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FTSE4Good leaves coal and oil firms and G4S on ethical investment list despite environmental and labour rights concerns; incl. comments

Author: Jasper Jolly, The Guardian

Note: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre previously asked G4S for a response to allegations of labour abuse in Qatar and UAE, available here....

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• Related companies: ConocoPhillips Enel Eni G4S Imperial Oil Itochu Lundin Petroleum Marathon Oil Origin Energy Reliance Industries Rosneft Shell Suncor Total

Danish pension fund blacklists 10 oil companies over failure to adapt long-term business models to Paris Agreement goals

Author: Rachel Fixsen, Investment & Pensions Europe

The Danish pension fund for academics, MP Pension, has blacklisted 10 of the world’s largest oil firms, a decision that will mean divesting DKK644m (€86m) of stocks....

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• Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
• Related companies: BP Chevron China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Equinor (formerly Statoil) ExxonMobil Petrobras PetroChina (part of China National Petroleum Corporation) Rosneft Shell Sinopec Total

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Key Findings Report 2018

Author: Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

Since its inception, the CHRB has been aiming to answer a deceptively simple question; which companies perform best on human rights issues? [...] [T]his document [...] rank[s] 101 of the world’s largest companies in high human-rights-risk sectors and...

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• Related companies: adidas AEON Ahold Delhaize Anadarko (now part of Occidental Petroleum) Anglo American Anheuser-Busch InBev Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Associated British Foods BHP (formerly BHP Billiton) BP BRF Canadian Natural Resources Carrefour Chevron China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) China Shenhua Energy (part of Shenhua Group) CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) Coal India (CIL) Coca-Cola Compass Group ConocoPhillips (Phillips Petroleum) Costco Couche-Tard Danone Devon Energy Diageo Ecopetrol Eni EOG Resources Equinor (formerly Statoil) ExxonMobil Falabella Fast Retailing Freeport-McMoRan Gap Gazprom General Mills Glencore Goldcorp (now Newmont) Grupo México Hanesbrands Heilan Home Heineken Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Hermes Hershey Inditex Kellogg Kering (formerly PPR, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute) Kohl's Kraft Heinz Kroger Kweichow Moutai Company L Brands, Inc. Lukoil LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton Macy's Marathon Oil Marks & Spencer McDonald's Mondelēz International Monster Beverage Corporation Nestlé Next Nike Nordstrom Norilsk Nickel Occidental Petroleum ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) PepsiCo Pernod Ricard Petrobras PetroChina (part of China National Petroleum Corporation) Phillips 66 Prada PTT Repsol Rio Tinto Rosneft Ross Stores Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) Sasol Shenhua Group Shoprite Starbucks Suncor Surgutneftegas Sysco Tapestry (Formerly Coach) Target Tesco TJX Total Under Armour Unilever Vale Valero Energy VF Corp Walmart Wesfarmers Woolworths Group YUM!

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark 2018 Progress Report

In 2017, CHRB launched the first Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, a landmark assessment of the largest public companies in the agricultural products, apparel and extractives industries. In 2018, CHRB will be releasing the follow up benchmark and...

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• Related companies: adidas AEON Ahold Delhaize Anadarko (now part of Occidental Petroleum) Anglo American Anheuser-Busch InBev Associated British Foods BHP (formerly BHP Billiton) BRF Canadian Natural Resources Carrefour Chevron China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) Coal India (CIL) Coca-Cola Compass Group ConocoPhillips (Phillips Petroleum) Costco Danone Devon Energy Diageo Ecopetrol EOG Resources Equinor (formerly Statoil) ExxonMobil Falabella Fast Retailing Freeport-McMoRan Gap Gazprom General Mills Glencore Goldcorp (now Newmont) Grupo México Hanesbrands Heilan Home Heinz (now Kraft Heinz) Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Hermes Hershey Inditex Kellogg Kering (formerly PPR, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute) Kohl's Kroger L Brands, Inc. Lukoil LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton Macy's Marathon Petroleum Marks & Spencer McDonald's Monster Beverage Corporation Nestlé Next Nike Nordstrom Norilsk Nickel Occidental Petroleum ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) PepsiCo Petrobras PetroChina (part of China National Petroleum Corporation) Phillips 66 Prada PTT Repsol Rio Tinto Rosneft Ross Stores Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) Sasol Shoprite Starbucks Suncor Surgutneftegas Sysco Tapestry (Formerly Coach) Target Tesco TJX Total Under Armour Unilever Vale Valero Energy VF Corp Woolworths Group YUM!

Russia: Oil co. Rosneft to pay 119 million rubles for environmental damage

Author: Nina Chuvaeva, SurgutinterNovosti

Порывы на нефтепроводах неоднократно происходили в Нефтеюганском районе. Общая площадь загрязненного участка земель лесного фонда составила более 16 га, а ущерб окружающей среде в результате загрязнения – свыше 119 млн рублей. При этом нефтяные...

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• Related companies: Rosneft

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Key Findings Report 2017

Author: Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Limited (CHRB Ltd)

The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Key Findings Report was released 13 Mar 17....

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• Related stories: Corporate Human Rights Benchmark releases ranking results on human rights performance of 98 companies
• Related companies: adidas AEON Anadarko (now part of Occidental Petroleum) Anglo American Anheuser-Busch InBev Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Associated British Foods BHP (formerly BHP Billiton) BP BRF Canadian Natural Resources Carrefour Chevron China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) China Shenhua Energy (part of Shenhua Group) CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) Coal India (CIL) Coca-Cola Compass Group ConocoPhillips (Phillips Petroleum) Costco Couche-Tard Danone Devon Energy Diageo Dior (part of LVMH) Ecopetrol Eni EOG Resources Equinor (formerly Statoil) ExxonMobil Falabella Fast Retailing Freeport-McMoRan Gap Gazprom General Mills Glencore Goldcorp (now Newmont) Grupo México Hanesbrands Heilan Home Heineken Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Hermes Hershey Inditex Kellogg Kering (formerly PPR, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute) Kohl's Kraft Heinz Kroger Kweichow Moutai Company L Brands, Inc. Lukoil Macy's Marathon Oil Marks & Spencer McDonald's Mondelēz International Nestlé Next Nike Nordstrom Norilsk Nickel Occidental Petroleum ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) PepsiCo Pernod Ricard Petrobras PetroChina (part of China National Petroleum Corporation) Phillips 66 Prada PTT Repsol Rio Tinto Rosneft Ross Stores Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) Sasol Shoprite Starbucks Suncor Surgutneftegas Sysco Tapestry (Formerly Coach) Target Tesco TJX Total Under Armour Unilever Vale Valero Energy VF Corp Walmart Woolworths Group Woolworths Group Australia YUM!

Is Congress voting for corruption?

Author: [opinion] Isabel Munilla, senior policy advisor for extractive industries - Oxfam America, in The Hill (USA)

...[You] might find it perplexing that scrapping an anti-corruption law is at the top of the congressional to-do list in Washington.  But Congress will seek to do just that this week by voting to roll back rules to implement the landmark bipartisan...

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• Related stories: Publish What You Pay urges oil, gas & mining firms to support US law on disclosure of payments to govts. - statements of support by 13 firms US Congress undoes Dodd-Frank regulations on extractive industry revenue transparency
• Related companies: BHP Billiton BNP Paribas BP Chevron ExxonMobil Gazprom Glencore ING Kosmos Energy Rio Tinto Rosneft Shell UBS