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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 →

As Senior Vice President for Sustainability Research and Policy since 2006, Bennett Freeman has led Calvert’s Sustainability Research Department and its environmental, social and governance research analysis, shareholder advocacy and public policy work of the largest family of sustainable and … Continue reading →

We seek to uphold high standards of honest and ethical behaviour. Operating our company openly, fairly and with integrity best serves our many stakeholders as well as our business. It’s also the right thing to do. Our Code of Business … Continue reading →

ANALYSIS As the number of private military and security companies continues to grow at an alarming rate, the need for a regulatory and control system of their activities, particularly within the African continent, cannot be overemphasised. Despite the fact that … Continue reading →

As our business grows and evolves, we remain committed to upholding the human rights of the people impacted by our operations. For an energy company, our direct impact on human rights is quite low. Most of our operations are based … Continue reading →

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever’s London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by … Continue reading →

African Barrick Gold (ABG) has partnered with Search for Common Ground to facilitate conflict resolution and help reinforce the company’s own efforts to improve relations between the North Mara mine and the villages surrounding the Tanzanian operation. Search for Common … Continue reading →

ATTN: Ms. Danielle McMullan, Researcher and Mr. Christopher Avery, Director RE: Enbridge Inc. Response to Human Rights Issues of Northern Gateway Project Dear Ms. McMullan and Mr. Avery: Thank you for the opportunity to provide a rejoinder to Enbridge Inc.’s response … Continue reading →