Company Responses & Non-Responses to Human Rights
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Company responses & non-responses to human rights concerns, in mining, oil & gas, coal, agriculture, food & beverage sectors – 2005-2014 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Company Sector Country Country where Date Issue Link to report Respon- name where alleged abuses (dd/mm/yy) ded? company is took place headquar- tered 7NG Agriculture Cambodia Cambodia 24/01/2009 7NG Construction forcibly evicts 152 families from Dey http://www.business- No & livestock Krahorm, Phnom Penh. humanrights.org/Documents/DeyKrahorm Abengoa Food & Spain Mexico 12/06/2013 Alleged abuses in Intermón-Oxfam report (in Spanish) http://www.business- No Beverage humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1024068 Acciona Food & Spain Mexico 13/06/2013 Alleged abuses in Intermón-Oxfam report (in Spanish) http://www.business- No Beverage humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1024069 Adaro Oil, gas & Indonesia Australia, 25/01/2012 London Mining Network & Friends of the Earth released BHP http://www.business- Yes Energy coal Colombia & Billiton: Dirty Energy ‘Alternative Annual Report 2011'. humanrights.org/Documents/BHPBillitonAlternativ Indonesia eReport2011 African Mining UK Sierra Leone 27/02/2014 Allegations of violation of labour rights and forcible re-location http://www.business- Yes Minerals in Sierra Leone. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1025324 African Mining UK Sierra Leone 23/05/2012 Civil society demands government action after police kill one http://www.business- Yes Minerals person during protest by African Minerals' workers. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1012957 African Mining UK Sierra Leone 09/05/2012 One person shot dead, six injured during protest at African http://www.business- No Minerals Minerals over working conditions. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1012430 Afrimex Metals & UK Congo – 06/07/2005 Channel 4 report says tin ore miners, supplying Afrimex, work http://www.business- No steel Democratic in appalling conditions, sometimes at gunpoint. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/792703 Republic of AGIP (part Oil, gas & Italy Kazakhstan 13/06/2012 Agip (part of Eni) accused of using drinking water for its http://www.business- Yes of Eni) coal operations, dumping contaminated water in Atyrau sewage humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1013253 system. Agrogeba Food & Spain Global 15/01/2014 Intermón-Oxfam report provides key points for Spanish http://www.business- No Beverage companies operating abroad to respect human rights norms; humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1024068 alleges specifichuman rights abuses. Agrogeba Food & Spain Mexico 14/06/2013 Alleged abuses in Intermón-Oxfam report (in Spanish) http://www.business- No Beverage humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1024070 Aguas Fisheries Chile Chile 20/02/2008 Conflict between Aguas Claras and its workers over labour http://www.business- Yes Claras conditions. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/796759 (parte de AquaChile) Agumil Palm trees Philippines Global 11/12/2013 Further to our 27 Nov Update: Agumil/PPVOMI, Agusan http://www.business- No & oil Plantations, Herakles Farms/Herakles Capital, Musim Mas, humanrights.org/Documents/ForestPeoplesProgra SIVA Group, Wilmar Intl. did not respond to a report on mmeSawitWatchTUKIndonesiareport negative impacts on land rights. Agusan Palm trees Philippines Global 11/12/2013 Further to our 27 Nov Update: Agumil/PPVOMI, Agusan http://www.business- No Plantations & oil Plantations, Herakles Farms/Herakles Capital, Musim Mas, humanrights.org/Documents/ForestPeoplesProgra SIVA Group, Wilmar Intl. did not respond to a report on mmeSawitWatchTUKIndonesiareport negative impacts on land rights. Alaverdi Metals & Armenia Armenia 11/04/2012 Ecolur NGO says Alaverdi Copper Smelting emits toxic http://www.business- Yes Copper steel pollution humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1012217 Smelting Alcan (now Metals & Canada India 04/04/2007 Report by former World Bank advisor Robert Goodland raises http://www.business- Yes Rio Tinto steel serious human rights & environmental concerns about Utkal humanrights.org/Links/Repository/609459 Alcan) bauxite & alumina project. Alcan (now Metals & Canada India 13/12/2006 Indian People’s Tribunal report on alleged human rights and http://www.business- Yes Rio Tinto steel environment violations involved in Utkal aluminium project. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/116587 Alcan) Alcan (now Metals & Canada India 03/08/2005 Residents oppose proposed Utkal bauxite mining & alumina http://www.business- Yes Rio Tinto steel refinery project over environmental, displacement concerns. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/249091 Alcan) Alcoa Metals & USA Suriname 10/01/2007 Indigenous peoples NGOs’ submission to UN Special http://www.business- Yes steel Representative raises social & environmental concerns about humanrights.org/Links/Repository/970228 Bakhuys project. Alcoa Metals & USA USA 24/05/2006 "Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of http://www.business- Yes steel Massachusetts research institute (PERI): Alcoa in top 10. humanrights.org/Updates/Archive/Toxic100 Alcoa Metals & USA Brazil 15/06/2005 Barra Grande dam: Terra de Direitos and Movimento dos http://www.business- Yes steel Atingidos por Barragens file OECD Guidelines complaint humanrights.org/Links/Repository/533204 raising social & environmental concerns. Aldi Food & Germany Asia 18/03/2009 Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount http://www.business- Yes Beverage model leads to labour abuses at factories in Asia supplying humanrights.org/Documents/CashingIn Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Ali Baba Food & So. Africa So. Africa 15/10/2008 Union says members shot while protesting lock-out by Ali Baba http://www.business- Yes Foods Beverage Foods. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/796713 Aluminij Metals & Bosnia & Bosnia & Herze- 07/06/2006 Amnesty Intl. writes follow-up letter to Aluminij, regarding http://www.business- No steel Herze- govina Aluminij’s response to Amnesty’s report on ethnic humanrights.org/Links/Repository/717534 govina discrimination in employment. Aluminij Metals & Bosnia & Bosnia & Herze- 15/02/2006 Amnesty International report finds discrimination in http://www.business- Yes steel Herze- govina employment. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/899862 govina Amalgamated Food & India India 17/07/2013 Workers on tea plantations in Assam part-owned by http://www.business- Yes Plantations Beverage Tata/Tetley allege labour abuses & intimidation of those raising humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1020677 Private Ltd concerns. Amalgamated Food & India India 06/10/2010 Report alleges abuses at Powai Tea Estate in Assam - worker http://www.business- Yes Plantations Beverage died while spraying pesticides; 2 protesters killed. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1002558 Private Ltd AMCOR Metals & Philippines Philippines 12/11/2008 CAFOD report on impact of proposed BHP Billiton, AMCOR http://www.business- No steel project on local livelihoods & environment. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/96905 Anchor Food & USA Cambodia 07/06/2006 Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns http://www.business- Yes Brewing Beverage about health & working conditions of "beer promotion women". humanrights.org/Links/Repository/669154 [Note: Anchor US confirmed by telephone that they do not market their beer in Cambodia and were mentioned erroneously in the ACTU campaign]. Anglo Mining UK Brazil 04/12/2013 Communities affected by Anglo American, LLX projects allege http://www.business- Yes American destruction of housing without fair compensation, abuses of humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1023832 freedom of expression & assembly, other impacts. Anglo Mining UK Global 17/04/2013 Activists to protest at London annual meetings of Anglo http://www.business- Yes American American & Rio Tinto over alleged human rights & humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1018429 environmental abuses in Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, USA. Anglo Mining UK Global 12/12/2007 "Fanning the Flames": War on Want report alleges UK mining http://www.business- Yes American companies, including Anglo American, involved in human rights humanrights.org/Documents/FanningFlames abuses overseas. Anglo Mining UK Global 15/08/2007 War on Want report alleges Anglo American "profits from http://www.business- Yes American abuse, murders". humanrights.org/Links/Repository/710424 Anglo Mining UK Global 18/07/2007 Report by Reuters examines HIV/AIDS in the mining industry. http://www.business- Yes American Includes comments on prevention efforts of Anglo American. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/361326 Anglo Metals & South Africa Zimbabwe 30/03/2011 Opposition politician Roy Bennett criticises company for http://www.business- Yes Platinum (part steel allegedly profiting from killings at Marange diamond fields. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1005008 of Anglo American) Anglo Metals & South Africa So. Africa 04/11/2009 Case study examines Anglo Platinum's changing strategies to http://www.business- Yes Platinum (part steel address displacement & resettlement at Mogalakwena mine humanrights.org/Links/Repository/508074 of Anglo following investigation by So. African Human Rights American) Commission. Anglo Metals & South Africa So. Africa 15/10/2008 Local leader claims Anglo Platinum plan to construct dam on http://www.business- Yes Platinum (part steel community land will destroy cultural heritage. humanrights.org/Links/Repository/123456 of Anglo American) Anglo Metals & South Africa So. Africa 18/07/2007 Bench Marks Foundation report says platinum mines in North http://www.business-