Weekly Update - 12 October 2016

• Greenpeace, typhoon survivors, and community organizations from the Philippines submitted the petition
• we invited the fossil fuel companies named to respond; responses by Anglo American, BHP Billiton, BP, Eni, Freeport-McMoRan, Glencore & Rio Tinto
• 40 other companies have not yet responded - we encourage these companies to share their responses
• see also: Philippines Human Rights Commission orders companies to respond to petition on human rights & climate change impacts

(photo credit: Greenpeace)

Intl. Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association

Amnesty Intl. & Intl. Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)

South Centre

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, and Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

AFP; Africa News

Nation (Nigeria)

Alternative Information & Development Centre (So. Africa)

Business in Vancouver; Nevsun Resources; Canadian Centre for Intl. Justice

• summary profile of lawsuit also available here

Conectas Direitos Humanos (Brazil)

• company page on water quality response also provided

Resolve; Newmont

Community Legal Education Center

• we invited C&A to respond; in its response, company sets out steps it is taking

Washington Post

Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Danish Institute for Human Rights

• draft is intended to sensitise stakeholders to human rights impacts of mining

• we invited companies reportedly approached by Japanese Govt. to respond
• response by Mitsubishi Electric
• NEC stated it has a "policy not to comment" on research projects 
• Fuji Heavy Industries did not respond

• stadium construction to follow current regulations, rely on corporate self-regulation 
• main article only in Japanese - short unofficial summary provided in English

The Climate Group

Pan-Armenian Environmental Front Civic Initiative

• we invited Lydian Intl. to respond; it did not

Katerina Yiannibas, Human Rights in Business

Habi Center for Environmental Rights

Water Online

• policy forum on land & women's empowerment (13 Oct, London)
• free online course on modern day slavery (starts 17 Oct, online)
• forum on modern slavery & forced labour (17 Oct, Washington DC)
• women's empowerment & role of the private sector (17 Oct, London)
• webinar: how to develop a human rights policy (17 Oct, online)
• Arabia CSR forum (19-20 Oct, Dubai)
• doing business with respect for human rights (19-20 Oct, Cologne)
• "Intl. Conference on Business and Human Rights" (20-21 Oct, Seville)
• summit meeting on sustainable supply chains (20-21 Oct, London)

• African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (Research Consultants, Access to Remedy)
• Corporate Europe Observatory (Outreach & Mobilisation Organiser)
• Corruption Watch (Senior Legal Researcher with Investigative Skills)
• CSR Europe (Project Manager Supply Chain Sustainability)
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (Program Director, Health Equity)
• OECD Watch/SOMO (Advocacy Lead)