Companies That Have Provided Responses To The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre To Include In Our Weekly Updates

Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns Section 2: Companies beginning with C- F (10 Feb 2005 – 9 Dec 2009)

The following chart lists companies we invited to respond to concerns raised by civil society and highlighted in our Weekly Updates – indicating the country, issue, and whether or not the company has sent us a response – with a link to the allegations and any response. Any company that has not yet responded is welcome to do so at any time.

This section of the chart covers companies with names beginning C-F; the other five alphabetical sections are here: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts

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When we plan to include allegations of misconduct in a Weekly Update, we invite the named company to respond, and any response appears in the Update. This helps ensure balance and encourages companies to address concerns raised by civil society. Since we launched the Updates in February 2005, over 75% of companies have responded. In some cases this has led to further comments, and then a further response by the company. In this way the Updates can help to keep issues alive until they have been addressed on the ground.

A list of the positive steps by companies that have been featured in our Weekly Updates is available here: www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts Company Country Date of Issue Resp- (C-F) our onse? Update Calyon Angola 12 Oct, Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise Yes (France) 16 Nov concerns that loan to Angola’s state oil company Sonangol 2005 will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here Carlsberg Cambodia 7 June Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns Yes (Denmark) 2006 about health & working conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here Carlsberg China 18 Apr CCTV footage shows joint-venture involving Carlsberg Yes (Denmark) 2007 polluting local water supplies. Click here Carrefour Bangladesh 11 May Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Yes (France) 2005 collapses, killing 64 workers – Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working conditions prior to collapse. Click here Carrefour Bangladesh 12 Oct, Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar Yes (France) 19 Oct factory collapse in which 64 workers died (April 05): lists 2005 companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including Carrefour). Click here Carrefour China 17 Jan Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational No (France) 2007 & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here Carrefour Asia 18 Mar, Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount Yes (France) 22 Jul model leads to labour abuses at factories in Asia supplying 2009 Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Click here Carrefour Turkey 3 Jun Menderes Textil factory, Turkey: Clean Clothes Campaign Yes (France) 2009 raises concerns of anti-union activity, other labour abuses. Click here Caterpillar Israel/ 23 Mar Bulldozers used by Israeli army for destroying homes & trees, Yes (USA) Occupied 2005 causing homelessness & poverty, according to report by War 2 Territories on Want & letter from UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Click here Catlin Burma 20 Aug Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to No (Bermuda) 2008 companies operating in Burma "support dictators". Click here Cermaq Chile 12 Jul Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon Yes (Norway) 2006 industry, including workplace deaths. Click here Charming Guatemala 18 Mar Natl. Labor Committee (US) alleges women workers' rights Yes Shoppes 2009 abused at Nicotex factory, supplying Lane Bryant (part of (USA) Charming Shoppes), Briggs New York (part of Kellwood). Click here Chevron Ecuador 23 Mar Shareholder resolution by Amnesty USA & others requests Yes (USA) 2005 Chevron to prepare report on its initiatives to address health & environmental concerns where Texaco operated in Ecuador. Click here Chevron Chad/ 7 Sep Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says Yes (USA) Cameroon & 21 governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas are Sep “contracting out” of their human rights obligations. Click here 2005 Chevron Dem. 10 Oct Community group concerned about toxic waste that Chevron Yes (USA) Rep. of 2007 buried between 1986-1990 & recently excavated. Click here Congo Chevron Ecuador 6 Aug Chevron responds to Newsweek article on lobbying US Govt. Yes (USA) 2008 to cut Ecuador trade preferences over toxic waste lawsuit. Click here Chevron Ecuador 10 Sep Commentary on Chevron's stance in Ecuador environmental Yes (USA) 2008 lawsuit, by Daniel Taillant (Center for Human Rights & Environment - Argentina). Click here Chevron Global 17 Jun Joint NGO report “True Cost of Chevron” raises concerns Yes (USA) 2009 about its social & environmental impacts worldwide. Click here. Chevron USA / 24 Jun Companies including Chevron "likely lobbied" against US bill No (USA) Armenia 2009 to name Turkey's killing of Armenians in early 1900s genocide Click here. Chevron Burma 30 Two EarthRights reports accuse Chevron & Total's Yadana Yes (USA) Sep, pipeline of links to forced labour & killings, undermining 4 Nov sanctions. Click here 2009 China Power Burma 20 Feb Construction of Myitsone dam (China Power Investment, No Investment 2008 Burmese Govt.) begins - concerns of extortion & abuse of (China) villagers by army. Click here China Power Burma 25 Nov Kachin Development Networking Group calls for stop to No Investment 2009 Irrawaddy dam project (joint venture between China Power (China) Investment, Asia World Company and the State Peace and Development Council of the Burmese military government), due to major human rights, environmental impacts. Click here China Road & Rep. of 22 May Congolese workers at Chinese cement factory allege labour Yes Bridge (CRBC) Congo 2007 abuses including nationality discrimination, denial of freedom (China) of association. Click here Chiquita Colombia 12 Nov NGO says Chiquita's political connections in Colombia & USA Yes (USA) 2008 contribute to stalling of case against firm for payments to paramilitaries. Click here Cicam Cameroon 9 Aug Residents of Douala accuse Cicam & other firms of chemical No (Cameroon) 2006 pollution of their neighbourhood. Click here Cimpor Mozambi- 19 Jul Cimpor cement factory says high dust pollution is due to filter No (Portugal) que 2006 damage caused by local electricity company - environmentalists say factory could do more. Click here Cintas Global 9, 23 "Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying Yes (USA) Jul US state uniforms source from firms "engaged in serious 2008 human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include Cintas. Click here 3 Clarks China 31 Global textiles union (ITGLWF) accuses Kingmaker Footwear Yes (UK) Aug, of labour abuses & cover-up to mislead workplace monitors – 7 Sep supplies Clarks & Skechers. Click here 2005 CMT-Windfield Bangladesh 12 Oct, Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar No (France) 19 Oct factory collapse in which 64 workers died (April 05): lists 2005 companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including CMT-Windfield). Click here Coal India India 28 Jan, Coal India allegedly failing to address dangerous subsidence, Yes (India) 11 Feb & using mining techniques that encourage increased 2009 hazardous illegal mining. Click here Coca-Cola India 24 Aug India Resource Center says over 1500 people from Yes (USA) 2005 communities in Tamil Nadu hold a protest against proposed plant of Coca-Cola franchisee, over concerns it will further exacerbate water scarcity in Gangaikondan village. Click here Coca-Cola India, 26 TIAA-CREF divests from Coca-Cola after its removal from Yes (USA) Colomba, July, 2 KLD Broad Market Social Index over worker rights in USA Aug Colombia, water issues in India, health issues. Click here 2006 Coca-Cola Sudan 12 Dec Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate Yes (USA) 2007 sponsors, including Coca-Cola, to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt. Click here Coca-Cola Colombia 8 Oct Excerpt of new book alleging bottling plants supplying Coca- Yes (USA) 2008 Cola are linked with killings of trade unionists. Click here Coca-Cola China 30 Sep Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior Yes (USA) 2009 demands improved conditions for contract workers at Coca- Cola bottlers Swire Beverages. Click here Coca-Cola Mexico 7 Sep Roberto Mendoza, senior manager at Coca-Cola’s Mexican Yes FEMSA 2005 bottler, accuses the company of firing him because he is gay. (Mexico) Click here. Coca-Cola Mexico 1 Feb Rejoinder by Roberto Mendoza to Coca-Cola’s first response Yes FEMSA 2006 regarding alleged sexual orientation discrimination. Click here (Mexico) Commerzbank Angola 12 Oct, Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise No (Germany) 16 & concerns that loan to Angola's state oil company Sonangol 23 Nov will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here 2005 ConocoPhillips USA 24 May "Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of No (USA) 2005 Massachusetts research institute (PERI): ConocoPhillips in top 10. Click here ConocoPhillips USA 15 & Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic No (USA) 22 Aug chemicals in their blood & environment, according to US 2007 Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including a ConocoPhillips oil refinery, are responsible. Click here ConocoPhillips Peru 27 May Amazon Watch & Save America's Forests report urges Yes (USA) 2009 ConocoPhillips to withdraw from Peruvian Amazon concession, citing human rights, environmental concerns. Click here Continental Tibet 29 Jul Tibetans-in-exile protest Continental Minerals' Tibet project - Yes Minerals 2009 concerns over environmental damage, lack of consultation. (Canada) Click here Coop China 15 Jun Swedwatch/Fair Trade Center report alleges poor working Yes (Sweden) 2005 conditions at toy factories. Click here Corus UK 17 May EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, No (UK) 2006 including Corus. Click here Costain UK 18 Mar More than 40 construction firms allegedly bought personal No (UK) 2009 data on workers to blacklist job applicants, including details of trade union activities. Click here Cotton Group Bangladesh 11 May Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Yes 4 (Belgium) 2005 collapses, killing 64 workers - Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working conditions prior to collapse. Click here Crédit Agricole Global 30 Jan Amnesty Intl. calls on French banks to strengthen policies on Yes (France) 2008 anti-personnel mines & cluster munitions. Click here Credit Suisse Indonesia 11 Jul Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Credit Yes (Switzerland) 2007 Suisse, to withhold further loans from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here Crescent Global 30 Jan "Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Yes Security 2008 Impunity", report by Human Rights First. Click here (Kuwait) Crew Gold Philippines 7 & 14 Report by coalition of indigenous, environmental, human Yes (UK) Feb rights & religious groups finds mining in Philippines is 2007 “destructive” of environment & livelihoods. Click here Cummins USA 22 Aug Union report accuses Cummins of violating workers' basic Yes (USA) 2007 labour rights. Click here Custer Battles Global 30 Jan "Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of No (USA) 2008 Impunity", report by Human Rights First. Click here CWE (China Sudan 26 Apr, 3 civilians killed during protests over Merowe dam. Click here Yes International 17 May Water & 2006 Electric) (China) Daewoo Burma 13 Dec Earthrights Intl. calls on sponsors of Shwe gas pipeline to No International 2006 conduct environmental & human rights impact assessments; (Korea) 15 Korean NGOs raise concerns about project. Click here De Beers Botswana 30 Sep Bench Marks Foundation report says De Beers has not Yes (So. Africa) 2009 benefited communities in which it operates. Click here De Beers Botswana 29 Oct Survival Intl. says De Beers returns to mine Central Kalahari Yes (So. Africa) 2008 Game Reserve while Bushmen are still displaced. Click here Dell China 10 Jan, Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour Yes (USA) 21 Mar (SACOM) report alleges widespread labour abuses among 2007 suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including Dell. Click here Dell China 11 Feb "High Tech Misery in China": Natl. Labor Committee (US) Yes (USA) 2009 alleges labour abuses at Mae Tay keyboard factory supplying Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft. Click here Delta China 10 & Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour Yes Electronics 17 Jan (SACOM) report alleges widespread labour abuses among (Taiwan) 2007 suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. Click here Deutsche Bank China 24 Aug South China Morning Post article alleges wig manufacturer Yes (Germany) 2005 Henan Rebecca uses forced prison labour – says major banks, including Deutsche Bank, among its top shareholders. Click here Deutsche Bank Angola 12 Oct, Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise Yes (Germany) 16 concerns that loan to Angola's state oil company Sonangol Nov, will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here 14 Dec 2005 Dexia Global 18 Jan, Major European banks have invested over $8 billion in Yes (Belgium) 1 Feb “companies that abuse human rights”, according to NGO 2006 report. Click here Diageo/ Cameroon 2 & 23 Residents of Douala accuse Guinness & other firms of Yes Guinness Aug chemical pollution of their neighbourhood. Click here (UK) 2006 Disney China 28 Feb 800 lose jobs after Disney licensee ends contract with factory, Yes (USA) 2007 following allegations of labour abuses. Click here Disney China 22 Oct Investigative report into working conditions in factories Yes 5 (USA) 2008 manufacturing products for Disney reveals numerous abuses. Click here [French only] Djoser Reisen Burma 21 Jan Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including Yes (Germany) 2009 Djoser Reisen. Click here DSM India 4 Jan Times of India article says pharmaceutical plants poison Yes (Netherlands) 2006 ground water in Punjab village. Click here Doe Run Peru 2 Mar Production at La Oroya mine pollutes local area, provides few Yes (USA) 2005 benefits to local residents, says Christian Aid report, “Unearthing the truth”. Click here Doe Run Peru 15 Feb Peruvian congressman accuses Doe Run of using Yes (USA) 2006 townspeople of La Oroya to pressure government to approve delays in environmental protection measures. Click here Doe Run Peru 25 Oct Blacksmith Institute lists La Oroya (site of Doe Run smelter) Yes (USA) 2006 as one of 10 “World’s Worst Polluted Places”. Click here Dole Colombia 7 Mar NGOs & unions allege widespread labour rights abuses at Yes (USA) 2007 Dole flower plantations, including compulsory pregnancy tests, exposure to pesticides, excessive hours. Click here Dole Latin 11 Nov Labour coalition says abuses of workers' rights persist on Yes (USA) America 2009 Dole's plantations & those of its suppliers. Click here [also available in Spanish] Dow Chemical USA, 2 May Amnesty USA calls for Securities & Exchange Commission to Yes (USA) India 2007 investigate Dow Chemical's disclosures to shareholders regarding Bhopal disaster & aftermath. Click here Dow Chemical USA 30 April "Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Yes (USA) 2008 Research Institute, Univ. of Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including Dow. Click here Drax UK 17 May EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, No (UK) 2006 including Drax. Click here Drummond Colombia 8 Nov Colombia Journal alleges continued paramilitary presence No (USA) 2006 around Drummond mine & says the mine's social programmes do not offset its negative social and health impacts. Click here DuPont USA 24, 31 "Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Yes (USA) May Massachusetts research institute (PERI): DuPont in top 10. 2006 Click here DuPont China 17 Jan Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational No (USA) 2007 & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here DuPont USA 30 April "Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Yes (USA) 2008 Research Institute, Univ. of Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including DuPont. Click here Eagle Industries Global 9, 16 "Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying Yes (USA) Jul US state uniforms source from firms "engaged in serious 2008 human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include Eagle Industries. Click here Ecuavital Biox Ecuador 4 Jul Ecuatival Biox security guards accused of intimidating human Yes (Ecuador) 2007 rights officals. Click here Ecopetrol Colombia 5 Nov Amazon Watch urges US investors not to buy Ecopetrol No (Colombia) 2008 shares due to concerns over impacts on Colombian indigenous community. Click here EDF Laos 23 Feb EDF did not conduct detailed enough environmental impact Yes (France) & 2 assessment for Nam Theun 2 dam project, says OECD Mar Guidelines complaint by Proyecto Gato & Amis de la Terre. 2005 Click here EDF Energy UK 17 May EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, Yes (UK) 2006 including EDF Energy. Click here Electric Power Burma 21 Jan Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including Yes Development 2009 Electric Power Development Company. Click here Company (Japan) 6 Eli Lilly Global 23 Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility rates 15 No (USA) Aug, 6 pharmaceutical firms on HIV/AIDS, including Eli Lilly - finds Sep, 8 none has comprehensive approach. Click here Nov 2006 Eli Lilly Global 12 Dec Oxfam report "Investing for Life" says drug companies not No (USA) 2007 doing enough to provide access to medicines for the poor - makes recommendations for "responsible business practices". Click here Emirates Mexico 15 Oct Javier Vázquez alleges he was told not to apply for job at No (United Arab 2008 Emirates due to his age. Click here Emirates) Endiama Angola 1 Oct Report says mining companies' arbitrary seizure & destruction No (Angola) 2008 of farmlands causing widespread hunger & deepening poverty. Click here Endiama Angola 13, 20 Security companies for diamond mining operations in Cuango Yes (Angola) Sep responsible for killings, torture, beatings & other abuses, says 2006 report. Click here Energi Mega Indonesia 11 Jul Friends of the Earth calls on major banks to withhold further No Persada 2007 loans from Lapindo Brantas gas project (owned by companies (Indonesia) including Energi Mega Persada) until it compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here ENI Kazakhstan 4 Feb Report raises concerns about environmental, social & health Yes (Italy) 2009 effects of Kashagan oil field development. Click here ENI Rep. of 29 Jul Report by Heinrich Böll Foundation & NGOs raises serious Yes (Italy) Congo 2009 social, environmental concerns over Eni's planned tar sands & agro-fuel projects. Click here ENI Rep. of 11 Nov Report by Congolese & intl. NGOs says ENI's oil sands & Yes (Italy) Congo 2009 biofuel projects threaten tropical forests, local people & climate. Click here Entergy USA 15 Aug Mossville, Louisiana residents have high levels of toxic Yes (USA) 2007 chemicals in their blood & environment, according to US Govt. data - NGO report says nearby factories, including an Entergy power plant, are responsible. Click here E.ON UK 17 May EU figures show 5 companies lead in carbon pollution, Yes (UK) 2006 including E.ON. Click here Ericsson China 17 Jan Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational Yes (Sweden) 2007 & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here Erinys Iraq 16 Apr Erinys response to War on Want allegations of abuses in Iraq. Yes (UK) 2008 Click here Erinys Iraq 14, 21 Private security firm Erinys sued in UK over shooting of Yes (UK) Jan civilians in Iraq. Click here 2009 Excelsior China 29 Apr NGOs say Excelsior Electronics and buyer Fujitsu Siemens Yes Electronics 2009 provided weak responses to report of factory labour abuses. (China) Click here Exotissimo Burma 21 Jan Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including No (Thailand) 2009 Exotissimo. Click here ExxonMobil Chad/ 7 Sep Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says Yes (USA) Cameroon & 21 governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas are Sep “contracting out” of their human rights obligations. Click here 2005 ExxonMobil Chad 15 Mar Publish What You Pay coalition & Columbia Law School No (USA) 2006 Human Rights Clinic call on ExxonMobil to refuse Chad’s request to pay oil revenues directly to government instead of into escrow account for poverty reduction. Click here ExxonMobil USA 24, 31 "Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of No (USA) May Massachusetts research institute (PERI): ExxonMobil in top 2006 10. Click here 7 ExxonMobil USA 30 April "Toxic 100" list of top air polluters, by Political Economy Yes (USA) 2008 Research Institute, Univ. of Massachusetts - we invited top 10 to respond, including ExxonMobil. Click here Fechheimer Global 9 Jul "Subsidizing Sweatshops" report says companies supplying No Brothers 2008 US state uniforms source from firms "engaged in serious (USA) human rights & labor violations". Companies mentioned include Fechheimer Brothers. Click here Firestone Liberia 30 Jul, "The Heavy Load" report alleges continuing abuses on Yes Natural Rubber 27 Aug Firestone rubber plantation. Includes rejoinder by Save my (USA) 2008 Future Foundation & further response by Firestone. Click here First Cabin Burma 21 Jan Burma Campaign UK adds 30 firms to "Dirty List", including No (USA) 2009 First Cabin. Click here Fittec China 10 Jan Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour Yes (China) 2007 (SACOM) report alleges widespread labour abuses among suppliers of major multinational technology & electronics brands. Click here Ford USA 24, 31 "Toxic 100" list of corporate air polluters, prepared by Univ. of Yes (USA) May Massachusetts research institute (PERI): Ford in top 10. 2006 Click here Ford Argentina 14 Mar Ford statement regarding legal claims brought by former Yes (USA) 2007 employees who say they were kidnapped and tortured on Ford Argentina premises during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. Click here Fortis Indonesia 11 Jul Friends of the Earth calls on major banks, including Fortis, to Yes (Netherlands/ 2007 withhold further loans from Lapindo Brantas gas project until it Belgium) compensates people displaced by Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster. Click here Forza Peru 17 Jan Human rights groups & news articles allege Forza involved in No (Peru) 2007 spying operation & intimidation against local environmentalists opposed to Yanacocha mine. Click here Foxconn/ China 30 Foxconn lawsuit against two journalists who reported on 1 Hon Hai Aug, 6 working conditions at Foxconn iPod factory sparks concerns (Taiwan) Sep for journalists’ rights among Chinese media. Click here and 2006 here Fred Meyer Global 8 Mar No Dirty Gold campaign calls on 8 “laggard” jewellery retailers Yes (USA) 2006 to sign on to social & environmental standards on gold sourcing. Click here Frederick’s of Philippines 27 Apr Behind the Label (USA) alleges poor working conditions at No Hollywood 2005 Frederick’s supplier Gelmart Industries. Click here (USA) Freeport- West 4 Jan NY Times front-page report raises concerns about payments Yes McMoRan Papua/ 2006 to Indonesian military, environmental impacts of Grasberg (USA) Indonesia mine. Click here Freeport- Philippines 1 Apr NGO report says mining causes "large-scale ruin, particularly Yes McMoRan 2009 undermining food production". Click here (USA) Freeport- Philippines 28 Oct Working Group on Mining comments on company responses No McMoRan 2009 to "Mining or Food?" report – Freeport-McMoRan declined to (USA) comment further. Click here Friosur Chile 12 Jul Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon Yes (Chile) 2006 industry, including workplace deaths. Click here Fujitsu China 29 Apr NGOs say Excelsior Electronics and buyer Fujitsu Siemens Yes Technology 2009 provided weak responses to report of factory labour abuses. Solutions Click here (Netherlands) Full Start China 19 Dec Workers in Junxingye factory (owned by Full Start) making Yes (China) 2007, crucifixes for religious gift shops in US work 15-hour days in 16 Jan poor conditions, says Natl. Labor Committee (USA). Click

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