Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore)
Member of UN Global Compact
Headquarters in Colombia
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Better Safe than Sorry
Author: Susan Aaronson, Professor & Ian Higham, Research Assistant - Elliott School of Intl. Affairs, George Washington Univ in Policy Innovations
...Building on years of research and multi-stakeholder dialogue, [UN Special Representative on business & human rights John] Ruggie outlined a framework and Guiding Principles to help firms “operationalize” their human rights responsibilities.....
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- Related in-depth areas: UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on business & human rights
- Related companies: Aetna Anglo American Barclays BASF BHP Billiton BP Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore Xstrata) Cisco Systems Credit Suisse ExxonMobil Freeport-McMoRan Gap General Motors Imperial Tobacco JPMorgan Chase Mars Nestlé Novo Group Novo Nordisk (part of Novo Group) Pfizer Shell SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer) Talisman Toyota Unocal (part of Chevron) Vodafone Wachovia (part of Wells Fargo) Walmart Wells Fargo Whirlpool Xstrata (part of Glencore Xstrata) Yahoo!
Rights groups slam UN plan for multinationals
Author: Hugh Williamson, Financial Times
Controversial new standards governing the operation of multinational companies in developing countries and conflict zones could undermine rather than reinforce efforts to protect human rights if the framework is adopted in its current form, according...
- Related stories: NGOs criticise UN Special Representative Ruggie's draft Guiding Principles on business & human rights
- Related in-depth areas: UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on business & human rights
- Related companies: Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore Xstrata) HP (Hewlett-Packard) Tesco
Author: Presidencia de Colombia
[Donaciones recibidas hasta la fecha:] Alqueria, Juan Carlos Saldarriaga, Sirioca LTDA, Alimentos Polar Colombia, Arturo Calle, Compaq S.A. [parte de HP], Davivienda - Grupo Bolivar, Cerrejón [parte de Anglo American, Xstrata, BHP Billiton], Tigo,...
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- Related companies: Anglo American BHP Billiton Carrefour Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore) Compaq (part of HP) Davivienda HP (Hewlett-Packard) Hyundai Kia Motor Millicom PepsiCo Petrobras Pizano Procter & Gamble Protabaco Sanitas Tigo (part of Millicom) Xstrata (part of Glencore)
Summary Note: Consultation with Business Stakeholders on the Implementation of the UN "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework
Author: Prepared for the mandate of UN Special Representative on business & human rights John Ruggie
Professor John Ruggie…held a consultation with business stakeholders in Paris on the implemention of the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework…The purpose of the consultation was to provide an opportunity for…industry,…employer organizations,...
- Related in-depth areas: Summaries of John Ruggie consultations - Oct 2010 UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on business & human rights
- Related companies: ABB ABN Amro Ahold Alcatel-Lucent Anglo American AngloGold Ashanti Arcelor Mittal Areva BAE Systems Barclays BASF BG Group BHP Billiton BNP Paribas BP Burson-Marsteller Cadbury (part of Mondelēz International) Capgemini Carrefour Casino Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore Xstrata) Chevron Coca-Cola Crédit Agricole Daimler Deutsche Post DHL (part of Deutsche Post) EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space) EDF EMC Eni Esquel ExxonMobil France Telecom (now Orange) Gazprom GDF Suez General Electric Hitachi HP (Hewlett-Packard) ING Kraft Foods L'Oreal La Caixa Lafarge LCF Rothschild Marks & Spencer Michelin Mitsubishi Group Mitsui Nippon Steel Nokia Orange PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter & Gamble Rabobank Randstad Renault Rhodia Sakhalin Energy (joint venture Shell, Gazprom, Mitsui, & Mitsubishi) Shell Société Générale Sodexo Solvay Statoil Suez Symantec Telecom Italia Thales Total Toyota Unilever Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi) Walt Disney Xstrata (part of Glencore Xstrata) Yahoo!
[PDF] Global Business Initiative on Human Rights Rountable
Author: Fundación Ideas Para La Paz, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI), El Centro Regional para América Latina y el Caribe en apoyo del Pacto Mundial de las Naciones Unidas, Institute for Human Rights and Business
On 24 May 2010 an event was organised by the Fundación Ideas Para La Paz, the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI), El Centro Regional para América Latina y el Caribe en apoyo del Pacto Mundial de las Naciones Unidas and the Institute for...
Unilever joins Global Business Initiative on Human Rights [please scroll down]
Author: Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI)
GBI has formally announced that the Initiative's core group of members has been joined by Unilever, a leading supplier of fast moving consumer goods. The breadth of Unilever's global presence marks a significant step in the Initiative's programme,...
[PDF] Leaders Breakfast on Business and Human Rights: Looking Ahead to the Next Ten Years -
Author: Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Global Compact Network Netherlands
A side event of the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit...On Thursday 24 June 2010, a group of over 300 individuals from business, government and civil society gathered in New York to attend a breakfast session focused on the human rights...
Business and human rights dialogues
Author: Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
- Bob Corcoran - Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, General Electric...Discusses: Getting started and showing leadership in integrating human rights into business management. "...[Our] statement of principles on human rights...[has] been very...
Colombia's Cerrejon: four contractors die in accident
Author: Reuters
Colombia's biggest coal exporter Cerrejon [joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata] said...that four contractors had been killed and 12 others injured while repairing a coal-storage silo...Colombia is the world's fifth largest coal...
DanWatch report on social & environmental impacts of Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
Author: Compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
In May 2010 DanWatch issued a report on the alleged negative social & environmental impacts of the Cerrejon coal mine in northern Colombia, which supplies coal to DONG Energy and Vattenfall: The Curse of Coal...DONG Energy provided a response to...
- Related stories: Colombia: Report alleges Cerrejón coal mine causes diseases, pollution, and poverty - responses by Cerrejón Coal, CMC, DONG Energy, Vattenfall
- Related in-depth areas: DanWatch report on social & environmental impacts of Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
- Related companies: Anglo American BHP Billiton Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore) DONG Energy Vattenfall Xstrata (part of Glencore)