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Broadening the Corporate Commitment to HIV and AIDS
Author: Business for Social Responsibility
[refers to positive steps by Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Unilever, Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, DaimerChrysler, De Beers]
Workers Demand Independent Health Assessment [India]
Author: United Citizens Council of Kodaikanal, Palni Hills Conservation Council, and Greenpeace India
Employees from the now-closed controversial Hindustan Lever Thermometer thermometer factory in Kodaikanal today condemned the company's efforts to stifle their right to demand an independent medical and health evaluation for the mercury contamination...
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- Related companies: Hindustan Unilever Unilever
Being seen to be green helps corporate image
Author: Michael Skapinker, Financial Times
An FT survey that gave companies plaudits for their environmental record included some surprise choices [includes reference to Body Shop, BP, Royal Dutch/Shell, Toyota, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Vivendi, Honda, Ford, Siemens, GE, IBM, Volkswagen...
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- Related companies: Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) Body Shop (part of Natura) BP ExxonMobil Ford General Electric Honda IBM McDonald's Microsoft Procter & Gamble Shell Siemens Toyota Unilever Veolia (formerly Vivendi Environnement) Volkswagen
CorpWatch article criticises UN Global Compact (refers to Aventis, DaimlerChrysler, Nike, Rio Tinto, Norsk Hydro, Royal Dutch/Shell, Unilever)
Greenwash + 10: The UN's Global Compact, Corporate Accountability and the Johannesburg Earth Summit
Author: Kenny Bruno, CorpWatch
[includes reference to Unilever]
Greenwash + 10: The UN's Global Compact, Corporate Accountability and the Johannesburg Earth Summit
Author: Kenny Bruno, CorpWatch
[includes references to Aventis, DaimlerChrysler, Nike, Rio Tinto, Norsk Hydro, Royal Dutch/Shell, Unilever]
[PDF] Regulating business via multistakeholder initiatives: A preliminary assessment
Author: Peter Utting, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
...this paper seeks to examine why multistakeholder initiatives have emerged as one of the dominant regulatory approaches in recent years...The schemes referred to include AA1000, the Clean Clothes Campaign, the Ethical Trading Initiative, the Fair...
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- Related companies: Aventis (now part of Sanofi) Chiquita Dole Gap Littlewoods Nike Norsk Hydro Rio Tinto Unilever
Letters to the Editor: Globalisation with a heart
Author: letter to editor from Anthony Westenberg, in Financial Times
Sir, I write regarding your article on Unilever's role in the "anti-globalisation" movement through its Ben & Jerry's subsidiary ("Unilever funds anti-capitalists", October 16). Hurray for them!...Many of those activist organisations are not...
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- Related companies: Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) Unilever