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OPT: Mixed response from multinationals in Israeli solar sector accused of contributing to Palestinian displacement
In May 2018, Who Profits published a report that examines how Israel's solar energy industry contributes to Palestinian displacement. The report claims that Israeli solar projects in the Negev desert and Area C of the occupied West Bank descriminate...
ABB responds to concerns regarding its involvement in Israeli solar fields
Author: ABB
With respect to claims by WhoProfits in their report, “Plundering the sun: The Israeli solar energy industry and Palestinian forced displacement” of May 2018, ABB states that it has not sold products or services to, nor made any investments into the...
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- This is a response from the following companies: ABB
Author: Matthieu Hoffstetter, Bilan (Suisse)
«Le respect des droits de l'homme devient un atout pour le business», 23 novembre 2017...
- Related companies: ABB BNP Paribas LafargeHolcim Novartis Roche
Author: Fundación Ideas para la Paz, FIP
“Guías Colombia En Empresas, Derechos Humanos y DIH”...
- Related in-depth areas: Herramientas de orientación para las empresas
- Related companies: ABB AngloGold Ashanti Brookfield EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) Indupalma Isagen (part of Brookfield) Telefónica
India: 2017 Responsible Business Index ranks top 100 listed companies
In an attempt to gauge how Indian firms are coping with the interests of various stakeholders, a collaborative effort of non-profits—Oxfam India, Corporate Responsibility Watch, Praxis and Partners in Change—has put together the second edition of...
Ranking companies on diversity & inclusion - new index for investors
Author: Thomson Reuters (UK)
Thomson Reuters Launches D&I Index - Reveals Top 100 Most Diverse & Inclusive Organizations Globally...
- Related companies: 3M ABB Abbott Laboratories Abengoa Accenture Acciona Alcatel-Lucent (part of Nokia) Allianz Assicurazioni Generali Avon Ayala Bank of Montreal BASF Baxter International Bayer BMW BNP Paribas Bristol-Myers Squibb British American Tobacco CA Technologies Campbell Soup Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Canon Cisco Systems Citigroup Clorox Colgate-Palmolive CSL Daiichi Sankyo Daimler Danone Deutsche Post Diageo Dior (part of LVMH) Dow Chemical DuPont EDF EDP (Energias de Portugal) Eli Lilly Endesa (part of Enel) Enel Ferrovial Fletcher Construction Foschini Gap Henkel Hormel HP (Hewlett-Packard) Infosys ING Intel Intesa Sanpaolo Kao Kering Korea Electric Power (KEPCO) L'Oreal LVMH Macy's Medtronic Merck Michelin Microsoft Morgan Stanley Natura Nedbank Nestlé Nokia Novartis Procter & Gamble PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) Qantas Airways Roche Samsung Shiseido Société Générale Telefónica Telekom Malaysia Telstra Texas Instruments Thomson Reuters UBS Unilever Xerox YUM!
Author: Antoine Mach, Covalence, dans Le temps (Suisse)
« Les Objectifs de développement durables sont une chance pour les entreprises suisses », 19 septembre 2016...
- Related companies: ABB Chopard Coop (Switzerland) Credit Suisse LafargeHolcim Migros Nestlé Novartis Roche UBS
So. Africa: Summary of event "Business Leaders Dialogue on Corporate Respect for Human Rights"
Author: Global Business Initiative
On 26 May a unique business leaders conference was held on the topic of corporate respect for human rights in the South African context. The conference was attended by 100 business leaders and other experts. The event focused on case studies and real...
- Related companies: ABB Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo American) AngloGold Ashanti BASF Coca-Cola Lonmin Total Vale
Webminar summary on Business & Human Rights in ASEAN & China: Trends, Risks & Practices
Author: Global Compact Network Australia & Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI)
...[T]he Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) have published a summary of a jointly convened webinar focused on business and human rights in ASEAN and China. The discussion explored the human...
- Related companies: ABB Flextronics H&M Puma
A who's who among the COP21 commitments
Author: Elsa Wenzel, GreenBiz
Among hundreds of corporations backing COP21 climate actions, few are trekking to Paris, instead backing blockbuster commitments or coalitions to represent them…Here are some of the bulkiest groups…Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is teaming up with...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation
- Related companies: ABB Abengoa Alcoa Alibaba.com Alphabet Alstom Amazon.com Anglo American Apple AT&T Bank of America Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) BG Group (part of Shell) BHP Billiton BP BT Calpine Clif Bar Coca-Cola Commerzbank Dow Chemical Eni Facebook General Mills General Motors Glencore Goldman Sachs Google (part of Alphabet) H&M Hershey Honda HP (Hewlett-Packard) IKEA Intel JPMorgan Chase Kellogg KPN LafargeHolcim Levi Strauss Mars McDonald's Microsoft Monsanto Morgan Stanley National Grid Nestlé Pemex PepsiCo PG&E Reed Elsevier Group Reliance Industries Repsol Rio Tinto Royal Philips Electronics Salesforce.com Saudi Aramco Schneider Electric Shell Siemens Starbucks Statoil Stonyfield Farm Suez Swiss Re Total Unilever UPS Virgin Group Wells Fargo Xerox