Weekly Update - 25 February 2015

• new interactive platforms allow users to explore, compare & learn about company & govt. actions across regions, sectors, issues
• available in 9 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian & Spanish
• we invite further company & govt. contributions as well as civil society commentaries

AFP

Guardian (UK)

Intl. Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); Voxy (New Zealand)

HR Magazine (UK)

New Vision (Uganda)

Khanya Mncwabe of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in Mail & Guardian (So. Africa)

• also available: Alternative Mining Indaba declaration urges company & govt. action on taxation & illicit financial flows, transparency, environmental, gender & community impacts, labour rights

Friends of the Earth Europe; Ecologist (UK)

• includes statement by Wilmar Intl., part-owner of Oil Palm Uganda Ltd.

Reuters

Forest Peoples Programme

Baltimore Business Journal (USA);  Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility; Cleveland Plain Dealer (USA)

Associated Press

Guardian (UK)

• also available in German: Eingestürzte Fabrik in Bangladesch: Benetton will zahlen
• Clean Clothes Campaign calls on Benetton to contribute at least USD 5 million 
• see also: Bangladesh: Accord on Fire and Building Safety publishes first quarterly aggregate progress report

Democratic Voice of Burma

Bobbie Sta. Maria and Irene Pietropaoli of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in Guardian (UK)

• see also: Myanmar Foreign Investment Tracking Project - new response from Ericsson
• project creates public database of foreign companies investing or operating in Myanmar, and their human rights commitments

Fibre2Fashion

CIDSE; Committee on Intl. Trade; SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations)

• also provided: SOMO warns that proposal must not be limited to four minerals

Guardian (UK)

Yemen Times

• we invited Kosmos Energy to respond - response provided

AFP

• discussion on fighting corporate abuse of power (London, 2 Mar)
• EJOLT Conference: "Building the Road to Environmental Justice" (Brussels, 3 Mar)
• responsible sourcing summit (West Hollywood, 3-4 Mar)
• debate on effectiveness of UN Guiding Principles (Belfast, 4 Mar)
• course: human rights due diligence for Canadian mining firms (Toronto, 6 Mar)

• Frank Bold (Events & Communications Internship)
• Global Network Initiative (Google Policy Fellowship)
• International Labor Rights Forum (2 posts: Campaigner; Legal & Policy Analyst)
• Legal Resources Centre (2 posts: Researcher, Extractives; Researcher, Toxic Chemicals, Mining & Human Rights)  
• ShareAction (Director of Campaigns)

Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos

• 94 empresas y 41 gobiernos hacen públicas sus medidas en materia de empresas y derechos humanos

Rel-UITA (Uruguay)

El Espectador (Colombia); EFE

El Clarín (Argentina)

Gestión

El Diario.net (Bolivia)

Fundación Ideas para la Paz (Colombia)

El País

ComunicaRSE (Argentina)

El Comercio (Ecuador)

Milenio (México)

AP & AM de Querétaro (México)

El Correo

Red Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos (México)

El Heraldo (Honduras)

Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos (Guatemala)

Centre de Ressources sur les Entreprises et les Droits de l'Homme

• 94 entreprises et 41 gouvernements divulguent leurs initiatives sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme
• Les utilisateurs peuvent découvrir, comparer et s'informer sur les initiatives des entreprises et des gouvernements
• Nous accueillons de nouvelles contributions des entreprises et des gouvernments, ainsi que des commentaires de la société civile

Lefaso.net ; L'Observateur Paalga ; Le Pays (Burkina Faso)

• Nous avons invité True Gold à répondre - réponse disponible

Radio Okapi (Rép. dém. du Congo)

AFP

AFP; Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette

Novethic (France) 

Les Echos (France)

El Correo (Espagne)

AFP

AFP & Le Monde (France)

Mediacongo.net (Rép. dém. du Congo)