Areas of concern highlighted by the briefing include: forced labour & other forms of labour exploitation; discrimination at work or by companies; companies' involvement in government surveillance violating privacy rights; health & safety at work; concerns related to private military & security companies including excessive use of force, intimidation and threats; concerns related to extractives; and tax evasion limiting governments’ resources that could be used to tackle poverty and provide social services...The briefing refers to cases in or involving companies headquartered in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK...[Refers to Apple, Conserve Italia, Cooperative, La Doria, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, Amazon, IKEA, Marks & Spencer, Primark, Skype, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo!, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica, Telenor, Vodafone, France Telecom (now Orange), Renault, Merrill-Lynch (part of Bank of America), Heineken, Intel, British Airways, BT, Bupa, RBS, Mars, Procter & Gamble, Accenture, Deloitte, Hensel European Security Services (Hess), G4S, Cuadrilla Resources, Eldorado Gold, Beowulf Mining, Barclays, Starbucks, adidas, Rio Tinto, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills, Barclays, BBVA, Credit Suisse, ING Bank, RBS Group, UBS, UniCredit, Unilever, H&M, Nestlé, Kuoni, Mazars, Danzer, Riwal, Amesys, Vinci, Qosmos]