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Press release: Just Capital and Forbes release inaugural "Just 100 List" ranking companies performing best on American public's priorities
Author: Just Capital and Forbes
JUST Capital and Forbes today released the inaugural “JUST 100 List,” which ranks the publicly traded companies in America that perform best on the priorities of the American public. This is the first-ever annual ranking of how America’s top companies...
Company disclosure of water management strategies exemplifies importance of water security for climate action
Author: Carbon Disclosure Project
"Thirsty business: Why water is vital to climate action, 2016 Annual Report of Corporate Water Disclosure", Nov 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation
- Related companies: Acciona Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo American) BASF Bayer Centrica Coca-Cola Colgate-Palmolive Diageo Engie (formerly GDF Suez) Fiat Chrysler Ford General Motors GlaxoSmithKline Gold Fields Harmony Gold HP (Hewlett-Packard) Iberdrola Inditex Kao Kumba Iron Ore L'Oreal Lockheed Martin Mitsubishi Electric (part of Mitsubishi Group) Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) OMV Sony Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) Toyota Unilever
The cobalt pipeline: Tracing the path from deadly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumers’ phones and laptops
Author: Todd C. Frankel, Michael Robinson Chavez & Jorge Ribas, Washington Post
The [Washington] Post traced this cobalt pipeline and, for the first time, showed how cobalt mined in these harsh conditions ends up in popular consumer products. It moves from small-scale Congolese mines to a single Chinese company — Congo DongFang...
- Related stories: Tracking human rights violations & environmental impacts in lithium batteries supply chains in China, DRC & So. America
- Related in-depth areas: Conflict minerals
- Related companies: Apple BYD Ford General Motors Huayou Cobalt LG Chem Samsung Tesla Motors Umicore
Companies respond to questions about their cobalt supply chains
Author: Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post
Follows article The cobalt pipeline Tracing the path from deadly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumers’ phones and laptops. Includes responses/non-responses to the Washington Post's investigation by Congo DongFang Mining/Hyuayou Cobalt and Apple...
- Related stories: Tracking human rights violations & environmental impacts in lithium batteries supply chains in China, DRC & So. America
- Related in-depth areas: Conflict minerals
- Related companies: Amazon.com Apple Ford General Motors LG Chem Samsung Samsung SDI (part of Samsung) TDK
Automobile firms' quest for low-cost parts led to using deadly Takata air bags over safer components - New York Times report
Author: Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times (USA)
"A Cheaper Airbag, and Takata’s Road to a Deadly Crisis", 26 Aug. 2016...
- Related companies: Chrysler (now Fiat Chrysler) Fiat Chrysler Ford General Motors Honda Mitsubishi Motors Takata Toyota
US Supreme Court rejects appeal by So. Africans against IBM & Ford for alleged support of apartheid
Author: Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
"U.S. top court declines to revive apartheid claims against IBM, Ford", 20 Jun 2016...
- Related stories: Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Daimler Ford IBM Rheinmetall
Human Rights Translated 2.0: A Business Reference Guide
Author: Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Global Compact
This publication provides company managers and staff with essential knowledge of what human rights are and how they are relevant for business. It also outlines some key elements of what it means to respect and support human rights in practice. It is...
- Related in-depth areas: Guidance & Tools Guidance on human rights policies Guidance tools for business Positive company initiatives
- Related companies: 7-Eleven Abercrombie & Fitch Academi (formerly Blackwater) adidas Alphabet Amalgamated Bank Anjin (joint venture Anhui Foreign Economic Construction, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation & Govt. of Zimbabwe) Barneys Beowulf Mining Boeing Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield Services) Century Miracle Jordan Chinalco (Aluminum Corporation of China) Chiquita Facebook First Quantum Minerals Ford Forever 21 Foxconn (part of Hon Hai) GEO Group Google (part of Alphabet) Hershey Hon Hai Hospira Hudbay Minerals Jeppesen (part of Boeing) Kroger L'Oreal LafargeHolcim Lonmin Lundbeck Lush Mars Microsoft Mylan Laboratories Nestlé Newmont PepsiCo Pfizer Qatar Airways Rio Tinto Skanska Standard Chartered Tahoe Resources Telenor Tesco Unilever Vedanta Resources Vodafone
Paper assesses impact of US Supreme Court Kiobel decision on transnational litigation of corporate human rights abuses since 2013
Author: Maria Chiara Marullo & Francisco Javier Zamora Cabot, Universidad Jaume I (Spain)
"Transnational Human Rights Litigations. Kiobel's Touch and Concern: A Test under Construction", 14 Apr 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Arab Bank Chevron Chiquita Cisco Systems Daimler ExxonMobil Ford Nestlé Rio Tinto Shell Sinopec
Oxfam publishes new report on tax avoidance practices of US corporate giants & calls on govt. to ensure firms pay fair share of taxes
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Companies’ water targets should be ambitious & specific to local contexts, say experts
Author: Oliver Balch, Guardian (UK)
"What will happen if the world's biggest companies don't take water seriously?", 13 Apr 2016...
- Related companies: Anheuser-Busch InBev Coca-Cola Ford General Mills Nestlé Target