This page links to statements by companies that explicitly refer to human rights, that we are aware of. If you know of a policy statement that is not yet included here, please let us know.
Company statements that appear in bold refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; those that appear in plain text do not yet refer to the Universal Declaration.
Companies that participate in the UN Global Compact express support for 10 principles, including Principles 1 & 2 referring to human rights. Here we do not list all Global Compact companies. Only companies that have taken the step of adopting a formal company policy statement explicitly referring to human rights are included, whether or not they participate in the Global Compact.
ABB: "Social Policy"
Aberdeen Asset Management: "Corporate Social Responsibility Policy for AAM & Group Companies" [PDF]
[see p. 11, "Human Rights"]
ABN AMRO: "Sustainable Development"
[scroll down to "Human Rights Position Statement"]
AGF (Assurances Générales de France): "Politique des Droits de l’Homme pour le Groupe AGF" [PDF]
Akzo Nobel: "Business Principles"
[see principle 2: "Responsibilities"]
Alcan: "Worldwide Code of Employee and Business Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 11, "Human rights and the workplace"]
Alcatel: "Statement of Business Principles"
Alcoa: "Human Rights"
Alliance Boots: "Our key relationships and partners - Suppliers"
Alstom: "Code of Ethics" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 12]
Amerada Hess: "Corporate Social Responsibility policy" [PDF]
Anglo American: "Good Citizenship: Our Business Principles" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 3, "Corporate citizenship"]
ArmorGroup: "Regulation & Ethical Standards"
Associated British Foods: "The purpose and values of the business"
[scroll down to "Human Rights"]
AstraZeneca: "Human Rights"
Aviva: "Group Human Rights Policy"
Barclays: "Group Statement on Human Rights"[DOC]
Balfour Beatty: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Barrick Gold: "Social Responsibility Programs & Performance - Human Rights"
BASF: "Our commitment to social responsibility"
Bayer: "Human Rights Position"
BG Group: "Business Principles and Corporate Committments"
BHP Billiton: "Human Rights"
Body Shop: "Our Principles and Policies"
[scroll down to section entitled "Our Human Rights Principles"]
Bonnier Group: "Basic Values"
BP: "Human Rights"
BP: "Human Rights - A guidance note" [PDF]
Brambles: "Human Rights"
British Airways: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[see section entitled "Business conduct"]
British American Tobacco: "Our approach to human rights"
BT Group: "Human Rights"
Cable & Wireless: "Cable & Wireless' code of business principles"
[see section entitled “Employees”]
Cadbury Schweppes: "ethical trading"
"our business principles"
Carlsberg Breweries: "Guidelines for suppliers to the Carlsberg Breweries Group" [PDF]
Carrefour: "Social charter" [PDF] [français] [PDF]
Casino (EMC Distribution): "Charte éthique" [PDF]
Centrica: "Human Rights"
Chevron: "Human Rights Statement" [PDF]
Cisco Systems: "Corporate Citizenship - Human Rights"
Cisco Systems: "Human Rights"
Citigroup: "Statement on Human Rights"
Co-operative Bank: "Our Ethical Policy Statements - Human Rights"
Coca-Cola: "Human Rights Statement"
Codelco: Sustainable Development Policy [español]
Colgate-Palmolive: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 28]
Compass Group: "Relations with Governments & the Wider Communities"
ConocoPhillips: "Human Rights Position"
Danone: "Business Conduct Policies" [PDF]
De Beers: "Community Policy" [PDF]
[scroll to p. 3, "Guiding Principles"]
Dell: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll down to p. 16, section entitled "Dealing with Others - Human Rights"]
Diageo: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
DLH Group (Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman): "Ethical Values - Human Rights"
Dow Chemical: "Social Policy"
EMI: "Social Responsibility" [PDF]
ENI: "Principles"
Ericsson: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 3]
Eroski: "Código Ético" [PDF]
ExxonMobil: "Human Rights"
FLS Industries: "FLS Ethics"
Fortis: "Principles of Business Conduct" [PDF]
[see p. 24, "Respect for human rights"]
Freeport-McMoRan: "Social, Employment & Human Rights Policy"
"Human Rights Policy and Implementation"
Friends Provident: "Human Rights Policy"
General Electric: "Human Rights"
General Motors: "Social Performance - Human Rights"
GlaxoSmithKline: "Corporate Responsibility Principles"
Gold Fields: "Human rights policy statement"
Group 4 Securicor: "Business Ethics Policy"
HBOS: "Human Rights" [PDF]
Hilton: "Human Rights"
Holcim: "CSR Pillars & Principles" [PDF]
HP: "Human rights & labor policy"
"Supplier Code of Conduct" [PDF]
"Supply Chain Social & Environmental Responsibility Policy" [PDF]
HSBC: "Business principles and values"
Hydro: "Corporate Social Responsibility Principles" [PDF]
ICI: "Code of Conduct: Community and International Relations"
Ikea: "social & environmental responsibility"
Imperial Tobacco: "Our social assessment process and human rights"
ING: "Human Rights Statement"
InterContinental Hotels: "Human rights"
International Power: "Human Rights"
ISA: "Código de Ética"
ISS: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[see section entitled "Corporate Responsibility"]
Johnson Matthey: "Business Integrity and Ethics Policy Statement"
Levi Strauss: "Global Sourcing and Operating Guidelines" [PDF]
Lloyds TSB: "Human Rights" [PDF]
Lonmin: "Code Of Business Ethics" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 10, "Human Rights"]
Lundin Petroleum: "Code of Conduct: Values"
Man Group: "Corporate Responsibility Manual" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 5-17, "Human Rights"]
Marks & Spencer: "Corporate social responsibility report 2006" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 18, "People"]
Marriott: "Human Rights Policy Statement" [PDF]
Mitchells & Butlers: "Human rights"
Monsanto: "Human Rights Policy"
Motorola: "Human Rights Policy"
National Grid: "Human rights" [PDF]
NEC: "Code of Conduct"
[see point 1.2.2 - in "General provisions" - "Basic position"]
"Group Charter of Corporate Behaviour"
Nestlé: "Corporate Business Principles" [PDF]
[scroll to p. 10, "Human Rights"]
Newmont: "Social Responsibility Policy"
Nexen: "Nexen Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Nokia: "Code of Conduct"
Nordea: "Corporate citizenship principles"
Novartis: "Policy on Corporate Citizenship" [PDF]
Novartis: "Corporate Citizenship Guideline - Human Rights" [PDF]
Novo Group: "Commitments"
Novo Nordisk positions: Human Rights
Novo Nordisk: "The right to health - our contribution" [PDF]
Novozymes: "Human rights"
O2: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Occidental Petroleum: "Code of Business Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll to p. 26, "Human Rights"]
OMV: "Human Rights Policy Statement" [PDF]
Pentland: "Setting the standards"
PepsiCo: "Human Rights Workplace Policy"
Persimmon: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Philips: "General Business Principles" [PDF]
[scroll to p. 4, "Human Rights"]
Premier Oil: "Human Rights Policy"
PricewaterhouseCoopers: "Code of Conduct: Corporate Citizenship"
Procter & Gamble: "Values & Policies" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 22]
Provident Financial: "Our Workplace - Human Rights"
Prudential: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Rabobank: "The Human Rights Statement for Rabobank as elaboration of the Code of Conduct" [PDF]
Reckitt Benckiser: "Code of Business Conduct"
[link is to Reckitt Benckiser's "Policies & Reports" page, from which "Code of Business Conduct" can be downloaded]
Reebok: "Human Rights"
Repsol YPF: "Policy of respect for people and their diversity" [PDF] [español]
Rexam: "Policy on Human Rights and Labour Conditions" [PDF]
Rio Tinto: "Human Rights"
"Human rights guidance: Guidance for managers on implementing the human rights policy in 'The way we work'" [PDF]
Roche: "Human Rights"
Royal Philips Electronics: "General Business Priniciples" [PDF]
SABMiller: "Position Paper - Human Rights"
Sandoz: "Our policy on corporate citizenship"
SCA: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 5, "Respect for human rights"]
Securitas: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
Severn Trent: "Human Rights"
Shell: "Business Principles"
[see principle 2(e)]
Management Primer on Business and Human Rights [PDF]
"Shell’s approach to human rights"
Siemens: "Business Practices"
Signet: "Principles"
Skanska: "Skanska Code of Conduct"
[link is to Skanska's "Mission & vision" page, from which "Code of Conduct" can be downloaded - see section of Code of Conduct entitled "General Principles"]
Smiths Group: "Human Rights"
Sony: "Sony Group Code of Conduct" [PDF]
[see section 2, "Respect for Human Rights"]
Standard Chartered: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Stagecoach: "Code of Business Conduct" [PDF]
[see "Human Rights" section]
Standard Life: "Human rights"
Statoil: "Human Rights in 2003"
Stora Enso: "Principles for Corporate Social Responsibility"
Syngenta: "Human Rights"
Talisman Energy: "Human Rights"
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Tate & Lyle: "Code of Conduct"
[scroll to "Human Rights"]
Taylor Wimpey: "Human Rights Policy"
[link is to Taylor Wimpey's "CSR Policies" page, from which "Human Rights Policy" can be downloaded]
Tesco: "Human rights policy"
Timberland: "Code of Conduct" [PDF]
Tom's of Maine: "The Tom's of Maine Stewardship Model"
Tomkins: "Human Rights Policy" [PDF]
Toshiba: "Standards of Conduct: Human Rights"
Total: "Human Rights" [français]
Unilever: "Human Rights"
United Utilities: "Business principles" [PDF]
[scroll to p.10, "Human Rights"]
Vodafone: "Human Rights"
Westpac: "Human Rights"
Whitbread: "Human Rights"
Wolseley: "Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006"
[scroll down to "Code of Ethics"]
WPP: "Corporate Responsibility Policy" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 30, "CR Policy"]
Xstrata: "Business Principles" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 2]
Yell Group: "Our Code of Ethics" [PDF]
[scroll to pg. 10]
