Monthly Archives: March 2012

Over the last 12 years, governments, major multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations have worked together to make sure that when companies extract resources in some of the most difficult places on earth, they take tangible steps to minimize the risk … Continue reading →

The World Gold Council, whose members comprise the world’s leading gold mining companies, today unveils its “Exposure Draft” of the Conflict-Free Gold Standard. The objective of the Standard is to create absolute trust that the gold produced under its guidelines neither fuels armed conflict, … Continue reading →

Petra is fully committed to upholding the human rights of all of its stakeholders, including its employees, contractors and partners, and as such has a policy of fair dealing and integrity in place in terms of the conduct of its … Continue reading →

Security arrangements comprise the processes, infrastructure and assets a company uses to protect its employees and property. These arrangements may have particular relevance to industries with production facilities in politically and socially volatile or remote areas, such as extractive or … Continue reading →

Mondi subscribes to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. We are a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and ensure the alignment of our policies and practices with these principles … Continue reading →

March 29 will see La Trobe Business School present a seminar looking in depth at the impact of human rights on business and featuring guest speakers Alexandra Guáqueta, member United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights and 2011 … Continue reading →

BP’s operations in Colombia, which were transferred to new ownership in 2011, played a central role in the development of our company-wide approach to security and human rights.  The Casanare province, where BP began operating in the mid-1980s, is an … Continue reading →

Human rights Respect for human rights is one of our core Business Principles and commitments in our CSR policy. We support and respect internationally recognised human rights, and apply a ‘rights aware’ approach in identifying, assessing and addressing issues that … Continue reading →