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Title: Salt firms abuse rights, says report [Kenya]
Author:Cyrus Kinyungu, Standard [Kenya] Dated:21 Feb 2007
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has exposed gross human rights violations by salt harvesting companies in Malindi...Some salt harvesting companies were found to have maliciously contaminated fresh water sources used by residents of Malindi to force them out of their land, paving way for the expansion of salt harvesting activities...The report says workers who harvest salt and those who work in the factories are not given appropriate protective gear, thereby exposing them to health risks.
Author:Understanding Children's Work (UCW) - Joint project of ILO, UNICEF, World Bank Dated:Dec 2006
The report provides an overview of the child labour phenomenon in Cambodia - its extent and nature, its determinants, and its consequences on health and education. The report also addresses the national response to child labour and policy options for its elimination...
Author:Charles Njoroge, Nation [Kenya] Dated:12 Aug 2005
Salt processing companies have been blamed for the displacement of about 600 families in a Malindi District village. The Ngomeni Village peasants say the companies are the cause of heavy soil erosion that has also not spared a tourist hotel, a Kenya Navy camp and the department of fisheries buildings, which were at one time more than 100 metres from the shoreline.
Author:Elizabeth Mwai, East African Standard [Kenya] Dated:27 Jun 2005
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) will probe six coast-based salt processing companies for violation of workers' rights...They include Kensalt Limited, Malindi Salt Works, Mombasa Salt Works, Kurawa Salt Limited, Kema Salt Limited and Krystalline Limited.
Author:Mallen Baker, Ethical Corporation Dated:16 Dec 2004
The innate potential of the poor to innovate and create enterprise needs to be unleashed, and companies should actively provide products and services which meet real needs affordably and profitably...Prahalad’s premise [C.K. Prahalad, "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid"] is that the intelligent application of markets can create a real breakthrough in tackling global poverty. [refers to GrupoNueva, Unilever, Hindustan Lever (part of Unilever)]
Author:Steve Ouma, Deputy Executive Director, Kenya Human Rights Commission Dated:05 Jun 2004
...studies done by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and other civil society actors have revealed that most voluntary codes and CSR initiatives have been a “convenient mask”...Corporates can act as better citizens by embracing corporate accountability and becoming actors in fair or just trade. [refers to Del Monte Kenya, Magadi Soda (part of Brunner Mond), Unilever, British American Tobacco, Equity Building Society, Oserian Development Co.]
Author:Le Mauricien [Ile Maurice] Dated:01 Jun 2002
Vers la ratification de deux conventions [du Bureau international du travail] par le gouvernement - La Convention 100 traite du paiement de salaires égaux aux hommes et femmes pour travail égal et la Convention 111 traite de la non-discrimination dans le travail et dans la classification des postes...Le BIT a identifié plusieurs Remunerations orders couvrant des secteurs où les salaires et la classification des postes se font sur la base du sexe. Ces Remunerations orders concernent l'industrie théière; le bétail; les salines; l'industrie sucrière; les vergers; les boulangeries; et le service traiteur.
Author:Child Labour News Service Dated:15 Apr 2002
...Labour Commissioner Abisai Ambenge...identified some of the areas where child labour is rampant including salt harvesting in Malindi, miraa farming in Meru North, and tea and coffee plantations in Central, Eastern and Rift Valley Provinces
Title: List of enterprises not meeting environmental standards in China in 2006 [scroll to "Enterprises Exceeding Standards" below "List of Polluters", select "2006", #35-49]
Author:Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs
[Website only provides list of companies’ names in Chinese. Following selection of companies provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.]
The enterprises not meeting environmental standards in China in 2006 include: Taolin Lead & Zinc Mining and Chemical Factory, in Hunan province; Linxiang City Haoyuan Chemical Factory, in Hunan province; Anhui Tongling City Annada Titanium Industry (part of Tongling Chemical Industry); Xingtai Iron & Steel; Ganzhou Cobalt & Tungsten; Guangzhou Hoton Chemical; Jinan Yuxing General Chemical Plant; Liaoning Dandong City Xinjulang Paper; Qingyang Chemical Industry, in Liaoning province (part of CNGC), Jincheng Fertilizer Factory, in Shanxi province (part of Jincheng Anthracite Mining); Baiyin Non-ferrous Metal, in Gansu; Gansu Lanzhou City Xinxibu Weinilun Company (part of Gansu Yasheng Industrial); Qinghai Huangzhong County Xinfei Chemical; and Hunan Zhuzhou Chemical Industry. [the rest of the list is in Chinese].
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