Weekly Updates: Companies We Have Invited to Respond to Concerns

Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns

Section 2: Companies beginning with C-F

(10 Feb 2005 – 8 Aug 2012)

The following chart lists companies we invited to respond to concerns raised by civil society and highlighted in our Weekly Updates – indicating the country, issue, and whether or not the company has sent us a response – with a link to the allegations and any response. Any company that has not yet responded is welcome to do so at any time.

This section of the chart covers companies with names beginning C-F; the other five alphabetical sections are here: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts

Our free Weekly Updates include the latest news and reports on companies’ human rights impacts: positive steps they are taking, and alleged abuses. Over 7500 opinion leaders worldwide have registered for the Updates. You can sign up to receive the Updates at: www.business-humanrights.org/Updates

When we plan to include allegations of misconduct in a Weekly Update, we invite the named company to respond, and any response appears in the Update. This helps ensure balance and encourages companies to address concerns raised by civil society. Since we launched the Updates in February 2005, over 75% of companies have responded. In some cases this has led to further comments, and then a further response by the company. In this way the Updates can help to keep issues alive until they have been addressed on the ground.

A list of the positive steps by companies that have been featured in our Weekly Updates is available here: www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts

Company
(C-F) / Country / Date of our
Update / Issue / Resp-
onse?
Caixabank
(Spain) / Mexico / 18 Jan 2012 / Alleged abuses at wind farm project in Mexico. Click here (Spanish only) / No
Cales yMorteros del Grijalva
(Mexico) / Mexico / 7 Dec 2011 / Cales y Morteros de Grijalva re negative impacts on health, environment in Mexico. Click her (Spainsh only) / Yes
Calyon
(France) / Angola / 12 Oct, 16 Nov 2005 / Global Witness report & Financial Times article raise concerns that loan to Angola’s state oil company Sonangol will perpetuate corruption & poverty. Click here / Yes
Canon
(Japan) / USA & Dem. Rep. of Congo / 18 July 2012 / Electronics companies must break from US Chamber on conflict minerals", say NGOs. Click here / No
Centerra Gold (Canada) / Mongolia / 4 Apr 2012 / NGOs lodge complaint with Canadian Govt. over environmental & health hazards posed by company operations Click here / Yes
Cargill
(USA) / Côte d'Ivoire / 7 Mar 2012 / "Bloody Valentine: Child Slavery in Ivory Coast's Cocoa Fields". Click here / Yes
Carlsberg (Denmark) / Cambodia / 7 June 2006 / Australian Council of Trade Unions campaign raises concerns about health & working conditions of "beer promotion women". Click here / Yes
Carlsberg (Denmark) / China / 18 Apr 2007 / CCTV footage shows joint-venture involving Carlsberg polluting local water supplies. Click here / Yes
Carlsberg (Denmark) / Lithuania / 15 Feb 2012 / Carlsberg accused of preventing workers from exercising right to collective bargaining. Click here / Yes
Carrefour
(France) / Bangladesh / 11 May 2005 / Factory of supplier Spectrum Sweater in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing 64 workers – Global textiles union (ITGLWF) and Clean Clothes Campaign raise concerns about working conditions prior to collapse. Click here / Yes
Carrefour
(France) / Bangladesh / 12 Oct, 19 Oct 2005 / Clean Clothes Campaign update on Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in which 64 workers died (April 05): lists companies allegedly supplying from the factory that have not yet pledged to contribute to compensation fund (including Carrefour). Click here / Yes
Carrefour
(France) / China / 17 Jan 2007 / Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here / No
Carrefour
(France) / Asia / 18 Mar, 22 Jul 2009 / Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount model leads to labour abuses at factories in Asia supplying Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Click here / Yes
Carrefour
(France) / Turkey / 3 Jun 2009 / Menderes Textil factory, Turkey: Clean Clothes Campaign raises concerns of anti-union activity, other labour abuses. Click here / Yes
Casio
(Japan) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
Caterham
(UK) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
Caterham F1
(Malaysia) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / Yes
Caterpillar
(USA) / Israel/ Occupied Territories / 23 Mar 2005 / Bulldozers used by Israeli army for destroying homes & trees, causing homelessness & poverty, according to report by War on Want & letter from UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Click here / Yes
Caterpillar
(USA) / Israel / 25 Jan 2012 / Report criticizes company over alleged complicity in Israel's demolitions of Palestinians' houses. Click here / Yes
Catlin
(Bermuda) / Burma / 20 Aug 2008 / Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma "support dictators". Click here / No
Celio
(France) / Bangladesh / 20 Jun 2012 / Institute for Global Labour & Human Rights calls on major fashion brands to stop beatings & imprisonment of workers in supply chain. Click here / Yes
Cellusys
(Ireland) / Syria, Iran, Israel occupied territories / 28 Mar 2012 / Dealings by companies in repressive countries raise concerns about business and human rights. Click here / Yes
Cementos Argos
(Colombia) / Colombia / 7 Mar 2012 / Movement of victims say company involved in land grabs. Click here (Spanish only) / Yes
Cemex
(Mexico) / Israel & the Occupied Territories / 29 Jun 2011 / Cemex accused of violating intl. law, OECD Guidelines, UN Global Compact - mining activities said to infringe on Palestinians' rights to self-determination. Click here / Yes
Cemex
(Mexico) / Mexico / 1 Feb 2012 / Evaluation of 2012 sustainability report notes strengths and weaknesses regarding human rights. Click here (Spanish only) / No
Centerra Gold (Canada) / Global / 20 Jan 2010 / CEE Bankwatch report says gold mining projects financed by European Bank for Reconstruction & Development harm environment, local communities in Armenia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan. Click here / Yes
Centerra Gold (Canada) / Kyrgyzstan / 15 Feb 2012 / Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine contaminates local ground & water used for drinking, says report. Click here / Yes
Centerra Gold (Canada) / Mongolia / 2 May 2012 / Company's full response to OECD Guidelines complaint regarding environmental, other concerns at its Boroo Mine / Gatsuurt gold deposit (further to previous update) Click here / Yes
Cermaq
(Norway) / Chile / 12 Jul 2006 / Serious concerns about working conditions in salmon industry, including workplace deaths. Click here / Yes
Cerrejón
(Colombia) / Colombia / 7 Jul 2010 / Report alleges Cerrejón coal mine, which supplies DONG Energy and Vattenfall, causes diseases, pollution, and poverty. Click here / Yes
Cerrejón
(Colombia) / Colombia / 25 May 2011 / Cerrejón’s union condemns new threats, harassment and attacks against two of their leaders. Click here (Spanish only) / Yes
Cerrejón
(Colombia) / Colombia / 21 Dec 2011 / Alleged negative impacts in Guajira, Colombia. Click here (Spanish only) / Yes
Cerrejón
(Colombia) / Australia, Colombia & Indonesia / 25 Jan 2012 / London Mining Network & Friends of the Earth released BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy ‘Alternative Annual Report 2011'. Click here / Yes
Charming Shoppes
(USA) / Guatemala / 18 Mar 2009 / Natl. Labor Committee (US) alleges women workers' rights abused at Nicotex factory, supplying Lane Bryant (part of Charming Shoppes), Briggs New York (part of Kellwood). Click here / Yes
Charming Shoppes
(USA) / Guatemala / 27 Oct 2010 / Natl. Labor Committee (US) alleges labour abuses at Alianza Fashion factory - including forced overtime, low wages, denial of freedom of association. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Ecuador / 23 Mar 2005 / Shareholder resolution by Amnesty USA & others requests Chevron to prepare report on its initiatives to address health & environmental concerns where Texaco operated in Ecuador. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Chad/
Cameroon / 7 Sep & 21 Sep 2005 / Chad-Cameroon pipeline: Amnesty International says governments, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Petronas are “contracting out” of their human rights obligations. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Dem. Rep. of Congo / 10 Oct 2007 / Community group concerned about toxic waste that Chevron buried between 1986-1990 & recently excavated. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Ecuador / 6 Aug 2008 / Chevron responds to Newsweek article on lobbying US Govt. to cut Ecuador trade preferences over toxic waste lawsuit. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Ecuador / 10 Sep 2008 / Commentary on Chevron's stance in Ecuador environmental lawsuit, by Daniel Taillant (Center for Human Rights & Environment - Argentina). Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Global / 17 Jun 2009 / Joint NGO report “True Cost of Chevron” raises concerns about its social & environmental impacts worldwide. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / USA / Armenia / 24 Jun 2009 / Companies including Chevron "likely lobbied" against US bill to name Turkey's killing of Armenians in early 1900s genocide. Click here. / No
Chevron
(USA) / Burma / 30 Sep,
4 Nov 2009 / Two EarthRights reports accuse Chevron & Total's Yadana pipeline of links to forced labour & killings, undermining sanctions. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Burma / 26 May 2010 / Mary Robinson and 167 other individuals & organizations call on Chevron, PTTEP, Total to practice revenue transparency in Burma. Click here. / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Angola / 21 Jul 2010 / Activists worried that existing safeguards leave communities vulnerable to major oil spills; allege negative environmental impact from Chevron's operations in Cabinda. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Burma / 21 Jul 2010 / EarthRights Intl. report alleges Total, Chevron, PTTEP complicit in killings and forced labour in Burma. Click here / No
Chevron
(USA) / Burma / 19 Jan 2011 / EarthRights says Norwegian Govt. complicit in abuses in Burma through investment in oil companies operating there, including Chevron. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / USA / 25 May 2011 / Disclosures to investors on risks associated with Ecuador oil pollution judgment – questioned by NGOs.
Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Ecuador / 25 Jan 2012 / Articles on environmental pollution trial against Chevron in Ecuador. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Burma / 25 Jan 2012 / Shareholder activists pressureChevronfor increased transparency about its payments to Burmese Govt. Click here / Yes
Chevron
(USA) / Burma (Myanmar) / 21 Mar 2012 / Shareholders’ letter raises concerns regarding company’s operations in the country. Click here / No
Chevron
(USA) / Kazakhstan / 20 Jun 2012 / NGO says KPO (part-owned by Chevron) pollutes local environment causing health issues, also alleges workplace discrimination by contractors. Click here / No
Chi Fung
(El Salvador) / El Salvador / 17 Feb 2010 / National Labor Committee alleges labour abuses atChi FungFactory supplying Reebok& National Football League. Click here / Yes
China Construction Bank
(China) / China / 31 Aug 2011 / NGOs' report rates banks on environmental responsibility in lending. Click here / No
China Merchants Bank
(China) / China / 31 Aug 2011 / NGOs' report rates banks on environmental responsibility in lending. Click here. / Yes
China Power Investment
(China) / Burma / 20 Feb 2008 / Construction of Myitsone dam (China Power Investment, Burmese Govt.) begins - concerns of extortion & abuse of villagers by army. Click here / No
China Power Investment
(China) / Burma / 25 Nov 2009 / Kachin Development Networking Group calls for stop to Irrawaddy dam project (joint venture between China Power Investment, Asia World Company and the State Peace and Development Council of the Burmese military government), due to major human rights, environmental impacts. Click here / No
China Power Investment
(China) / Burma / 17 Mar 2010 / Kachin Development Networking Group says China Power Investment dam will displace 15,000. Click here / No
China Power Investment
(China) / Burma / 27 Jul 2011 / Burma:China Power Investmentaccused of ignoring internal report calling for cancellation of Myitsone Dam. Click here / No
China Railway (China) / Ecuador / 2 May 2012 / Company response regarding regarding impacts of mining in Ecuador Click here / Yes
China Railway (China) / Ecuador / 23 Mar 2011 / Alleged human rights abuses at project of its subsidiary Corriente Resources. Click here / Yes