr 2010 |Rawbank and the IFC launch the “Lady’s First” programme to promote women’s entrepreneurship. Click|
|(Dem. Rep. of Congo) | | |here (French only) |
|Real Hospitality Group |Gobal |20 Jun 2012 |Real Hospitality Group takes steps to protect children from sex trafficking, signs Tourism Child |
|(USA) | | |Protection Code of Conduct. Click here |
|Real Madrid |Spain |16 Jan 2008 |Real Madrid & 5 institutions launch "Causas Justas" with messages for the social integration of |
|(Spain) | | |the immigrants. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Reebok |Global |13 Dec 2006 |"2006 Transparency Report Card" by NGO/labour coalition assesses labour standards reporting by 30 |
|(USA) | | |apparel retailers: Reebok scores second-highest. Click here |
|Reebok |China, India, USA,|17 May 2006 |2006 Reebok Human Rights Award presented to 4 activists, from China, India, USA, Zimbabwe. Click |
|(USA) |Zimbabwe | |here |
|Reebok |Global |8 Mar 2006 |CSR Asia praises steps taken by Reebok to address human rights. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Reebok |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Reebok and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory monitoring &|
|(USA) | | |improvement programme. Click here |
|Reebok |Burma |8 Jun 2005 |Reebok CEO urges companies still doing business in Burma to divest on human rights grounds. Click|
|(USA) | | |here |
|Reebok |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 |
|Reliance |India |28 May 2008 |Reliance partners with UNAIDS to expand access to HIV/AIDS services for the poor. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Reliance |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Reliance. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Renault |Global |17 Nov 2010 |Three French companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project index for the best communication on |
|(France) | | |climate change: Lafarge, Renault, Saint-Gobain. Click here (French only) |
|Repsol YPF |Bolivia |30 Mar 2011 |The people of Guarani Itika Guasu are proud of getting $14.8 million from Repsol, say it will help|
|(Spain) | | |to prioritise health care. |
| | | |Click here (Spanish only) |
|Repsol YPF (Spain) |Global |5 Aug 2009 |Intermón Oxfam says Repsol’s indigenous people’s policy is “positive”, although “there are still |
| | | |some elements to improve”. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Repsol YPF (Spain) |Global |1 Apr 2009 |Repsol-YPF, in collaboration with Intermón Oxfam, agrees internal code about respect & |
| | | |consultation with indigenous peoples. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Repsol YPF (Spain) |Global |11 Jul 2007 |At Global Compact summit, president of Repsol says that the challenge for companies is to widen |
| | | |social & economic development. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Repsol YPF (Spain) |Argentina |25 Apr 2007 |Agreement signed between the government, UNICEF, ILO & companies to eradicate child labour – |
| | | |Signatory companies include Repsol YPF. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Reputation Rhino |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|(USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Reuters |Global |7 May 2008 |UK Prime Minister convenes major companies in "Business Call to Action" to tackle world poverty - |
|(UK) | | |booklet describes steps by Vodafone, Sumitomo Chemical, SAB Miller, Reuters, Microsoft, Diageo, |
| | | |Coca-Cola, Citi to help combat poverty. Click here |
|Reuters |Global |21 Mar 2007 |IBLF report on how company employee initiatives are helping increase access to education, water, |
|(UK) | | |health, housing – refers to initiatives by companies including Reuters. Click here |
|Reynolds American |Global |25 Mar 2009 |Tobacco firms, including Philip Morris & Reynolds American, take steps to address nicotine |
|(USA) | | |poisoning of tobacco pickers following social investor pressure. Click here |
|RGM International (China)|China |26 July 2006 |Companies including RGM International receive corporate responsibility awards. Click here |
|RioTinto (UK/Australia) |Global |28 Aug 2013 |Rio Tinto issues French & Spanish translations of guide on "integrating human rights into |
| | | |communities & social performance work". Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Global |16 Jan 2013 |New Rio Tinto guide: "Why Human Rights Matter - resource guide for integrating human rights into |
|(UK/Australia) | | |Communities and Social Performance work at Rio Tinto". Click here |
|Rio Tinto (UK/Australia) |Global |18 July 2012 |Rio Tinto sets out how it is developing its approach to human rights. Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Global |13 Apr 2011 |Rio Tinto partners with Danish Institute for Human Rights to develop, promote human rights tools |
|(UK/Australia) | | |for intl. companies Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Global |6 May 2009 |Publish What You Pay welcomes Rio Tinto's decision to publish payments it makes to 13 governments.|
|(UK/Australia) | | |Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Africa |5 Mar 2008 |Anglo American, Rio Tinto require Chinese joint venture partners in Africa to pledge adherence to |
|(UK/Australia) | | |human rights & environmental standards. Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Rio Tinto case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |
|(UK/Australia) | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Rio Tinto |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Rio Tinto, to |
|(UK/Australia) | | |promote responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from mine to |
| | | |retail). Click here |
|Rio Tinto |China |18 May 2005 |Rio Tinto & other companies make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|(UK/Australia) | | | |
|Rio Tinto |Guinea |28 Mar 2012 |Company seeks to create jobs in communities surrounding its future mine by supporting local SMEs &|
|(UK/Australia) | | |micro-finance. Click here |
|Rio Tinto Alcan |Guinea |28 Nov 2007 |Rio Tinto Alcan partners with UNDP, govt. and local NGO to encourage progress towards Millennium |
|(Canada) | | |Development Goals. Click here |
|RL Denim |Bangladesh |19 Aug 2009 |US-based National Labor Committee reports "much better treatment" of RL Denim factory workers. |
|(Bangladesh) | | |Click here |
|Roche |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Roche facilitates access to Tamiflu for developing countries, to flight flu pandemic. Click here |
|(Switzerland) | | |(French only) |
|Roche |Global |10 Dec 2008 |Employees of Roche march in support of disadvantaged children – company matched all funds raised. |
|(Switzerland) | | |Click here [in Spanish] |
|Roche |Latin America |17 Aug 2005 |26 pharmaceutical firms, including Roche, agree with governments of 11 Latin American countries on|
|(Switzerland) | | |price reductions of up to 66% for anti-HIV/AIDS drugs. Click here |
|Roche (Switzerland) |Global |4 May 2005 |Addressing neglected diseases such as malaria & tuberculosis: Details of partnerships between |
| | | |non-profits, governments & drug companies, including Roche. Click here |
|Rolls-Royce (UK) |Global |17 Jan 2007 |New climate change initiative launched by Confederation of British Industry - members include |
| | | |Rolls-Royce. Click here |
|Rosy Blue |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Rosy Blue, to |
|(Belgium/India) | | |promote responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from mine to |
| | | |retail). Click here |
|Rothschild |Global |1 Jul 2009 |Rothschild, Freshfields first UK firms to say they "greatly regret" links with slavery. Click here|
|(UK) | | | |
|Royal Bank of Canada |India |21 Sep 2011 |Royal Bank of Canada and the One Drop foundation launch project to improve access to water and |
|(Canada) | | |reduce poverty. |
| | | |Click here [in French] |
|Royal Bank of Scotland |Belarus |31 Aug 2011 |Bank agrees to stop helping Belarus Govt. borrow after rights groups criticise it for supporting |
|(UK) | | |"Europe's last dictator". Click here |
|RUSAL |Guinea |11 Sep 2013 |Rusal creates a healthcare position in Camara-Bounyi district. Click here (French only) |
|(Russia) | | | |
| | | | |
|RUSAL |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and development" (with |
|(Russia) | | |positive examples from companies including RUSAL). Click here |
|RUSAL |Nigeria |20 Feb 2008 |RUSAL aluminium company signs memorandum with local govt. & communities - commits support for |
|(Russia) | | |education, health, water access. Click here |
|RWE npower (Germany) |Global |12 April 2006 |RWE npower & 5 other utility companies publish report on implementing human rights principles – |
| | | |focusing on supply chain, diversity, vulnerable customers, climate change. Click here |
|Saatchi & Saatchi |Global |17 Nov 2010 |Intl. Org. for Migration launches "Buy Responsibly" campaign to tackle demand side of human |
|(UK) | | |trafficking for cheap labour - Saatchi & Saatchi designs campaign. Click here |
|SABMiller |Peru, So. Africa, |7 Sep 2011 |SABMiller, WWF and German Intl. Cooperation Agency report on their joint efforts to manage water |
|(UK) |Tanzania, Ukraine | |impacts of SABMiller operations. Click here |
|SABMiller |El Salvador, |30 Mar 2011 |Released joint “poverty footprint” report with Oxfam America and Coca-Cola on their value chain. |
|(UK) |Zambia | |Click here |
|SABMiller |Global |8 Sep 2010 |World Water Week: Positive initiatives by companies on access to clean water, sanitation. Click |
|(UK) | | |here |
|SABMiller |Uganda |6 Jan 2010 |SABMiller extends HIV programme to suppliers & their families. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|SABMiller |Africa |24 Jun 2009 |SABMiller involved in initiatives to increase access to clean water. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|SABMiller |Global |7 May 2008 |UK Prime Minister convenes major companies in "Business Call to Action" to tackle world poverty - |
|(UK) | | |booklet describes steps by Vodafone, Sumitomo Chemical, SAB Miller, Reuters, Microsoft, Diageo, |
| | | |Coca-Cola, Citi to help combat poverty. Click here |
|SABMiller |Haiti |11 Apr 2012 |Company plans to build hospitals in Haiti an example of growing role of private sector in |
|(UK) | | |providing public services in poor countries. Click here |
|Sabre Holdings |Global |13 Jun 2012 |Sabre Holdings technology firm signs Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct, to combat human |
|(USA) | | |trafficking. Click here |
|Safaricom (Kenya) |Kenya |25 Sep 2013 |Safaricom initiative raises money to help victims of Westgate shopping mall terrorist attack. |
| | | |Click here |
|Safaricom |Africa |3 Aug |Kenyan corporate foundations & media launch appeal to fight hunger among "3.5 million Kenyans |
|(Kenya) | |2011 |faced with starvation" Click here |
|Safaricom |Kenya |17 Mar 2010 |Safaricom, Syngenta Foundation, UAP Insurance offer farmers micro-insurance against risk of |
|(Kenya) | | |extreme weather & drought. Click here |
|Safeway |Jordan |19 Sep 2012 |UNESCO & supermarkets launch campaign against plastic bags usage to protect environment & health. |
|(Jordan) | | |Click here |
|Sage Publications (USA) |Global |12 Aug 2009 |UN agency partners with publishing companies to provide developing countries with free access to |
| | | |scientific information |
| | | |- firms include Sage Publications. Click here |
|Sagittarius Mines |Philippines |22 Apr 2009 |Sagittarius Mines (SMI) adopts Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Click here |
|(Philippines) | | | |
|Sagya |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and development" (with |
|(United Arab Emirates) | | |positive examples from companies including Sagya). Click here |
|SAIL |India |15 Feb 2012 |CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development awards Indian companies for efforts in |
|(India) | | |sustainable development. Click here |
|Sainsbury’s |UK |26 May 2010 |Asda to cut price of cancer drugs, sell them on not-for-profit basis – Sainsbury says it will |
|(UK) | | |match Asda. Click here |
|Sainsbury’s |UK |26 May 2010 |Marks & Spencer first UK retailer to sell Fairtrade vegetables – Sainsbury says it will also offer|
|(UK) | | |Fairtrade. Click here |
|Sainsbury's (UK) |Global |24 Feb 2010 |Sainsbury's hosts conferences in Africa & UK to discuss fair trade, food security with suppliers. |
| | | |Click here |
|Sainsbury's (UK) |China |26 Oct 2005 |ASrIA publishes report on Impactt's "Overtime Project", in which 11 UK retailers, including |
| | | |Sainsbury’s, each worked with a supplier factory in China to improve working conditions. Click |
| | | |here. |
|Saint-Gobain |Global |17 Nov 2010 |Three French companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project index for the best communication on |
|(France) | | |climate change: Lafarge, Renault, Saint-Gobain. Click here (French only) |
| |USA |3 May 2006 | comes 7th in Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Sambhav Gems |Global |12 Jul 2006 |"Crossing boundaries": Business leaders visit social & environmental projects (report by IBLF). |
|(India) | | |Companies featured include Sambhav Gems. Click here |
|Samsung |Africa |2 Nov 2011 |Samsung launches solar-powered internet school to benefit children in rural Africa. Click here |
|(So. Korea) | | | |
|Samsung |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest companies -|
|(So. Korea) | | |Boeing, PG&E, Samsung, Spectra lead their sectors. Click here |
|Samsung |Global |1 Apr 2009 |Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics" shows overall improvement by IT firms on climate change |
|(So. Korea) | | |- refers to positive steps by Dell, HP, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, others. Click here |
|Samsung |Global |14 Jan 2009 |Greenpeace seems some “greening” of products at Las Vegas electronics show - first prizes for |
|(So. Korea) | | |products from Lenovo, Sharp, Samsung. Click here (French only) |
|Samsung |Global |15 Mar 2006 |Greenpeace says Samsung is one of the electronics companies “leading the industry by positive |
|(So. Korea) | | |example on toxic chemicals.” Click here |
|Sanitas |Spain |29 Jul 2009 |Health sector companies adopt programs to integrate disabled into the workforce – refers to DKV, |
|(Spain) | | |Novartis, Pfizer, Sanitas, Sanofi-Aventis. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Sanofi-Aventis |Global |28 Aug 2013 |Sanofi-Aventis partners up with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. Click here (French |
|(France) | | |only) |
|Sanofi |Israel & Palestine|1 May 2013 |Sanofi sponsors project between Israeli & Palestinian researchers aiming to rid water of |
|(France) | | |pharmaceutical residues. Click here |
|Sanofi |Africa |1 May 2013 |Sanofi contributes to the fight against malaria by providing affected countries with affordable |
|(France) | | |medicines. Click here (French only) |
|Sanofi |Ukraine |27 Mar 2013 |Sanofi makes commitment to support & cooperate with children’s clinic over several years, |
|(France) | | |including by helping improve access to innovative medicines. Click here |
|Sanofi |Global |20 Feb 2013 |The Sanofi Hope Foundation develops programs to fight against cancer & infant & maternal mortality|
|(France) | | |in developing countries. Click here (French only) |
|Sanofi |Global |1 Feb 2012 |Pharmaceutical firms and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to jointly combat 10 neglected tropical|
|(France) | | |diseases. Click here |
| | | |Click here (in French) |
|Sanofi |Global |11 Jan 2011 |Bouygues, CAM and Sanofi Foundation support Flying Doctors to create “Club Santé Afrique”. Click |
|(France) | | |here (in French) |
|Sanofi |Benin |19 Oct 2011 |Care France and Sanofi Hope Foundation are committed to the fight against maternal and infant |
|(France) | | |mortality. Click here (in French) |
|Sanofi |Cameroon |17 Aug 2011 |Sanofi Hope foundation supports UNICEF by financing health programme for mothers and infants. |
|(France) | | |Click here [in French] |
|Sanofi |Africa |20 Jun 2012 |Sanofi launches its initiative "Healthy Children, Happy Children" on the occasion of International|
|(France) | | |Day of African Child. Click here (French only) |
|Sanofi-aventis (France) |Global |8 Jun 2011 |Sanofi partners with Drugs for Neglected Diseases to research new medicines against neglected |
| | | |diseases. |
| | | |Click here (French only) |
|Sanofi-aventis (France) |South Africa |11 May 2011 |Company develops programme together with communities and local govts. to combat TB. |
| | | |Click here |
|Sanofi-aventis (France) |Global |11 May 2011 |Sanofi-aventis and Medicines for Malaria Venture join forces to develop new medicines to fight |
| | | |malaria. |
| | | |Click here [in French] |
|Sanofi-Aventis (France) |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) |
|Sanofi-Aventis (France) |France/ Global |28 Mar 2007 |8 companies, including Sanofi-Aventis, launch francophone “Business Leaders Initiative for Human |
| | | |Rights”. Click here (French only) |
|Sanofi-Aventis (France) |Global |11 Oct 2006 |World Health Organisation & Sanofi-Aventis expand their programme combatting neglected tropical |
| | | |diseases. Click here [in French]. |
|Sanofi-Aventis (France) |Global |4 May 2005 |Addressing neglected diseases such as malaria & tuberculosis: Details of partnerships between |
| | | |non-profits, governments & drug companies, including Sanofi-Aventis. Click here |
|Sansiri |Thailand |19 Oct 2011 |Property firm Sansiri partners with UNICEF to address child health, nutrition & education. Click |
|(Thailand) | | |here |
|Santa Teresa Rum |Venezuela |13 Aug 2008 |Santa Teresa Rum provides land, jobs & training to poor squatters in joint programme with govt. |
|(Venezuela) | | |Click here |
|Santander |Brazil |11 May 2011 |Santander Bank suspends funding for Santo Antonio dam citing environmental & social concerns |
|(Spain) | | |Click here |
|SAP |Global |29 May 2013 |SAP commits to hiring hundreds of people with autism. Click here |
|(Germany) | | | |
|SAP |Ethiopia |25 Nov 2009 |StreamServe & SAP partner with UNICEF to improve drinking water supplies. Click here (French only)|
|(Germany) | | | |
|SAP |Global |2 Sep 2009 |SAP to donate technology to assist NGO Refugees United with online database for displaced people |
|(Germany) | | |worldwide. Click here |
|Sappi |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Report urges forestry industry to address conflicts with local people - provides examples of steps|
|(South Africa) | | |taken by companies including Sappi. Click here |
|Sasol |South Africa |18 Jan 2012 |Construction firms launch health & safety initiative, "BuildSafe South Africa" Click here |
|(So. Africa) | | | |
|Sasol |Global |20 Aug 2008 |African firms including East African Breweries, Kenya Airways, Sasol start to take action on |
|(So. Africa) | | |climate change. Click here |
|Sasol |Global |30 Apr 2008 |Sasol, expanding into countries criticised for their human rights records, adopts more systematic |
|(So. Africa) | | |approach to human rights. Click here |
|Sasol |So. Africa |2 Apr 2008 |Sasol to sell $3.2 billion of shares to black investors, in largest deal of its kind to help |
|(So. Africa) | | |compensate for apartheid discrimination. Click here |
|Sasol |So. Africa |23 May 2012 |Sasol develops "life-saving" technology to protect workers from machinery accidents |
|(So. Africa) | | | |
|Satemwa Tea |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and development" (with |
|(Malawi) | | |positive examples from companies including Satemwa Tea). Click here |
|SAUR (part of Bouygues) |Global |21 Mar 2012 |Special initiative announced by company regarding World Water Day 2012. Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Satyam Computer (India) |Global |12 Jul 2006 |"Crossing boundaries": Business leaders visit social & environmental projects (report by IBLF). |
| | | |Companies featured include Stayam Computer. Click here |
|SCA Tissue |USA |29 Aug 2007 |American Rights at Work profiles successful labour rights initiatives - examples include SCA |
|(USA) | | |Tissue. Click here |
|Schneider (France) |Africa |29 Jun 2011 |Schneider Electric help poor access energy in countries in the South. Click here (French only) |
|Schneider (France) |Africa, India |3 Feb 2010 |Schneider Electric initiatives to increase access to electricity for the poorest in Africa & |
| | | |India. Click here (French only) |
|Schneider (France) |Global |21 Oct 2009 |Schneider creates investment fund to support initiatives that will increase access to energy among|
| | | |the poorest. Click here (French only) |
|Schneider Electric |Africa,Brazil, |18 Apr 2012 |Company creates NGO to promote volunteerism in education in various countries. Click here |
|(France) |China, India | | |
|Schneider (France) |France |7 Feb 2007 |CEOs of Schneider and Dexia sign up to ecologist/writer Nicolas Hulot’s “Environmental Pact”. |
| | | |Click here (French only) |
|Schwab |USA |2 May 2007 |Companies incl. Schwab support natl. ban on sexual orientation discrimination. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|SC Johnson (USA) |USA |11 Jan 2006 |SC Johnson presented with US Presidential Award for Corporate Leadership for its "Greenlist" that |
| | | |rates the environmental impacts of its product components. Click here |
|SC Johnson (USA) |Global |14 Sep 2005 |SC Johnson case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |
| | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Sears |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|(USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Sears |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Sears and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory monitoring & |
|(USA) | | |improvement programme. Click here |
|SEAT |Spain |19 Sep 2007 |Accidents in SEAT factories are less frequent and less serious. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Spain) | | | |
|SEMAFO |Burkina Faso |7 Dec 2011 |SEMAFO contributes to development of villages next to its mines through various projects including|
|(Canada) | | |education, health and water. Click here [in French] |
|SEMAFO |Burkina Faso |7 Sep 2011 |SEMAFO participates in reforestation for the development of local populations. Click here [in |
|(Canada) | | |French] |
|Semafo |Global |10 Nov 2010 |Semafo ranked amongst the “Quality Employers” of Canada – the management mentions the involvement |
|(Canada) | | |of employees in social development programmes in its mines in Africa. Click here (French only) |
|Sensa |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|(USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|SEP-Congo |Dem. Rep. Congo |14 May 2008 |Oil services company SEP-Congo supports UN programme combatting HIV/AIDS in transport sector. |
|(Dem. Rep. Congo) | | |Click here (French only) |
|Service Magic (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 |
|Serum Institute of India |Global |8 Jun 2011 |Serum Institute of India promises to reduce prices of vaccines in developing countries. |
|(India) | | |Click here |
|SESA Select |Argentina |23 Jan 2008 |Studies on profitability & corporate social responsibility – includes example of good practices by|
|(Argentina) | | |Grupo SESA Select. Click here |
|Severn Trent |Global |12 April 2006 |Severn Trent & 5 other utility companies publish report on implementing human rights principles – |
|(UK) | | |focusing on supply chain, diversity, vulnerable customers, climate change. Click here |
|SFR |France |15 Feb 2012 |SFR offers paternity leave to homosexual employees. Click here (in French) |
|(France) | | | |
|SFR |Haiti |20 Jan 2010 |French companies aid Haiti after the earthquake, including Air Caraïbes, Air France, Crédit |
|(France) | | |Agricole, EDF, GDF Suez, Orange, SFR, Société Générale. Click here (French only) |
|Shaanix |Ghana |30 Nov 2011 |Chinese mining company, Shaanix, says it will improve worker safety & "complement" govt. efforts |
|(China) | | |to build schools, health facilities. Click here |
|Shanghai Pudong |China |12 Jul 2006 |Shanghai Pudong Development Bank first mainland Chinese bank to issue a CSR report. Click here |
|Development Bank | | | |
|(China) | | | |
|Sharp |Global |14 Jan 2009 |Greenpeace seems some “greening” of products at Las Vegas electronics show - first prizes for |
|(Japan) | | |products from Lenovo, Sharp, Samsung. Click here (French only) |
|Shell |Burma |14 Nov 2012 |Shell holds back investment citing its human rights code, while CNPC partners with MOGE on |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |pipeline project, allegedly involving land seizures & forced labour. Click here |
|Shell |Nigeria |16 Nov 2011 |Shell must pay $1 billion in first step to clean up Niger Delta says new report by Amnesty Intl. &|
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development. Click here |
|Shell |Nigeria |4 Aug 2010 |Oil companies agree to set up fund to cover cost of spills Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Shell |Nigeria |19 May 2010 |Shell lauches $2 billion campaign to reduce gas flaring, which impacts environment, health. Click |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |here |
|Shell |Philippines |24 Mar 2010 |Firms including Shell starting to address HIV/AIDS; govt. says more efforts needed. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Shell |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive business |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |excellence awards, including Shell. Click here |
|Shell |India |22 Apr 2009 |Intl. Dalit Solidarity Network Annual Report 2008 - with section on private sector developments - |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |refers to initiatives by Daimler, HSBC, Shell. Click here |
|Shell |Ghana |14 Nov 2007 |Shell trains staff as peer educators to help sensitise workers on HIV-AIDS. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Shell |Middle East |23 May 2007 |Regional business coalition on HIV/AIDS for Arab world launched by companies including Shell. |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Click here |
|Shell |Global |21 Mar 2007 |IBLF report on how company employee initiatives are helping increase access to education, water, |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |health, housing – refers to initiatives by companies including Shell. Click here |
|Shell |UK |7 June 2006 |Shell & other companies call on UK Govt. to adopt tougher greenhouse gas standards. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Shell |USA |15 Feb 2006 |Shell & other firms endorse Pew Center on Global Climate Change’s comprehensive plan to reduce |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |greenhouse gas emissions. Click here |
|Shell |Kazakhstan |5 Oct 2005 |Kazakhstan joins Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - along with mining, oil & gas |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |companies including Chevron. Click here |
|Shell |Africa, Asia, |16 Mar 2005 |Shell Foundation report "Enterprise solutions to poverty” describes its experience helping develop|
|(UK/Netherlands) |Central America | |sustainable small businesses in Africa, Asia, Central America. Click here |
|Shell |Brazil |20 Jun 2012 |Following protests, Cosan agribusiness suspended project on land allegedly taken from indigenous |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |peoples. Click here |
|Shell |Kuwait |3 Oct 2012 |Shell holds conference on empowering women's leadership, equal opportunities, and diversity of |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |ethnicity, age, gender. Click here |
|Sherrin |India |3 Oct 2012 |Sherrin ceases orders from some subcontractors after admitting some of its footballs were made |
|(Australia) | | |using child labour. Click here |
|Shirley Hinojosa |Argentina |17 Sep 2008 |Companies take part in programme to eliminate child labour on vineyards Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Argentina) | | | |
|Siemens (Germany) |Sudan |24 Jan 2007 |Siemens says it will withdraw from Sudan because of concerns about humanitarian conditions. Click |
| | | |here |
|Siemens Bulgaria |Bulgaria |24 Feb 2010 |Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum gives awards for socially responsible companies. Click here |
|(Bulgaria) | | | |
|Signet |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Signet, to promote |
|(USA) | | |responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from mine to retail). |
| | | |Click here |
|Signet/Kay |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Signet/Kay, call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No Dirty |
|(USA) | | |Gold campaign welcomes move. Click here |
|Silver Star |Pakistan |30 May 2007 |Nike to resume soccer ball production in Pakistan; contract with new supplier Silver Star includes|
|(Pakistan) | | |labour rights provisions. Click here |
|Sime Darby (Malaysia) |Global |23 Mar 2011 |Simy Darby joins Global Business Initiative on Human Rights. |
| | | |Click here |
|Simon Property Group |USA |8 Mar 2006 |Simon Property Group & others agree to expand disclosure on energy efficiency & climate-related |
|(USA) | | |issues, following shareholder requests. Click here |
|Sinohydro |Angola |31 Mar 2010 |Sinohydro’s president pledges the company’s contribution to the national reconstruction. Click |
|(China) | | |here (French only) |
|Skanska |Global |22 Feb 2006 |UNEP & companies including Skanska launch Sustainable Building & Construction Initiative, aimed at|
|(Sweden) | | |"greening" the industry. Click here |
|Skype |Global |15 Dec 2010 |Skype develops a communication system to connect humanitarian workers in remote regions, in |
|(Luxembourg) | | |partnership with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Click here (French only) |
|Sleep Number (part of |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|Select Comfort) (USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Sleep Train (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 |
|Société Générale |Global |28 Nov 2012 |Société Générale announces its international microfinance engagements. Click here (French only) |
|(France) | | | |
|Société Générale |Senegal |24 Mar 2010 |Partnership between the government, Société Générale, France and the EU to reduce the impact of |
|(France) | | |corporations on the environment. Click here (French only) |
|Société Générale |Haiti |20 Jan 2010 |French companies aid Haiti after the earthquake, including Air Caraïbes, Air France, Crédit |
|(France) | | |Agricole, EDF, GDF Suez, Orange, SFR, Société Générale. Click here (French only) |
|Société Générale |France |23 Aug 2006 |Financial firms including Société Générale take steps to diversify workforce. Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Société Générale |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |
|(France) | | |including Société Générale. Click here |
|Société Générale |Global |3 Aug 2005 |UNDP partners with private sector to develop business-led solutions to poverty – details of |
|(France) | | |investment projects led by Société Générale and other companies. Click here |
|Sodexo |Chile |8 Jan 2014 |Sodexo collaborates with gay rights movement to promote inclusion of homosexuals. Click here |
|(France) | | |(Spanish only) |
|Sodexo |Global |2 Feb 2011 |Sodexo rewarded by NGOs for its actions in the fight against malnutrition and hunger. |
|(France) | | |Click here [in French] |
|Sodexo |Global |8 Sep 2010 |World Water Week: Positive initiatives by companies on access to clean water, sanitation. Click |
|(France) | | |here |
|Sodexo |USA |25 Aug 2010 |Coalition of Immokalee Workers signs agreement with Sodexo on workplace standards for tomato |
|(France) | | |pickers. Click here |
|Sodexo |Spain |5 May 2010 |Sodexo and La Caixa sign agreement to develop employment opportunities for people at risk of |
|(France) | | |exclusion. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Sodimac |Chile |23 Nov 2011 |ILO uses Sodimac as example in study of strategy to end child labour. Click here [in Spanish] |
|(Chile) | | | |
| |China |7 Sep 2005 | & other companies take steps to address HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|(China) | | | |
| |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|(China) | | | |
|Sol Meliá |Global |1 Nov 2006 |Sol Meliá signs code of conduct to combat child sex-trafficking. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Spain) | | | |
|Sonatel |Senegal |12 Dec 2012 |The Sonatel Foundation develops a vast project constructions educational infrastructure. Click |
|(Senegal) | | |here (French only) |
|Sonatel |Senegal |10 Mar 2010 |Sonatel Foundation supports health care by supplying medical equipment to health structures. Click|
|(Senegal) | | |here (French only) |
|Sony |Cameroon |9 Jun 2010 |UNDP and Sony launch the campaign “Transmission publique en Afrique” of the World Cup to promote |
|(Japan) | | |the fight against HIV/AIDS. Click here (French only) |
|Sony |Cameroon & Ghana |31 Mar 2010 |Sony partners with UNDP to improve the fight against HIV/AIDS. Click here (French only) |
|(Japan) | | | |
|Sony |Global |15 Mar 2006 |Greenpeace says Sony is one of the electronics companies “leading the industry by positive example|
|(Japan) | | |on toxic chemicals.” Click here |
|Sony |Global |16 May 2012 |Companies in roundtable on working conditions in electronics sector with NGOs, labour groups. |
|(Japan) | | |Click here |
|Sony Ericsson (Japan & |Global |13 Jan 2010 |Sony Ericsson & Nokia lead in eliminating dangerous chemicals according to Greenpeace "green |
|Sweden) | | |electronics guide" – clear progress also for Apple. Click here [in French] |
|Sony Ericsson (Japan & |Global |14 Oct 2009 |Environmental NGOs praise Apple, Sony Ericsson for removing toxic chemicals from their products. |
|Sweden) | | |Click here |
|Sony Ericsson (Japan & |Global |4 Apr 2007 |Greenpeace ranking of electronic manufacturers' recycling and toxic content policies cites |
|Sweden) | | |positive steps by Sony Ericsson. Click here |
|Sotrami |Peru |11 May 2011 |Sotrami is the first company to produce "fair trade gold" – recognition of its efforts to respect |
|(France) | | |human rights. |
| | | |Click here [in Spanish] |
|South African Breweries |South Africa |23 Feb 2011 |South African Breweries, South African Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS, Global Fund launch |
|(So. Africa) | | |workplace programme, urge other private sector actors to join in fight against HIV-AIDS |
| | | |Click here |
|Sovcomflot |Russia / UK |12 Jul 2006 |CEOs of Russian companies, including Sovcomflot, meet in London to discuss "responsible business |
|(Russia) | | |practices". Click here |
|Spectra |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest companies -|
|(USA) | | |Boeing, PG&E, Samsung, Spectra lead their sectors. Click here |
|Spectrum |Western Sahara |28 Sep 2011 |NGO commends Spectrum for ceasing oilfield services in Western Sahara. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Speedo |Global |9 Jul 2008 |Unions, NGOs & companies including adidas, New Balance, Nike, Speedo, Umbro form group to improve |
|(UK) | | |respect for labour rights. Click here |
|SPI Group (Luxembourg) |Global/Russia |14 Aug 2013 |SPI Group includes sexual orientation in anti-discrimination policy. Click here |
|Spinneys |Jordan |19 Sep 2012 |UNESCO & supermarkets launch campaign against plastic bags usage to protect environment & health. |
|(Egypt) | | |Click here |
|Springer Science+ |Global |12 Aug 2009 |UN agency partners with publishing companies to provide developing countries with free access to |
|Business Media | | |scientific information |
|(USA) | | |- firms include Springer Science+Business Media. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Africa |28 Sep 2011 |Part of initiative to improve access to banking services in Africa. Click here [in French] |
|(UK) | | | |
|Standard Chartered |Ghana |6 Oct 2010 |Standard Chartered launches series of "social & economic impact" reports - first is on Ghana. |
|(UK) | | |Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive business |
|(UK) | | |excellence awards, including Standard Chartered. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Bangladesh |17 Sep 2008 |UNAIDS, Standard Chartered form business coalition on HIV/AIDS. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Standard Chartered |Global |20 Jun 2007 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria awards companies including Standard |
|(UK) | | |Chartered. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Middle East |23 May 2007 |Regional business coalition on HIV/AIDS for Arab world launched by companies including Standard |
|(UK) | | |Chartered. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Global |21 Mar 2007 |IBLF report on how company employee initiatives are helping increase access to education, water, |
|(UK) | | |health, housing – refers to initiatives by companies including Standard Chartered. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Global |11 Oct 2006 |Banks join initiative led by Standard Chartered to fight child pornography. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Standard Chartered |India |16 Aug 2006 |Call centre workers identified as high-risk group for HIV/AIDS - refers to steps by companies |
|(UK) | | |including Standard Chartered. Click here. |
|Standard Chartered |UK |7 June 2006 |Standard Chartered & other companies call on UK Govt. to adopt tougher greenhouse gas standards. |
|(UK) | | |Click here |
|Standard Chartered |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |
|(UK) | | |including Standard Chartered. Click here |
|Standard Chartered |India |30 Aug 2006 |Business Week article says domestic & multinational banks including Standard Chartered increasing |
|(UK) | | |their provision of microloans for the poor. Click here |
|Standard Fruit /Dole |Costa Rica |11 Apr 2007 |Banana workers’ union & Standard Fruit/Dole sign agreement on labour rights & environment. Click |
|(USA) | | |here (Spanish only) |
|Standard Life |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including Standard Life launch $75 million fund for |
|(UK) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Staples |Global |18 Nov 2009 |Gucci partners with Rainforest Action Network to stop sourcing paper made from Indonesian |
|(USA) | | |rainforests, to help combat climate change - also refers to actions by Tiffany, H&M, Staples, |
| | | |Unisource. Click here |
|Star |China |18 May 2005 |Companies including Star make commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in China. Click here |
|(China) | | | |
|Starbucks |USA |18 Jun 2014 |USA: Starbucks announces free online college education for workers in partnership with Arizona |
|(USA) | | |State Univ. Click here |
|Starbucks |USA |10 Jul 2013 |Businesses push for federal law to protect against workplace discrimination based on sexual |
|(USA) | | |orientation. Click here |
|Starbucks |Spain |27 Oct 2010 |Starbucks join Free Trade campaign. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(USA) | | | |
|Starbucks |Europe |3 Mar 2010 |Starbucks turns 100% to Fairtrade coffee in Europe. Click here (French only) |
|(USA) | | | |
|Starbucks (USA) |UK |9 Sep 2009 |Starbucks to make majority of coffee it sells in UK Fairtrade-certified. Click here |
|Starbucks (USA) |Rwanda |15 Jul 2009 |Starbucks opens support centre to help farmers improve coffee quality, attract better prices. |
| | | |Click here [also available in French] |
|Starbucks (USA) |USA |21 Jan 2009 |Faith-based investors strengthen call for companies to support health care reform - Over 12 US |
| | | |firms now do so publicly, including Starbucks. Click here |
|Starbucks (USA) |Ethiopia |9 May 2007 |Oxfam "optimistic on progress" between Starbucks and Ethiopia on trademarking of high-grade |
| | | |coffee. Click here |
|Starbucks |Global |28 Mar 2012 |Human Rights Campaign defends company’s support for same-sex marriage after National Organization |
|(USA) | | |for Marriage launches anti-Starbucks campaign. Click here |
|Starwood |Global |22 Mar 2006 |Starwood a founding participant in the Tourism and Human Rights Initiative, launched by the UN |
|(USA) | | |World Tourism Organization & Intl. Business Leaders Forum. Click here |
|State Street |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including State Street launch $75 million fund for |
|(USA) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Statoil |Global |18 Jun 2008 |4 case studies: Companies promoting institution-building in developing countries - refers to BP, |
|(Norway) | | |Statoil, Premier Oil, others. Click here |
|Statoil |Kazakhstan |5 Oct 2005 |Kazakhstan joins Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - along with mining, oil & gas |
|(Norway) | | |companies including Chevron. Click here |
|Statoil |Global |20 Apr 2005 |Statoil publishes a breakdown of its tax payments to all countries where it operates. Click here |
|(Norway) | | | |
|ST Microelectronics |France/ Global |28 Mar 2007 |8 companies, including STMicroelectronics, launch francophone “Business Leaders Initiative for |
|(Switzerland) | | |Human Rights”. Click here (French only) |
|ST Microelectronics |Philippines |6 Jan 2010 |Govt. recognises 8 firms for environmental performance including ST Microelectronics. Click here |
|(Switzerland) | | | |
|Stonyfield Farm |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Climate Counts NGO issues annual scorecard on companies' climate policies & practices - HP, Nike, |
|(USA) | | |Stonyfield Farm, Unilever lead. Click here |
|Stora Enso |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Report urges forestry industry to address conflicts with local people - provides examples of steps|
|(Finland) | | |taken by companies including Stora Enso. Click here |
|Stora Enso |China |24 May 2006 |UNDP & Stora Enso join for 5-year partnership on health, water & education. Click here |
|(Finland) | | | |
|Storebrand |Global |9 Nov 2005 |Development agencies & companies including Storebrand launch $75 million fund for |
|(Norway) | | |micro-entrepreneurs. Click here |
|Stream |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Stream and Adecco Foundation set up an employment integration scheme for disabled people. Click |
|(Repsol-Gas Natural) | | |here (Spanish only) |
|(Spain) | | | |
|StreamServe |Ethiopia |25 Nov 2009 |StreamServe & SAP partner with UNICEF to improve drinking water supplies. Click here (French only)|
|(USA) | | | |
|Subway |USA |10 Dec 2008 |Subway agrees to pay migrant tomato pickers penny more per pound - signs deal with Coalition of |
|(USA) | | |Immokalee Workers. Click here |
|Suez |France/ Global |28 Mar 2007 |8 companies, including Suez, launch francophone “Business Leaders Initiative for Human Rights”. |
|(France) | | |Click here (French only) |
|Suez Environnement |Global |21 Mar 2012 |Special initiative announced by company regarding World Water Day 2012 Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Sumitomo |Mexico |1 Mar 2006 |Mexican Govt. recognises companies for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, including Sumitomo. |
|(Japan) | | |Click here |
|Sumitomo |Tanzania |4 Jan 2006 |Mosquito net project involving Sumitomo & ExxonMobil helps combat malaria in Tanzania. Click here |
|(Japan) | | | |
|Sumitomo Chemical |Global |29 Sep 2010 |Global action plan to achieve Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - with commitments by private |
|(Japan) | | |sector. Firms making specific commitments include Sumitomo Chemical. Click here |
|Sumitomo Chemical |Global |7 May 2008 |UK Prime Minister convenes major companies in "Business Call to Action" to tackle world poverty - |
|(Japan) | | |booklet describes steps by Vodafone, Sumitomo Chemical, SAB Miller, Reuters, Microsoft, Diageo, |
| | | |Coca-Cola, Citi to help combat poverty. Click here |
|Suncor (Canada) |Global |23 Apr 2008 |Stratos analyses 7 leading sustainability reports by Canadian companies: Telus, BC Hydro, |
| | | |Enbridge, Syncrude, Suncor, Transalta, Vancity. Click here (French only) |
|Sun Microsystems (USA) |Global |13 Oct 2010 |Sun Microsystems co-founder to start venture fund for businesses that fight poverty, provide |
| | | |health & education to the poor. Click here |
|Sun Microsystems (USA) |Israel / Occupied |4 Oct 2006 |Students from Israel & West Bank work together in technology project – supporters include Sun |
| |Territories | |Microsystems. Click here |
|Superspar (Swaziland) |Swaziland |27 Aug 2008 |ILO praises HIV/AIDS initiatives by firms including Dalcrue, Superspar. Click here |
|Surtigas |Colombia |7 Sep 2011 |Nestle receives "Understanding Peace” award. Click here [in Spanish] |
|(Colombia) | | | |
|Sütaş |Turkey |21 Oct 2009 |World Food Day: FAO awards Turkish dairy firm Sütaş for "Achieving Food Security in Times of |
|(Turkey) | | |Crisis". Click here |
|Swala Oil & Gas |Tanzania |14 Aug 2013 |Swala Oil & Gas sets aside shares in the firm for benefit of community where it operates |
|(Tanzania) | | |Click here |
|Swire Beverages (USA) |China |13 Sep 2006 |World Economic Forum launches China Health Alliance, a partnership against TB and AIDS - companies|
| | | |involved include Swire Beverages. Click here |
|Swiss Re |Ethiopia |1 Oct 2008 |Clinton Global Initiative commitments: includes Swiss Re & Oxfam joint initiative on climate |
|(Switzerland) | | |change & rural poverty. Click here |
|Syncrude (Canada) |Global |23 Apr 2008 |Stratos analyses 7 leading sustainability reports by Canadian companies: Telus, BC Hydro, |
| | | |Enbridge, Syncrude, Suncor, Transalta, Vancity. Click here (French only) |
|Syngenta |Colombia |9 Nov 2011 |Isagen and Syngenta promote the right to education in rural populations. Click here |
|(Switzerland) | | | |
|Syngenta |Kenya |17 Mar 2010 |Safaricom, Syngenta Foundation, UAP Insurance offer farmers micro-insurance against risk of |
|(Switzerland) | | |extreme weather & drought. Click here |
|Syngenta |Global |17 Jun 2009 |6 seed firms, including Monsanto, outline approach to tackling child labour in agriculture. Click |
|(Switzerland) | | |here |
|Sysco (USA) |Central America |18 Sep 2013 |Sysco partners with Sustainable Food Lab to support small-scale farmers from high-poverty areas in|
| | | |Latin America. Click here. |
| | | | |
| | | | |
|T. Rowe Price (USA) |USA |13 May 2009 |Large fund managers such as TIAA-CREF, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard paying increasing attention to |
| | | |human rights. Click here |
|Talas Copper Gold (joint |Kyrgyzstan |19 Oct 2011 |Talas Copper Gold suspends work after death threats saying "we’re not prepared to put people’s |
|venture Orsu Metals & | | |lives at risk in Aral in order to drill". Click here |
|Gold Fields) | | | |
|(Kyrgyzstan) | | | |
|Talisman |Iraq |25 Jun 2008 |Talisman enters Kurdish region - reaches deal with local govt. to promote "revenue transparency" &|
|(Canada) | | |"respect for human rights". Click here |
|Talisman Energy |Global |9 Feb 2011 |New Global Community Relations Policy, which recognises principle of Free, Prior and Informed |
|(Canada) | | |Consent. |
| | | |Click here |
|Talisman Energy |Global |14 Jul 2010 |New guidance from UN Global Compact. "Doing business while advancing peace and development" (with |
|(Canada) | | |positive examples from companies including Talisman Energy). Click here |
|Target |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to positive |
|(USA) | | |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 |
|Target |USA |21 Jan 2009 |Faith-based investors strengthen call for companies to support health care reform - Over 12 US |
|(USA) | | |firms now do so publicly, including Target. Click here |
|Target |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child labour in|
|(USA) | | |cotton fields. Companies including Target take measures to exclude Uzbek cotton from their |
| | | |products. Click here |
|Tata |India |21 Jul 2010 |Financial Express on importance of company human rights policies in Indian context – Tata, |
|(India) | | |IndianOil on list of 270 firms worldwide with policies. Click here |
|Tata |Orissa, India |7 Oct 2009 |Tata Steel raises awareness among local communities of Right to Information Act. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Tata |India |25 Feb 2009 |Case studies on steps by Tata Steel, Topkapi Iplik, Ying Xie Garments demonstrate business |
|(India) | | |benefits of implementing workplace standards. Click here |
|Tata |India |2 Jan 2008 |Govt., UNICEF, NGOs & companies including Tata partner to address child under-nutrition (report by|
|(India) | | |Synergos). Click here |
|Tata |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Tata. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Tata |India |27 Jul 2005 |Sustainability reporting in India gradually gains acceptance - Tata director says "this would be |
|(India) | | |the right time to throw our attention to sustainable development". Click here |
|Tata Chemicals (India) |India |15 Feb 2012 |CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development awards Indian companies for efforts in |
| | | |sustainable development. Click here |
|Tata Consultancy Services|India |15 Feb 2012 |CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development awards Indian companies for efforts in |
| | | |sustainable development. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Tata Consultancy Services|India |22 Feb 2006 |Tata Consultancy Services launches "40 hours to literacy", computer-based programme to help adults|
|(India) | | |learn to read. Click here |
|Tata Power |India |29 Jan 2014 |Tata Power launches training programme aimed at women to increase earnings & livelihood |
|(India) | | |profitability. Click here |
|Tata Steel (India) |India |15 Feb 2012 |CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development awards Indian companies for efforts in |
| | | |sustainable development. Click here |
|Tata Steel |India |17 Aug 2005 |Steps that Indian companies, including Tata Steel, are taking to address HIV/AIDS. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|Tata Steel (India) |India |28 Mar 2012 |Company provides 241 scholarships to promote education among scheduled caste & indigenous |
| | | |communities. Click here |
|Tata Steel (India) |India |27 Jun 2012 |Tata Steel awards fellowships to Dalit & tribal children; assists schools with construction. |
| | | |Click here |
|Tate & Lyle |Global |27 Feb 2008 |Tate & Lyle sugar to be Fairtrade - biggest UK firm to do so. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tate & Lyle |UK |30 Jan 2008 |21 food manufacturers commit to save water, including Tate & Lyle. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tax Resolution (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 |
|Taylor & Francis |Global |12 Aug 2009 |UN agency partners with publishing companies to provide developing countries with free access to |
|(UK) | | |scientific information |
| | | |- firms include Taylor & Francis. Click here |
|TC Television (Ecuador) |Latin America |25 Feb 2009 |Latin American television companies commit to addressing AIDS |
| | | |- including Canal 13 (Argentina), Ecuavisa, TC Television, Telefe, Televisa, TV Azteca, TV Globo. |
| | | |Click here |
|Tchibo |Africa |15 Oct 2008 |European textile companies including Otto Group, Puma, Tchibo, and Celio support project in Africa|
|(Germany) | | |to promote “socially responsible” cotton. Click here (Spanish only) |
|TD Bank (Canada) |Canada |17 Aug 2011 |Companies paying increasing attention to needs of transgender employees: steps taken by TD Bank. |
| | | |Click here |
|Teck Resources (Canada) |Senegal |6 Jul 2011 |Teck Resources partners with Micronutrient Initiative and Canadian Govt. "Zinc Alliance for Child |
| | | |Health" to provide six million children in Senegal with zinc supplements. Click here [also |
| | | |available in French] |
|Telecom |New Zealand |3 Nov 2010 |Internet provider Telecom joins filter system blocking access to child abuse material. Click here |
|(New Zealand) | | | |
|Telecom Argentina |Argentina |2 Jun 2010 |Telecom signs agreement to promote diversity and non-discrimination. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Argentina) | | | |
|Telefónica (Colombia) |Colombia |20 Nov 2013 |Company develops tool for assessing risk of child labour. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica |Latin America |10 Jul 2013 |Employees of Telefónica group work towards the eradication of child labour in 5 countries. Click |
|(Spain) | | |here (Spanish only) |
|Telefe |Latin America |25 Feb 2009 |Latin American television companies commit to addressing AIDS |
|(Argentina) | | |- including Canal 13 (Argentina), Ecuavisa, TC Television, Telefe, Televisa, TV Azteca, TV Globo. |
| | | |Click here |
|Telefónica |Colombia |07 Nov 2012 |Telefónica develops guidelines for assessing and managing impacts of child labour in businesses. |
|(Spain) | | |Click here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica |Latin America |14 Dec 2011 |Telefónica Foundation and ILO promote Latinamerican network against child labour. Click here [in |
|(Spain) | | |Spanish] |
|Telefónica |Latin America |26 Oct 2011 |Telefónica Foundation receives award for its work in eliminating child labour in Latin America. |
|(Spain) | | |Click here (in Spanish) |
|Telefónica |Latin America |8 Sep 2010 |Third International Conference against child labour begins - organized by the Telefónica |
|(Spain) | | |Foundation, with the support of the ILO and UNICEF. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |Perú |13 Jan 2010 |Telefónica Movistar says over 58000 from rural areas accessed telecommunications services as a |
| | | |result of “Integrame” programme. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |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) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |Latin America |22 Apr 2009 |Telefónica and Nokia partner to take educational content to remote schools in Latin America. Click|
| | | |here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica (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) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |Perú |17 Sep 2008 |Telefónica Foundation and NGO show program to send 917 children at work or at risk of working back|
| | | |to school. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |China |21 May 2008 |Telefónica donates 1 million euros for the victims of the earthquake in China – aid is targeted at|
| | | |children. Click here [in Spanish] |
|Telefónica (Spain) |Spain, Latin |17 Oct 2007 |Telefónica workers in Latin America and Spain carry out a day against child labour. Click here |
| |America | |(Spanish only) |
|Telefónica (Spain) |Latin America |13 Dec 2006 |Telefónica’s proniño programme helps bring 24,000 children out of work and into school. Click |
| | | |here (Spanish only) |
|Telefónica de |Argentina |27 Jun 2007 |Network of companies against child labour created – companies include Telefónica de |
|Argentina-Movistar | | |Argentina-Movistar. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Argentina) | | | |
|Telefónica Telecom |Colombia |25 July 2012 |New app Kid Rescue to combat child labour is launched by Telefonica Telecom in Colombia. Click |
|(Colombia) | | |here |
|Telemar |Brazil |20 Dec 2006 |Steps that companies, including Telemar, are taking to help combat poverty & inequality. Click |
|(Brazil) | | |here |
|Telenor |Serbia |19 Oct 2011 |Telenor partnership with UNICEF & Ministry of Health improves education & health of Roma families.|
|(Norway) | | |Click here |
|Telenor (Norway) |Global |28 Mar 2007 |SustainAbility report on business partnerships with social entrepreneurs: How they can help solve |
| | | |social & environmental problems - refers to initiatives by companies including Telenor. Click Here|
|Teletalk |Bangladesh |12 Oct 2011 |Govt. & NGOs partner with Airtel, Grameenphone, Teletalk to provide disaster warnings. Click here|
|(Bangladesh) | | | |
|Televisa (Mexico) |Latin America |25 Feb 2009 |Latin American television companies commit to addressing AIDS |
| | | |- including Canal 13 (Argentina), Ecuavisa, TC Television, Telefe, Televisa, TV Azteca, TV Globo. |
| | | |Click here |
|TeliaSonera (Sweden) |Sweden |18 July 2012 |TeliaSonera engages Danish Institute for Human Rights to review its human rights impact |
| | | |assessment. Click here |
|Telmex |Argentina |24 Feb 2010 |Cablevisión, Fibertel and Telmex contribute to the reduction of the digital divide in Tigre. Click|
|(Mexico) | | |here (Spanish only) |
|Telus |Global |23 Apr 2008 |Stratos analyses 7 leading sustainability reports by Canadian companies: Telus, BC Hydro, |
|(Canada) | | |Enbridge, Syncrude, Suncor, Transalta, Vancity. Click here (French only) |
|Tenaris |Global |22 Sep 2010 |Banco Popular, Iberdrola and Tenaris join sustainable index FTSE4Good Global. Click here (Spanish |
|(Luxembourg) | | |only) |
|Tengizchevroil |Kazakhstan |30 May 2012 |New water pumping station funded by Tengizchevroil supplies Kulsary population with potable water.|
|(Kazakhstan) | | |Click here |
|Tenke Fungurume Mining |Dem. Rep. of Congo|29 May 2013 |Tenke Fungurume Mining awarded by GBCHealth for its water and sanitation program. Click here |
|(TFM) | | |(French only) |
|(Dem. Rep of Congo) | | | |
|Tenke Fungurume Mining |Dem. Rep. of Congo|22 May 2013 |Tenke Fungurume Mining contributes to the development of riverside towns inside its concessions. |
|(TFM) | | |Click here (French only) |
|(Dem. Rep of Congo) | | | |
|Tenke Fungurume Mining |Dem. Rep. of Congo|6 Jan 2010 |Tenke Fungurume programmes succeed in reducing malaria prevalence in its concession. Click here |
|(TFM) | | |(French only) |
|(Dem. Rep of Congo) | | | |
|Terres d’Amanar |Morocco |13 Aug 2008 |Terres d’Amanar adventure park promotes local economic development, preservation of local culture |
|(Morocco) | | |& environment. Click here |
|Tesco |Uzbekistan |3 Jun 2009 |Uzbek Govt. signs ILO conventions after retailers including Tesco, Asda/Wal-Mart, Marks & Spencer,|
|(UK) | | |Gap pull out over forced child labour in cotton industry. Click here |
|Tesco |Global |17 Dec 2008 |Ceres ranks companies' climate strategies - IBM, Tesco, Dell lead. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tesco |Dominican |3 Sep 2008 |Project supported by US Govt., companies & NGOs in 3 Latin American countries aims to improve |
|(UK) |Republic, | |workplace conditions & standards at fruit farms. Refers to Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, Tesco, |
| |Honduras, | |Wal-Mart. Click here |
| |Nicaragua | | |
|Tesco |Global |10 Sep 2008 |Tesco CEO outlines business case for reducing carbon emissions. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tesco |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child labour in|
|(UK) | | |cotton fields. Companies including Tesco take measures to exclude Uzbek cotton from their |
| | | |products. Click here |
|Tesco |Zimbabwe |2 Jul 2008 |Tesco says it will stop trade with Zimbabwe, "cannot ignore the growing consensus that further |
|(UK) | | |action must be taken to maximise the pressure for change". Click here |
|Tesco |Global |16 Jan 2008 |Tesco bans Uzbek cotton due to use of organised, forced child labour. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tesco |Global |17 Jan 2007 |New climate change initiative launched by Confederation of British Industry - members include |
|(UK) | | |Tesco. Click here |
|Tesco |UK |7June 2006 |Tesco & other companies call on UK Govt. to adopt tougher greenhouse gas standards. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Tesoro |USA |30 Mar 2005 |Six US companies, including Tesoro, take steps on climate change following shareholder demands. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Tetra Pak |Global |10 May 2006 |Companies, including Tetra Pak, receive awards for contribution to UN Millennium Development |
|(Sweden) | | |Goals, presented by UNDP, ICC, IBLF. Click here. |
|Tetra Pak |Global |3 Aug 2005 |UNDP partners with private sector to develop business-led solutions to poverty – details of |
|(Sweden) | | |investment projects led by Tetra Pak and other companies. Click here |
|Texas Instruments |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including Texas Instruments. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Texas Instruments |USA |3 May 2006 |Texas Instruments comes 10th in Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Thames Water |Global |12 April 2006 |Thames Water & 5 other utility companies publish report on implementing human rights principles – |
|(UK) | | |focusing on supply chain, diversity, vulnerable customers, climate change. Click here |
|Theo-Chocolate |Dem. Rep. of Congo|22 Jan 2014 | |
|(USA) | | |Dem. Rep. of Congo: Theo Chocolate goes beyond fair trade standards to support farmers' |
| | | |livelihoods & encourages others to do the same. Click here |
| | | | |
|Thomas Cook (UK) |Global |18 Dec 2013 |UK Home Secretary urges business to tackle human trafficking, highlights training developed by |
| | | |Thomas Cook & Virgin Atlantic to help air hostesses report unusual behaviour. Click here |
|Thompson Creek Windows |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|(USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Thompson Electric |USA |9 Sep 2009 |American Rights at Work highlights Thompson Electric partnership with union to prioritise worker |
|(USA) | | |safety. Click here |
|Thompson Electric |USA |29 Aug 2007 |American Rights at Work profiles successful labour rights initiatives - examples include Thompson |
|(USA) | | |Electric. Click here |
|Thomson-Reuters |Global |31 Mar 2010 |Thomson-Reuters project matches development & other NGOs with pro bono legal help. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|TIAA-CREF |Global |15 Jun 2011 |Founding member of global initiative launched by the Ceres & Tellus Institute to create & |
|(USA) | | |encourage adoption of standardised sustainability ratings. Click here |
|TIAA-CREF |USA |13 May 2009 |Large fund managers such as TIAA-CREF, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard paying increasing attention to |
|(USA) | | |human rights. Click here |
|Tiffany |USA |16 Feb 2011 |Over 50 jewellers, including Tiffany, have joined boycott of gold from planned Pebble Mine due to |
|(USA) | | |concerns over impact on native people's fishery. |
| | | |Click here |
|Tiffany |Global |18 Nov 2009 |Gucci partners with Rainforest Action Network to stop sourcing paper made from Indonesian |
|(USA) | | |rainforests, to help combat climate change - also refers to actions by Tiffany, H&M, Staples, |
| | | |Unisource. Click here |
|Tiffany |Burma |18 Feb 2009 |US Campaign for Burma calls on consumers to help find Burmese rubies in jewellery stores - refers |
|(USA) | | |to positive steps by Leber Jeweler, Tiffany, Jewelers of America. Click here |
|Tiffany |Global |16 Jan 2008 |Tiffany provides funding for TransFair USA to explore feasibility of fair trade diamond |
|(USA) | | |certification. Click here |
|Tiffany |Burma |14 Nov 2007 |"Gem trade bolsters military regime, fuels atrocities", says Human Rights Watch - calls for ban on|
|(USA) | | |Burmese rubies & jade, recognises steps taken by companies including Tiffany. Click here |
|Tiffany |Global |14 June |NGOs and companies, including Tiffany, meet to discuss certification of sustainably-produced |
|(USA) | |2006 |metal. Click here |
|Tiffany |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Tiffany, call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No Dirty Gold |
|(USA) | | |campaign welcomes move. Click here |
|Tiffany |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Tiffany, to promote|
|(USA) | | |responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from mine to retail). |
| | | |Click here |
|Tiffany |Burma |9 Mar 2005 |Tiffany announces it will continue moratorium on gemstones mined in Burma - activists welcome |
|(USA) | | |move. Tiffany had previously notified suppliers that it would start purchasing gems mined in |
| | | |Burma if they were cut & polished elsewhere, in line with a US Customs ruling. Click here |
|Timberland (USA) |USA |11 July 2012 |Timberland praised for providing clean water, child care for children of workers at supplier |
| | | |factories in China, Dominican Republic, India. Click here |
|Timberland |Global |12 May 2010 |Timberland’s “Voices of Challenge” forum: Improving factory workers’ quality of life – comments by|
|(USA) | | |China Labor Watch, Workers Rights Consortium & others. Click here |
|Timberland |Global |2 Dec 2009 |Timberland CEO argues consumer pressure and "global public policy about human rights" applicable |
|(USA) | | |to business are necessary for companies to ensure responsible supply chains. Click here |
|Timberland |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to positive |
|(USA) | | |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 |
|Timberland |Brazil |12 Aug 2009 |Footwear brands including adidas, Clarks, Nike, Timberland demand moratorium on leather from farms|
|(USA) | | |involved in deforestation, linked to climate change - Greenpeace welcomes move. Click here |
|Timberland |USA |3 May 2006 |Timberland comes 6th in Business Ethics’ “100 Best Corporate Citizens” ranking. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Tipiel |Colombia |21 Jul 2010 |Launch of "Colombia Guidelines on Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law" for companies. |
|(Colombia) | | |Signatories include Coca-Cola, Indupalma, Isagen, Nestlé, Tipiel. Click here |
|Titan Cement |Global |15 Apr 2009 |"Doing Business in a Multicultural World" report by UN Alliance of Civilizations, UN Global |
|(Greece) | | |Compact - describes positive initiatives by Abu Dhabi Natl. Energy, American Express, BMW, HSBC, |
| | | |Manpower, Titan Cement, TUI, others. Click here |
|Titan Industries |Global |12 Nov 2008 |60th anniversary of Universal Declaration: Human rights initiatives by BASF, Barloworld, Novartis,|
|(India) | | |Ketchum, Titan Industries. Click here |
|Titan Industries |India |30 Apr 2008 |Titan Industries' initiatives to help disabled people. Click here |
|(India) | | | |
|TJX |Uzbekistan |30 Sep 2009 |US Senator Tom Harkin op-ed on forced child labour in Uzbek cotton industry - refers to positive |
|(USA) | | |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 |
|TNT Express (Netherlands)|Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by TNT Express. Click |
| | | |here |
|TNT (Netherlands) |Global |30 Jan 2008 |Private sector engagement in humanitarian relief - Agility, TNT, UPS launch joint emergency |
| | | |response initiative. Click here |
|TNT (Netherlands) |Global |7 Mar 2007 |Dutch Commission on Sustainable Research creates "Millennium Development Goals Scan" to benchmark |
| | | |companies' contributions – companies passing the scan include TNT. Click here |
|Tootsies |USA |17 Jul 2013 |Tootsies partners with Mary Kay Foundation on initiative against domestic violence. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Topkapi Iplik |Turkey |25 Feb 2009 |Case studies on steps by Tata Steel, Topkapi Iplik, Ying Xie Garments demonstrate business |
|(Turkey) | | |benefits of implementing workplace standards. Click here |
|Toshiba |Global |3 Apr 2013 |Toshiba says it will hire 100 female executives over next 2 years in effort to increase diversity.|
|(Japan) | | |Click here |
|Total |DRC |19 Jun 2013 |Total states it will not explore in Virunga National Park following UNESCO request to cancel all |
|(France) | | |exploration licenses in the area. Click here (French only) |
|Total |Burkina Faso |24 Apr 2013 |Total finances a 3-year programme to fight against HIV/AIDS in the truck-driving sector. Click |
|(France) | | |here (French only) |
|Total |Gabon |17 Apr 2013 |Total supports school for engineers. Click here (French only) |
|(France) | | | |
|Total |Guinea |19 Dec 2012 |Total inaugurates a youth training centre and undertakes to contribute to the socio-economic |
|(France) | | |development of populations. Click here (French only) |
|Total |Global |21 Sep 2011 |Total publishes Human Rights Internal Guided intended for all group employees. Click here (French|
|(France) | | |only) |
|Total |Global |3 Aug 2011 |Total and the Danish Institute for Human Rights sign two year partnership agreement on human |
|(France) | | |rights. Click here (French only) |
|Total |Uganda |27 Apr 2011 |World Malaria Day: Companies honoured for their part in Roll Back Malaria Partnership |
|(France) | | |Click here |
|Total |Nigeria |4 Aug 2010 |Oil companies agree to set up fund to cover cost of spills. Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Total |Ethiopia |14 Oct 2009 |Total & the NGO DKT report on pilot project to raise awareness among domestic workers of the |
|(France) | | |dangers of HIV/AIDS. Click here (French only) |
|Total |Senegal |15 Apr 2009 |Total raises awareness about malaria. Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Total |Burma |14 May 2008 |Total to donate US$2 million for cyclone victims - but its Burmese subsidiary reluctant to lend |
|(France) | | |helicopters to NGOs & UN. Click here (French only) |
|Total |Global |3 Aug 2005 |UNDP partners with private sector to develop business-led solutions to poverty – details of |
|(France) | | |investment projects led by Total and other companies. Click here |
|Toyota |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable development. |
|(Japan) | | |With case studies on companies including Toyota. Click here |
|Toyota |Global |29 Jun 2005 |Merrill Lynch & World Resources Institute partner to identify companies best positioned for clean |
|(Japan) | | |car revolution, including Toyota. Click here |
|Toyota Kirloskar |India |15 Feb 2012 |CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development awards Indian companies for efforts in |
|(India) | | |sustainable development. Click here |
|Trader Joe’s |USA |15 Feb 2012 |Trader Joe's signs "Fair Food" agreement with Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Travelpickr (India) |Botswana |30 Oct 2013 |Company joins Survival International boycott of tourism to Botswana due to government’s alleged |
| | | |mistreatment of Bushmen. Click here |
|Transalta (Canada) |Global |23 Apr 2008 |Stratos analyses 7 leading sustainability reports by Canadian companies: Telus, BC Hydro, |
| | | |Enbridge, Syncrude, Suncor, Transalta, Vancity. Click here (French only) |
|Transierra (Bolivia) |Bolivia |7 Feb 2007 |Transierra commits $4 million to education & health projects along its pipeline. Click here |
| | | |(Spanish only) |
|Traxys |Dem. Rep. of Congo|27 May 2009 |Traxys says it will stop buying minerals from eastern Dem. Rep. of Congo, following pressure from |
|(Belgium) | | |UN & human rights groups. Click here |
|Triodos Bank |Global |24 Jun 2009 |Financial Times & IFC sustainable banking awards go to Triodos Bank, Itau Unibanco, MicroEnsure, |
|(Netherlands) | | |Root Capital, Global Environment Fund. Click here |
|Triodos Bank |Spain |26 Sep 2007 |Triodos Bank & Amnesty Intl. launch Spain’s first human rights bank account. Click here (Spanish |
|(Netherlands) | | |only) |
|Trojan Technologies |Global |19 Aug 2009 |World Water Week: Trojan Technologies receives award for low-cost water disinfection systems, |
|(Canada) | | |which combat disease & increase access. Click here |
|Tryba |Vietnam |28 Jul 2010 |Tryba supports programmes for children’s education & girls’ empowerment. Click here (French only) |
|(France) | | | |
|TUI Travel |Thailand |14 Nov 2012 |Tourism firms TUI, Accor, Kuoni, ITB join with GIZ and The Code to launch pilot project - testing |
|(UK) | | |tools to help protect children from sex tourism. Click here |
|TUI Travel |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 |
|Tullow Oil |Africa: General |26 March 2014 | |
|(UK) |USA | |Tullow Oil moves to disclose payments to govts. for each project including taxes, fees, |
| | | |infrastructure improvements. Click here |
| | | | |
|Tullow Oil |Kenya |6 Nov 2013 |Tullow Oil to train Turkana County residents in oil drilling-related skills, in initiative to hire|
|(UK) | | |more locals. Click here |
|Tullow Oil |Uganda |24 Jul 2013 |Company official says Tullow Oil is open to publishing oil agreements to promote transparency "if |
|(UK) | | |the Uganda government allows". Click here |
|Tullow Oil |Ghana |9 Nov 2011 |Tullow Oil launches HIV/AIDS workplace policy; promises non-discrimination. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Turkish Airlines (Turkey)|Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by Turkish Airlines. |
| | | |Click here |
|TV Azteca (Mexico) |Latin America |25 Feb 2009 |Latin American television companies commit to addressing AIDS |
| | | |- including Canal 13 (Argentina), Ecuavisa, TC Television, Telefe, Televisa, TV Azteca, TV Globo. |
| | | |Click here |
|TV Globo (Mexico) |Latin America |25 Feb 2009 |Latin American television companies commit to addressing AIDS |
| | | |- including Canal 13 (Argentina), Ecuavisa, TC Television, Telefe, Televisa, TV Azteca, TV Globo. |
| | | |Click here |
|Twitter |Global |27 Nov 2013 |Twitter adds security level to social networking site following revelations by Edward Snowden of |
|(USA) | | |state spying. Click here (French only) |
|Twitter |Iran |9 Oct 2013 |Twitter CEO questions Iranian president on blocking web access to citizens. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Twitter |Egypt |2 Feb 2011 |Google, Twitter launch service enabling Egyptians to tweet by phone, to get through internet |
|(USA) | | |blackout |
| | | |Click here |
|Twitter |China |1 Dec 2010 |Twitter CEO admonishes Chinese Govt. for sentencing Chinese human rights activist over a single |
|(USA) | | |tweet. Click here |
|Twitter |USA |26 May 2010 |Twitter refuses to unmask two users who criticised Pennsylvania attorney general – NGOs say demand|
|(USA) | | |for disclosure violates civil liberties. Click here |
|Twitter |Global |3 Feb 2010 |Twitter is developing technologies to evade internet censors, says CEO in speech at Davos. Click |
|(USA) | | |here [in French] |
|UAP Insurance |Kenya |17 Mar 2010 |Safaricom, Syngenta Foundation, UAP Insurance offer farmers micro-insurance against risk of |
|(Kenya) | | |extreme weather & drought. Click here |
|UBS |Global |19 Oct 2011 |Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS & UniCredit collaborate to create group reviewing how UN Guiding |
|(Switzerland) | | |Principles on Business and Human Rights apply to banking sector. Click here |
|UBS (Switzerland) |Singapore |3 Sep 2008 |National Trades Union Congress praises UBS and local firm The Event Company for policies towards |
| | | |pregnant women & mothers. Click here |
|UBS (Switzerland) |Global |23 May 2007 |Clinton Global Initiative: 5 banks including UBS to raise US$5 billion to make buildings more |
| | | |energy efficient in cities worldwide. Click here |
|UL |Global |24 Mar 2010 |World Water Day: Steps to increase access to water by Coca-Cola, Dole, Dow, Intel, Nalco, Nestlé, |
|(USA) | | |PepsiCo, UL, Veolia. Click here |
|UltraTech Cement |Global |27 Oct 2010 |Four firms win Asian CSR Awards for initiatives on workplace practices, health, environment, |
|(India) | | |poverty alleviation & education. Click here |
|Umbro |World |9 Jul 2008 |Unions, NGOs & companies including adidas, New Balance, Nike, Speedo, Umbro form group to improve |
|(UK) | | |respect for labour rights. Click here |
|Unibanco (Brazil) |Brazil |15 Apr 2009 |Financial institutions including HSBC, Banco Real, Unibanco support campaign to eradicate forced |
| | | |labour. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Unibanco (Brazil) |Latin America |13 Apr 2008 |Innovest & Inter-American Development Bank launch index of companies that address needs of the |
| | | |poor - top firms in initial ranking include Unibanco. Click here |
|UNIC |Iran |10 Aug 2011 |UNIC becomes third company to end business with Iran following reports that the company’s cranes |
|(Japan) | | |are used in public executions. Click here |
|UniCredit |Global |19 Oct 2011 |Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS & UniCredit collaborate to create group reviewing how UN Guiding |
|(Italy) | | |Principles on Business and Human Rights apply to banking sector. Click here |
|Unicredit Bank |Czech Republic |18 Mar 2009 |Unicredit Bank launches program to encourage gender equality in the workplace. Click here |
|(Italy) | | | |
|UniCredit Bulbank |Bulgaria |24 Feb 2010 |Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum gives awards for socially responsible companies. Click here |
|(Bulgaria) | | | |
|Unilever |India, |21 May 2014 |Unilever expands sustainability plan to include fairness at work & women's rights. Click here |
|(UK/ |Kenya, | | |
|Netherlands) |Vietnam | | |
|Unilever |Global |19 Dec 2012 |Unilever appoints Marcela Manubens as Global Vice President for Social Impact to implement UN |
|(UK/ | | |Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Click here |
|Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Global |21 Nov 2012 |Unilever & Save the Children launch global partnership to combat mortality among children & |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |mothers. Click here |
|Unilever |Kenya, Vietnam, |17 Oct 2012 |Unilever, Population Services Intl. in partnership in Kenya, Vietnam, Zimbabwe to increase |
|(UK/ |Zimbabwe | |hand-washing with soap, which can help save children's lives. Click here |
|Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Bangladesh |25 Jan 2012 |World Food Programme report on public private initiatives to fight hunger. Click here |
|(UK/ Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever (UK/Netherlands)|Bangladesh |29 Jun 2011 |Participating in multi-stakeholder partnership "Project Laser Beam" to combat child malnutrition. |
| | | |Click here |
|Unilever (UK/Netherlands)|India |18 May 2011 |Hindustan Unilever launches "India Water Body" initiative to save over 50 billion litres of water |
| | | |by 2015. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |3 Nov 2010 |Oxfam partners with Unilever on "Poverty Footprint" project, a tool to measure social impacts in |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |supply chains. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |6 Oct 2010 |Unilever joins Global Business Initiative on Human Rights. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Global |22 Aug 2010 |Unilever & Nestlé plan to source all palm oil from certified ethical & sustainable suppliers by |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |2015. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Climate Counts NGO issues annual scorecard on companies' climate policies & practices - HP, Nike, |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Stonyfield Farm, Unilever lead. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |21 Oct 2009 |World Food Day: Unilever employees promote awareness of child hunger - firm plans to fund school |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |meals for 100,000 children. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including DSM, Heinz, Kraft, |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Unilever in partnership with UN World Food Programme on hunger alleviation. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive business |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |excellence awards, including Unilever. Click here |
|Unilever |China |10 Jun 2009 |Unilever project supports migrant workers' children in rural China. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Kenya |8 Apr 2009 |Sustainable practices at Unilever tea plantations. Click here (French only) |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Morocco |20 Aug 2008 |Unilever grows tea certified as sustainable by Rainforest Alliance – must meet 200 environmental, |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |social & economic criteria. Click here (French only) |
|Unilever |Indonesia |7 May 2008 |Unilever pledges to use only sustainable palm oil to halt deforestation. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable development. |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |With case studies on companies including Unilever. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |20 Jun 2007 |New non-profit "Climate Counts" ranks 56 companies on climate change performance – companies |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |scoring highest include Unilever. Click here |
|Unilever |Argentina |25 Apr 2007 |Agreement signed between the government, UNICEF, ILO & companies to eradicate child labour – |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Signatory companies include Unilever. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Unilever |Global |11 Oct 2006 |Speech by Unilever’s Gavin Neath, “Business as a Partner in Reaching the Millennium Development |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |Goals". Click here |
|Unilever |Brazil |13 Sep 2006 |NGOs & companies including Unilever launch organisation to reduce negative social & environmental |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |impacts of soy production. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |24 May 2006 |Unilever among Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS’ 2006 winners. Click here |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | | |
|Unilever |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Unilever case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Unilever |Indonesia |7 Sep 2005 |Oxfam & Unilever joint report on how Unilever's business impacts poverty in Indonesia, positively |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |& negatively. Click here |
|Unilever |Global |3 Aug 2005 |UNDP partners with private sector to develop business-led solutions to poverty – details of |
|(UK/Netherlands) | | |investment projects led by Unilever and other companies. Click here |
|Unión Fenosa |Colombia |4 Mar 2009 |Unión Fenosa contributes to scholarships for higher education for poor young people. Click here |
| | | |(Spanish only) |
|UNIQLO (Japan) |Global |25 Jan 2012 |Company collaborates with UNHCR to help refugees in different ways, including a new internship |
| | | |programme. Click here |
|Uniqlo |Bangladesh |20 Oct 2010 |Uniqlo partners with Grameen bank to fight poverty, insufficient hygiene & poor education. Click |
|(Japan) | | |here (French only) |
|Unisource (USA) |Global |18 Nov 2009 |Gucci partners with Rainforest Action Network to stop sourcing paper made from Indonesian |
| | | |rainforests, to help combat climate change - also refers to actions by Tiffany, H&M, Staples, |
| | | |Unisource. Click here |
|United Technologies |Global |5 April 2006 |United Technologies, Lafarge & World Business Council for Sustainable Development lead new |
|(USA) | | |initiative to develop energy self-sufficient buildings. Click here |
|UnitedHealth Group |Global |17 Jun 2009 |UnitedHealth Group partners with US Govt. agency to combat chronic diseases in developing |
|(USA) | | |countries. Click here |
|Universal Leaf Tabacos |Argentina |3 Jan 2006 |"Porvenir" programme involving companies including Universal Leaf Tabacos aims to remove 700 |
|(part of Universal) | | |children from work on tobacco plantations. Click here (Spanish only) |
|(Argentina) | | | |
|Universitario de Deportes|Peru |2 Jul 2008 |Football club Universitario de Deportes brings out a “red card” to child labour. Click here |
|(Peru) | | |(Spanish only) |
|Unocal |USA |30 Mar 2005 |Six US companies, including Unocal, take steps on climate change following shareholder demands. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Uponor |Global |27 Aug 2008 |Borealis & Uponor launch initiative to measure water impacts of production of plastics for the |
|(Finland) | | |first time. Click here (French only) |
|UPS |Africa |24 Aug 2011 |UPS to transport for free over 100 tonnes of food & supplies to aid famine relief in Horn of |
|(USA) | | |Africa. Click here |
|UPS |Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by UPS. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|UPS |Africa |3 Aug 2011 |UNICEF calls on airlines to help fly food to Horn of Africa where millions are starving – UPS is |
|(USA) | | |contributing Click here |
|UPS |Global |29 Sep 2010 |Global action plan to achieve Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - with commitments by private |
|(USA) | | |sector. Firms making specific commitments include UPS. Click here |
|UPS |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative - positive steps announced by companies including UPS on responses to |
|(USA) | | |global emergencies. Click here |
|UPS |Global |30 Jan 2008 |Private sector engagement in humanitarian relief - Agility, TNT, UPS launch joint emergency |
|(USA) | | |response initiative. Click here |
|UPS |China |28 Jun 2006 |UPS receives award for education initiative in China. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Usha Martin |India |3 Mar 2010 |Mining firms find less opposition to their operations in communities where they make social |
|(India) | | |investments: refers to Adhunik, Bhushan Steel, JSW Steel, others. Click here |
|UTI |India |30 Aug 2006 |Business Week article says domestic & multinational banks including UTI increasing their provision|
|(India) | | |of microloans for the poor. Click here |
|Vakifbank (Turkey) |Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by Vakifbank. Click here |
|Valdivieso y Debandi |Argentina |12 Jul 2006 |Valdivieso y Debandi & other companies support programme providing employment for disabled people.|
|(Argentina) | | |Click here (Spanish only) |
|Vale |Colombia |7 Mar 2012 |13 mining companies sign commitment to promote health and security rights in the workplace, |
|(Brazil) | | |sustainable environmental mining, and human rights. Click here |
|Vancity (Canada) |Global |23 Apr 2008 |Stratos analyses 7 leading sustainability reports by Canadian companies: Telus, BC Hydro, |
| | | |Enbridge, Syncrude, Suncor, Transalta, Vancity. Click here (French only) |
|Van Cleef & Arpels |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Van Cleef & Arpels, call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No |
|(part of Richemont) | | |Dirty Gold campaign welcomes move. Click here |
|(France) | | | |
|Vanguard |USA |13 May 2009 |Large fund managers such as TIAA-CREF, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard paying increasing attention to |
|(USA) | | |human rights. Click here |
|Vanguard |Global |18 Mar 2009 |Mutual fund manager Vanguard announces policy to avoid investments in companies involved in |
|(USA) | | |serious human rights abuses. Click here |
|Vattenfall |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full report |
|(Sweden) | | |includes examples of reporting practices by Vattenfall. Click here |
|Vedanta |India |21 Jul 2010 |Rajasthan Govt., Vedanta Foundation, Hindustan Zinc to provide computer software for education of |
|(UK) | | |underprivileged children. Click here |
|Veja |Global |2 Jan 2014 |Ekyog & Veja promote transparency and traceability in the supply chain of their clothing products.|
|(France) | | |Click here (French only). |
|Veolia Environnement |Global |3 Jul 2013 |Veolia Environnement signs the Seoul Declaration promoting a preventive workplace culture |
|(France) | | |regarding health & safety at work. Click here (French only) |
|Veolia Environnement |Global |24 Mar 2010 |World Water Day: Steps to increase access to water by Coca-Cola, Dole, Dow, Intel, Nalco, Nestlé, |
|(France) | | |PepsiCo, UL, Veolia. Click here |
|Veolia Environnement |Bangladesh |16 Sep 2009 |Veolia joins with Grameen Bank to improve access to water in poor communities. Click here (French |
|(France) | | |only) |
|Veolia Environnement |Bangladesh |2 Apr 2008 |Grameen Bank & Veolia Water start joint venture to supply drinking water to poor rural |
|(France) | | |communities. Click here (French only) |
|Veolia Environnement |Global |21 Mar 2012 |Special initiative announced by company regarding World Water Day 2012 Click here |
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|Verizon |USA |21 Aug 2013 |Verizon helps domestic violence survivors communicate with police, friends & family; supports |
|(USA) | | |efforts to assist survivors. Click here |
|Verizon Wireless |Africa |10 Aug 2011 |Private sector response to famine in the Horn of Africa includes actions by Verizon Wireless. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Verizon |USA |2 Aug 2006 |Companies support renewal of voting rights law for minorities - including Verizon. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Verizon |USA |26 April 2006 |Verizon in first 5 of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|VF Corp. |Peru |13 Mar 2013 |6 US textile & apparel companies urge Peruvian Govt. to repeal law that allegedly condones labour |
|(USA) | | |rights violations. Click here |
|VF Corp |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including VF Corp, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks on workers in |
|(USA) | | |export processing zone. Click here |
|Viajes Mogador (Spain) |Spain |18 Jul 2007 |Viajes Mogador signs code of conduct against child sex tourism. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Victoria's Secret |Uzbekistan |30 Aug 2008 |Investors, textile & apparel associations demand that Uzbekistan stop using forced child labour in|
|(USA) | | |cotton fields. Companies including Victoria's Secret take measures to exclude Uzbek cotton from |
| | | |their products. Click here |
|Victoria's Secret |India |30 May 2012 |"Victoria's Secret bras a boost for rural Indian women": Article on public-private partnership in |
|(USA) | | |rural So. India that provides manufacturing jobs, helps empower women |
|Virgin |Egypt |9 Feb 2011 |Virgin CEO Richard Branson says global leaders should call on President Mubarak to step down |
|(UK) | | |immediately, "so that Egypt can move to a true democracy" |
| | | |Click here |
|Virgin |Global |28 Sep 2005 |Virgin receives Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 2005 award for excellence. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Virgin Atlantic (UK) |Global |18 Dec 2013 |UK Home Secretary urges business to tackle human trafficking, highlights training developed by |
| | | |Thomas Cook & Virgin Atlantic to help air hostesses report unusual behaviour. Click here |
|Virgin Atlantic |Africa |3 Aug 2011 |UNICEF calls on airlines to help fly food to Horn of Africa where millions are starving – Virgin |
|(UK) | | |Atlantic is contributing Click here |
|Virgin Atlantic |Global |8 Apr 2009 |Air France/KLM, BAA, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic propose global greenhouse |
|(UK) | | |gas scheme with climate NGO. Click here |
|VISA |Global |4 Mar 2009 |New coalition to tackle internet child porn: NGOs, MasterCard, Microsoft, PayPal, VISA involved. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Vishay (Philippines) |Philippines |6 Jan 2010 |Govt. recognises 8 firms for environmental performance including Vishay. Click here |
|Vitacost |USA |7 Mar 2012 |24 companies stop advertising with Rush Limbaugh radio show after he calls law student & birth |
|(USA) | | |control advocate Sandra Fluke a "slut". Click here |
|Vodacom |Tanzania |30 Jan 2012 |Vodacom supports a campaign for treatment of obstetric fistula. Click here (French only) |
|(South Africa) | | | |
|Vodacom Congo |Dem. Rep. of Congo|11 Aug 2010 |Vodacom Congo raises funds to support victims of fire in Sange. Click here (French only) |
|(Dem. Rep. of Congo) | | | |
|Vodafone |Myanmar |5 Jun 2013 |Vodafone drops bid to run network in Myanmar amid human rights concerns. Click here |
|(UK) | | | |
|Vodafone |Tanzania |12 Jun 2013 |Vodafone partners with NGO to help fistula patients in Tanzania's rural areas access |
|(UK) | | |treatment. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |3 Aug 2011 |Vodafone participates in expert meeting to discuss the role of mobile technology for |
|(UK) | | |improving access to healthcare in developing world. Click here |
|Vodafone |Tanzania |16 Dec 2009 |IBM, Novartis & Vodafone partner to fight malaria using mobile phones & information |
|(UK) | | |technology. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |7 May 2008 |UK Prime Minister convenes major companies in "Business Call to Action" to tackle world |
|(UK) | | |poverty - booklet describes steps by Vodafone, Sumitomo Chemical, SAB Miller, Reuters, |
| | | |Microsoft, Diageo, Coca-Cola, Citi to help combat poverty. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |30 Jul 2008 |UN Foundation & Vodafone Foundation lead initiative to improve health in poor countries |
|(UK) | | |through access to data. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |5 Mar 2008 |Vodafone, World Food Programme & UN Foundation partner on improving communications during |
|(UK) | | |humanitarian crises. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |24 Oct 2007 |WBCSD report on how companies can contribute to poverty alleviation & sustainable |
|(UK) | | |development. With case studies on companies including Vodafone. Click here |
|Vodafone |Egypt |7 Feb 2007 |Overview of public-private partnerships: includes initiative involving Vodafone, promoting |
|(UK) | | |UNDP Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Vodafone |Global |24 Jan 2007 |Companies, investors, human rights NGOs to develop principles on internet freedom of |
|(UK) | | |expression & privacy - Participants include Vodafone. Click here |
|Vodafone |UK |7June 2006 |Vodafone & other companies call on UK Govt. to adopt tougher greenhouse gas standards. Click|
|(UK) | | |here |
|Vodafone |Global |14 Sep 2005 |Vodafone case study included in World Business Council for Sustainable Development report on |
|(UK) | | |business contribution to UN Millennium Development Goals. Click here |
|Volkswagen |Brazil, Mexico, |9 May 2007 |As part of the ILO’s World Day for Safety and Health, Volkswagen trains suppliers in Brazil, |
|(Germany) |So. Africa | |Mexico and So. Africa. Click here [in Spanish] |
|Volkswagen |So. Africa |25 Oct 2006 |Metalworkers union praises car firms including Volkswagen for strong HIV/AIDS programmes. |
|(Germany) | | |Click here |
|Volkswagen |Global |28 Sep 2005 |Volkswagen receives Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 2005 award for excellence. Click |
|(Germany) | | |here |
|Volvo |Belgium |2 Jan 2008 |Volvo and Electrabel create the first vehicle factory without CO2 emissions. Click here |
|(Sweden) | | |(French only) |
|Voxiva |Rwanda |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 |
|Voxiva |Rwanda |7 Mar 2007 |Voxiva mobile phone system helps connect HIV/AIDS & other patients with treatment centres - |
|(USA) | | |covers 32,000 patients. Click here |
|Wachovia |Global |6 Aug 2008 |Wachovia prize on innovative finance for the poor; 10 finalists chosen. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Waitrose |So. Africa |4 Jul 2007 |Farmworkers make the decisions in social, educational & health initiatives funded by |
|(UK) | | |Waitrose. Click here |
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| | | |USA: Walmart joins Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program fighting sexual |
| | | |harassment on Florida tomato farms. Click here |
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|Wal-Mart |USA |02 Jan 2013 |Walmart plans to monitor working conditions at its US subcontractors' warehouses, in the same|
|(USA) | | |way it does overseas supply chain. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Argentina |28 Sep 2011 |Walmart launches initiatives to empower women in the workplace. Click here [in Spanish] |
|(USA) | | | |
|Wal-Mart |USA |26 Jan 2011 |USA: Wal-Mart launches 5-year plan to promote healthy foods. |
|(USA) | | |Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Lesotho |12 Jan 2011 |Launch of "Better Work Lesotho" - to improve garment production conditions, ensure compliance|
|(USA) | | |with ILO norms - participating buyers Gap, Levi Strauss, Wal-Mart. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |24 Nov 2010 |As You Sow report rates US apparel companies' global supply chain compliance programmes - |
|(USA) | | |Levi Strauss, Wal-Mart rank top. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Mexico |10 Nov 2010 |Wal-Mart certified by Women National Institute for complying with “Gender Equality Model”. |
|(USA) | | |Click here (Spanish only) |
|Wal-Mart |USA |12 May 2010 |Wal-Mart to more than double donations for US hunger relief to $2 billion over 5 years. Click|
|(USA) | | |here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |25 Nov 2009 |Gap, Levi Strauss, Nike, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney support ILO/IFC Better Work programme. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Wal-Mart |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 |
|Wal-Mart |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest |
|(USA) | | |companies - BASF, Bayer, Chevron, HSBC, Wal-Mart lead all firms. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |22 Jul 2009 |Wal-Mart launches sustainability index - will rate its 60,000 suppliers on |
|(USA) | | |social/environmental criteria - other retailers invited to join. Click here [also available |
| | | |in French] |
|Wal-Mart |USA |8 Jul 2009 |Wal-Mart and SEIU union jointly support govt. plan to require employers to provide health |
|(USA) | | |insurance for workers. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Brazil |24 Jun 2009 |Pão de Açúcar, Wal-Mart and Carrefour stop buying meat from deforested areas after Greenpeace|
|(USA) | | |report. Click here (Spanish only) |
|Wal-Mart |USA |21 Jan 2009 |Faith-based investors strengthen call for companies to support health care reform - Over 12 |
|(USA) | | |US firms now do so publicly, including Wal-Mart. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |China |29 Oct 2008 |Wal-Mart tells its Chinese suppliers to meet strict environmental & social standards. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Wal-Mart |Uzbekistan |1 Oct 2008 |Wal-Mart instructs suppliers to stop sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan, to push govt. to end |
|(USA) | | |forced child labour |
| | | |- faith-based & social investors welcome move. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies including|
|(USA) | | |Wal-Mart. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Dominican |3 Sep 2008 |Project supported by US Govt., companies & NGOs in 3 Latin American countries aims to improve|
|(USA) |Republic, | |workplace conditions & standards at fruit farms. Refers to Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, Tesco, |
| |Honduras, | |Wal-Mart. Click here |
| |Nicaragua | | |
|Wal-Mart |USA |23 Jul 2008 |Wal-Mart & other companies monitor diversity in law firms they use. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Wal-Mart |Global |16 Jul 2008 |Wal-Mart launches jewellery line allowing tracing of materials - NGOs hail adherence to code |
|(USA) | | |on cyanide management. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |China |16 Jul 2008 |Wal-Mart signs collective labour contract with employees at one of its China outlets - first |
|(USA) | | |by Wal-Mart in China. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |China |19 Mar 2008 |Wal-Mart pushes Chinese suppliers to cut waste, greenhouse gas emissions. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Wal-Mart |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |
|(USA) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including Wal-Mart. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |21 Nov 2007 |Wal-Mart's first report on its sustainability drive: Environmentalists & social investors |
|(USA) | | |welcome progress but call for more measurable data. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |26 Sep 2007 |Wal-Mart to ask suppliers to report on their greenhouse gas emissions. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Wal-Mart |Philippines |8 Aug 2007 |8 intl. apparel firms, including Wal-Mart, urge President Arroyo to stop attacks on workers |
|(USA) | | |in export processing zone. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |21 Feb 2007 |Wal-Mart presses law firms that represent it to improve gender & racial diversity among their|
|(USA) | | |management. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |14 Feb 2007 |Eleven more jewellery retailers commit to No Dirty Gold campaign's social & environmental |
|(USA) | | |standards, incl. Wal-Mart. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Philippines |15 Nov 2006 |Seven apparel companies, including American Eagle, join chambers of commerce in expressing |
|(USA) | | |concern to Philippines President about political killings and violent attacks against |
| | | |striking workers. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |2 Aug 2006 |Companies support renewal of voting rights law for minorities - including Wal-Mart. Click |
|(USA) | | |here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |19 April 2006 |Wal-Mart releases data on women & minority employees in USA - move praised as "setting a |
|(USA) | | |national standard" by Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |26 Oct 2005 |Wal-Mart CEO sets out new commitments on environment, suppliers, diversity & employee health |
|(USA) | | |care, & calls on US Government to increase minimum wage. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Cambodia |14 Sep 2005 |Cambodia: Wal-Mart and other apparel companies pledge financial support for ILO factory |
|(USA) | | |monitoring & improvement programme. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |USA |19 Jul 2006 |Wal-Mart & Environmental Defense work together on development of fuel-efficient hybrid truck |
|(USA) | | |engines. Click here |
|Wal-Mart |Global |14 June |NGOs and companies, including Wal-Mart, meet to discuss certification of sustainably-produced|
|(USA) | |2006 |metal. Click here |
|Walkers |Global |11 Nov 2009 |WWF praises Walkers for supporting sustainable palm oil - industry linked to climate change, |
|(UK) | | |displacement. Click here |
|Warner Bros |Global |8 Jul 2009 |Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - 8 firms receive business |
|(USA) | | |excellence awards, including Warner Bros. Click here |
|WaterHealth International|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 Waterhealth. Click here |
|Western Union |Uganda |29 Sep 2010 |Initiative by Western Union and USAID finances solar ovens to halt deforestation and reduce |
|(USA) | | |poverty. Click here (French only) |
|Westpac (Australia) |Global |8 Feb 2006 |Survey of banks' social & environmental policies finds 8 with public human rights policies, |
| | | |including Standard Chartered. Click here |
|Weyerhaeuser (USA) |Global |15 Jul 2009 |Report urges forestry industry to address conflicts with local people - provides examples of |
| | | |steps taken by companies including Weyerhaeuser. Click here |
|Whole Foods Market |USA |17 Feb 2010 |Whole Foods Market to cut carbon footprint by avoiding suppliers that source fuel from |
|(USA) | | |Canada's oil sands. Click here |
|Whole Foods Market |USA |17 Sep 2008 |Whole Foods Market signs agreement with Coalition of Immokalee Workers to help improve tomato|
|(USA) | | |pickers' wages, working conditions. Click here |
|Willis |Burma |12 Mar 2008 |Willis ceases to insure companies operating in Burma - Burma Campaign UK calls on other |
|(USA) | | |insurers to follow. Click here |
|Wipro |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full |
|(India) | | |report includes examples of reporting practices by Wipro. Click here |
|Woolworths Holdings |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full |
|(So. Africa) | | |report includes examples of reporting practices by Woolworths Holdings. Click here |
|Xerox |Global |13 Jan 2010 |US firms have mixed record on diversity - refers to positive steps by Xerox. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Xerox |Global |9 Jan 2008 |WorldWatch "State of the World 2008" highlights environmental initiatives by companies. |
|(USA) | | |Article refers to steps by companies including Xerox. Click here |
|Xerox |Mexico |16 Feb 2005 |12 companies operating in Mexico, including Xerox, launch National Business Council on AIDS, |
|(USA) | | |aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in the Mexican workplace. Click here |
|Xstrata |Colombia |19 Mar 2008 |Assessment by company-commissioned independent panel of Cerrejón Coal mine's social impacts |
|(Switzerland) | | |flags concerns & positive elements. Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata commit to |
| | | |implementing recommendations. Click here |
|Xstrata |Global |24 May 2006 |Xstrata among Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS’ 2006 winners. Click here |
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|Yahoo! |USA |28 Jul 2010 |Yahoo! commemorates anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act by extending accessibility|
|(USA) | | |for people of all abilities. Click here |
|Yahoo! |Global |5 May 2010 |Yahoo! hosts Business & Human Rights Summit on freedom of expression online. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Yahoo! |Global |6 May 2009 |Yahoo! hosts business & human rights "summit" on freedom of expression - participants include|
|(USA) | | |human rights orgs., Google, Microsoft. Click here |
|Yahoo! |China |19 Nov 2008 |Yahoo! sponsors museum in USA documenting forced labour camps in China. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Yahoo! |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 |
|Yahoo! |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 |
|Yahoo! |Global |11 Jun 2008 |Yahoo! seeks Director for new Business & Human Rights programme. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Yahoo! |China |26 Mar 2008 |Yahoo! CEO says during Olympics company will "redouble our efforts in securing the release of|
|(USA) | | |political dissidents" in China. Click here |
|Yahoo! |China |27 Feb 2008 |Yahoo! asks US Govt. to help free 2 imprisoned advocates in China, who were arrested after |
|(USA) | | |Yahoo! complied with Chinese investigators. Click here |
|Yahoo! |China |13 Jun 2007 |Yahoo! "dismayed" that citizens in China imprisoned for expressing political views on |
|(USA) | | |internet. Reporters Without Borders welcomes Yahoo! Statement. Click here |
|Yahoo! |Global |24 Jan 2007 |Companies, investors, human rights NGOs to develop principles on internet freedom of |
|(USA) | | |expression & privacy - Participants include Yahoo! Click here |
|Yahoo! |Global |4 Oct 2006 |Yahoo! donates $1 million to fellowships for journalists from countries with restrictions on |
|(USA) | | |press. Click here |
|Yazaki |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 |
|Ying Xie |China |25 Feb 2009 |Case studies on steps by Tata Steel, Topkapi Iplik, Ying Xie Garments demonstrate business |
|(China) | | |benefits of implementing workplace standards. Click here |
|Yokota Tohoku (Japan) |USA |31 May 2006 |Environmental Protection Agency recognises companies for action on climate change, including |
| | | |Yokota Tohoku. Click here |
|YouTube |No. Korea |17 Dec 2008 |Google, YouTube to promote human rights in North Korea via internet broadcasting. Click here |
|(USA) | | | |
|Yuhan-Kimberly |Global |4 Nov 2009 |IFC & Global Reporting Initiative launch guide on gender & sustainability reporting - full |
|(South Korea) | | |report includes examples of reporting practices by Yuhan Kimberly. Click here |
|Yuhan-Kimberly |Global |22 Aug 2007 |Report ranks 22 So. Korean companies' reporting on environmental & human rights issues - |
|(South Korea) | | |Yuhan-Kimberly among those scoring highest. Click here |
|Yum! Brands |Global |30 Sep 2009 |Clinton Global Initiative – Companies launch new projects: |
|(USA) | | |Yum! Brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) will fight against global hunger. Click here (French |
| | | |only) |
|Yutong |Cuba |17 Sep 2008 |Company contributions to hurricane relief in Cuba, Haiti, USA – refers to companies including|
|(China) | | |Yutong. Click here |
|Zain |Tanzania |24 Nov 2010 |Mobile company Zain plans to support girls' basic education, helping them become independent |
|(Kuwait) | | |women. Click here |
|Zale |USA |16 Feb 2011 |Over 50 jewellers, including Zale, have joined boycott of gold from planned Pebble Mine due |
|(USA) | | |to concerns over impact on native people's fishery. |
| | | |Click here |
|Zale |Global |15 Feb 2006 |8 jewellers, including Zale, call on mining firms to produce gold responsibly - No Dirty Gold|
|(USA) | | |campaign welcomes move. Click here |
|Zale |Global |6 Jul 2005 |Responsible Jewellery council launched by business orgs. & companies including Zale, to |
|(USA) | | |promote responsible social & environmental practices throughout the value chain (from mine to|
| | | |retail). Click here |
|Zara |Brazil |28 May 2014 |Brazil: Zara says it will introduce new "anti-slavery" electronic tag in its products made in|
|(Spain) | | |the country. Click here |
|Zara |Global |Total |Zara, Mango commit to eliminating hazardous chemicals from supply chain by 2020 following |
|(Spain) | | |Greenpeace campaign. Click here |
|ZMQ Software Systems |India |16 Aug 2006 |Steps that companies are taking to address HIV/AIDS in India, including ZMQ Software Systems.|
|(India) | | |Click here |
|47 Brand |Peru |13 Mar 2013 |6 US textile & apparel companies urge Peruvian Govt. to repeal law that allegedly condones |
|(USA) | | |labour rights violations. Click here |
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