The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre...published...a link to my article...and asked the company to respond. The article highlights the use of Volvo construction machinery by the Israeli military as a tool in the occupation...Wikforss [Vice President of Media Relations & Corporate News of Volvo Group] clarifies that Volvo Cars [part of Ford] and Volvo Group are not part of the same company...Volvo Construction Equipment [part of Volvo Group] is the manufacturer of the piece of equipment seen...in the article, according to Wikforss. Although Volvo Group and Volvo Cars are not part of the same company, there are still close ties...[T]he wheeled excavator...has been used by Israeli forces to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank...The Volvo Group Code of Conduct [states]..."within its sphere of influence, the Volvo Group supports and respects the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights..."...The use of Volvo...equipment in illegal activities is a breach not only of international law, but also of Volvo's own Code of Conduct...Volvo should be concerned and...investigate how construction equipment can end up this way in the hands of the Israeli military...[also refers to Caterpillar, Riwal, Wates Construction]