Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 16 Apr 2008
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http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Topstories?date=2008/04/16
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* adidas suppliers in China:
- Allegations of rigged union election at Shunda factory, decline in working conditions since adidas acquired Reebok
- adidas responds, disputing the allegations
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/304928
- Report by Sunday Times (UK) alleges labour abuses at adidas suppliers in Fuzhou, including Shunda factory
- adidas responds - says article contains "erroneous conclusions"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/188750
* Florida, USA: Coalition of Immokalee Workers calls on Burger King to support better living & working conditions for tomato pickers
- Burger King responds
- US Senate hearing on working conditions of Florida tomato pickers
www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/983316
* Kenya: Over 50 hotels sign code of conduct aimed at protecting children from sexual exploitation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/907127
* Ecuador: Court-appointed expert says Chevron should pay $7-16 billion to compensate for pollution; Chevron rejects expert's conclusions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/534847
- Lawyers representing indigenous peoples in Chevron case win Goldman Environmental Prize; Chevron responds
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/538314
* "Corporate Responsibilities for Access to Medicines" - paper by Klaus Leisinger, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/894365
* "Sudan's Oil Industry - Facts and Analysis" - Dossier by 2 NGO coalitions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/647217
* Coca-Cola under increasing pressure from human rights groups over Beijing Olympics sponsorship
- includes comments by Coca-Cola
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/671306
* ILO highlights improvement in workplace attitudes toward HIV/AIDS - credits written policies, use of ILO Code of Practice
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/856702
* Conference Board finds more companies creating programmes to help employees deal with HIV/AIDS
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/883678
* Erinys response to War on Want allegations of abuses in Iraq
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/496904
* Coalition files shareholder resolutions with Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo - calls on them to urge oil companies they invest in to press Sudanese Govt. over Darfur
- also provided: banks' responses in proxy statements
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/529875
* Global Reporting Initiative says companies should go further on human rights reporting
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/578799
* China: Former businessman John Kamm says companies' relationships with govt. can be put to good use for human rights, "but most businesspeople don't want to"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/431632
* USA: Nursing homes pressure patients to sign arbitration clauses, to limit companies' liability on claims that negligence led to injury or death
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/184436
* Job announcement for Danish Institute for Human Rights: Advisor, Human Rights & Business Project (deadline 16 May)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/902890
* Innovest & Inter-American Development Bank launch index of companies that address needs of the poor - top firms in initial ranking are Banco Bradesco, Grupo ACP, Paralife, Unibanco, Cemex
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/663639
* Español: Honduras: "Seguridad privada, un gran ejército sin control"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/579806
* Español: La OIT observa una mejora en las actitudes hacia el VIH/SIDA en el ambiente laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/726168
* Español: Chile: Minorías sexuales aplauden las medidas antidisriminatorias de la nueva justicia laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/665948
* Español: Doe Run Perú pierde la certificación ISO 14001 por gestión ambiental
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/689850
* Français : Le Bureau International du Travail constate un progrès significatif dans les attitudes à l'égard du VIH/Sida sur les lieux de travail
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/121702
* Français : Coalition Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez applaudit l'effort de la Banque Mondiale pour élargir l'Initiative de la Transparence dans les Industries Extractives - demande l'implication de la société civile
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/752677
* Français : France : Cas de discrimination raciale & sexiste contre Bosch repasse devant les prud'hommes de Lyon
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/845794
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