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Main Content: Weekly Updates archive - including company responses & NGO commentary

To view a past Update, click on the date when it was sent.

The companies listed are those featured in each Update -- e.g. in items criticising their conduct (often accompanied by a response from the company), or for positive initiatives they have undertaken.

July 2008

16 Jul – Anglo American, Bionexx, Casino, Eagle Industries, Fechheimer Brothers, MicroBank (La Caixa), OceanaGold, Pfizer, POSCO, Propper International, Toyota, Wal-Mart

9 Jul - adidas, Alexander Gold, Blackwater, Blauer, Bob Barker, CACI, Cintas, CNPC, Eagle Industries, Frechheimer Brothers, Holcim, L-3 (formerly Titan), Lion Apparel, Minefinders, Minera Dolores (part of Minefinders), Minera Majaz (part of Monterrico Metals), New Balance, Nike, Propper International, Puma, Rocky Brand, Sinopec, Speedo (part of Pentland Group), Surpassing Shoe, Total, Umbro, Williamson Dickie

2 Jul - AngloGold Ashanti, Barclays, Botnia, Gap, Giesecke & Devrient, Grupo Agbar, IBM, ONGC, Shell, Syngenta, Tesco, Toyota, Universitario de Deportes

June 2008

25 Jun - Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Bajo La Alumbrera, Barclays, BAT, BP, Carrefour, Hotel Hesperia, Kasaï Oriental, Minera Maya Níquel, Nestlé, Pluspetrol, Primark, Repsol, Rio Tinto, Shell, Talisman, Trafigura, WPP, Zara (part of Inditex)

18 Jun - BP, ExxonMobil, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Minera Majaz (part of Monterrico Metals), Novo Nordisk, Premier Oil, Primark, Schering-Plough, Statoil, Taser International, Teva, Wyeth

11 Jun - Anglo American, ArcelorMittal, Blackwater, Bradesco, CELCO, Cemex, Chevron, Comfamiliar Risaralda, Endesa, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Grupo ACP, Nestlé, Newmont, Paralife, Trafigura, Unibanco, Yahoo!

4 Jun - AES, AngloGold Ashanti, BASF, CMEC, General Electric, Golden Star, Goldfields, Group 4 Securicor, Lapindo Brantas, Lee Group, Microsoft, Newmont, Perenco, Redback

May 2008

28 May - Bankinter, BBVA, Burger King, Grameenphone, Microsoft, Nintendo, Reliance, Servimedia, Sony, Telenor, Valencia CF, Volcán

21 May - ABB, ArcelorMittal, Areva, Cisco, Co-operative Bank, Gilmar, Google, IBM, Monsanto, PetroChina, Quilmes (part of InBev), Repsol YPF, Shell, Telefónica, Total, Vedanta, Yahoo!

14 May - Abbott, Abercrombie & Kent, Anaversa, Asia TransPacific Journeys, BBVA, Blackwater, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chevron, Chiquita, Cromatos de México, De Beers, Disney, Exotissimo, Fertiberia, Google, Intrepid Travel, Johnson & Johnson, KBR, Leber Jeweler, Lonely Planet, McDonald's, Microsoft, Prosegur, SEP-Congo, Timberland Homes, Total

7 May - adidas, ArcelorMittal, Bayer, Carrefour, Chiquita, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Diageo, ISA, Kodak, McDonald's, Microsoft, Occidental, Reuters, SAB Miller, Sumitomo Chemical, UBS España, Unilever, Vodafone

April 2008

30 Apr - adidas, ArcelorMittal, Archer Daniels Midland, Bayer, Casesa, Chevron, Credit Suisse, DHL, Dow, Du Pont, ExxonMobil, Falcon Seguridad, Frisby, GE, Kodak, Manpower, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Prosegur, Rosamor, Sasol, Tesco, Titan Industries, US Steel

23 Apr - Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Arcor, BC Hydro, Bechtel, BNP Paribas, Cadena Cope, Caixa Sabadell, Chevron/Texaco, Coca Cola, Credit Suisse, Enbridge, Goldcorp, L'Oréal, PDG, Suncor, Syncrude, Telus, Transalta, Vancity

17 Apr - Special alert sent to Weekly Update recipients, regarding release of report by John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on business & human rights

16 Apr - adidas, Banco Bradesco, Bosch, Burger King, Cemex, Chevron, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Doe Run Perú, Erinys, Grupo ACP, JPMorgan Chase, Paralife, Unibanco, Wells Fargo

9 Apr - adidas, Anvil Mining, ArmorGroup, Caja Navarra, Chevron, Dasan Confección, DKV Seguros, Doe Run, ExxonMobil, Google, Grupo Vips, HP, KBR, Microsoft, Nigeria Agip, NNPC, Renault, Roots, Shell, Total

2 Apr - Albertsons, Alcoa, BP, Chevron, Cicada Films, Ecobank, Ecsa, Grameen Bank, IBM, OceanaGold, Sasol, Veolia

March 2008

26 Mar - Anglo American, Fidelity Investments, Google, KBR, La Caixa, Nestlé, Nordstrom, Occidental, Patagonia, Pluspetrol, Yahoo!

19 Mar - adidas, Allianz, Anglo American, BBVA, BHP Billiton, British American Tobacco, Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata), Chiquita, Deutsche Bank, GE, International Tobacco, Lenovo, Mazda Motor, McDonald's, Philip Morris, Wal-Mart, Woermann Line, Xstrata, Yahoo!

12 Mar - Alstom, Baterías Récord, Brazilian Renewable Energy (Brenco), Brilliant Earth, Ericsson, Grupo México, Hitachi, Igloo Diamonds, Microsoft, Motorola, Nike, Nokia, Pioneer, Samsung, Signal, Total, Toyota, Willis

5 Mar - Aguas Claras, Amsterdam Port Services, Anglo American, Avon, BBVA, eBay, Elcogás, Nestlé, Norilsk, Roche, Rio Tinto, Trafigura, Vodafone, Yahoo!

February 2008

27 Feb - AngloGold Ashanti, ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton, BP America, Chevron, ConocoPhilips, ExxonMobil, GlaxoSmithKline, Industrial Minera México (part of Grupo Mexico), Peabody Energy, Saceites, Shell, StatoilHydro, Tate & Lyle, Yahoo!

20 Feb - Acindar, Aguas Claras, China Power Investment, Crédit Agricole, Grameen Bank, House of Raeford, Pacific Rim Mining, Pfizer, RUSAL

13 Feb - Alstom, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Endel (part of Suez), Lehman Brothers, sanofi-aventis

6 Feb - AES, Blackwater, BNP Paribas, BP, Cape PLC, China Railway Engineering, Citigroup, Fibre & Fabrics International, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, KBR, Merck, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, Nestlé, Pfizer, Sinohydro, Trafigura

January 2008

30 Jan - Aegis, Agility, Baterías RECORD, Blackwater, BNP Paribas, Cadbury Schweppes, Caixa Catalunya, Crédit Agricole, Crescent Security, Custer Battles, Entremares, Fiber & Fabrics Intl., Firestone, HSBC, KBR, Lev Leviev, Monsanto, Natixis, Nestlé, Nike, Société Générale, Starbucks, Tate & Lyle, TNT, Triple Canopy, Unilever, UPS, Zapata Engineering

23 Jan - Chevron, Google, H&M, Krenholm, Marimekko, Marks & Spencer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Rualer, SESA Select, Tenglong Aromatic PX, Tesco

16 Jan - ABN Amro, adidas, AngloGold Ashanti, Bear Stearns, Biwater, Caja Madrid, Coca-Cola, Franklin Resources, Full Start, HP, HSBC, IBM, Lev Leviev, Marco Aldany, PeruRail, Real Madrid, Singer, Tesco, Tiffany

9 Jan - Alcoa, Citigroup, Dow Chemical, Duke Energy, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Grupo Calvo, Kenya Airways, Korea 2000, McKinsey, Pemex, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Xerox

2 Jan - AES, CIGNA, Electrabel, Firestone, Halliburton, HDFC, Hindustan Lever, ICICI, Johnson & Johnson, KBR, KPMG, Pemex, Tata, Volvo

December 2007

19 Dec - Abbott Laboratories, Arent Fox, BHP Billiton, Confinam, Full Start, Google, Koidu Holdings, Singer, Visa, Wyeth, Xstrata

12 Dec - Abbott Laboratories, Acciona Energía, adidas, Alstom, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Anheuser-Busch, Areva, AstraZeneca, Atos Origin, BHP Billiton, Bosch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, Global Coal Management, Goldcorp, Goldman Sachs, Google, Lenovo, Manulife, Merck, McDonald's, Microsoft, Monterrico Metals, NF Segurança, Novartis, Oxus Gold, Panasonic, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, Roche, Samsung, Sanofi-Aventis, Sibuyan Nickel Property Development Corp (SNPDC), Staples, Stock, Suez, Swatch, Syngenta, ThyssenKrupp, UPS, Vattenfall, Vedanta Resources, Veolia, Visa, Vodafone, Volkswagen, Wal-Mart, Xstrata

5 Dec - CFE, Compagnie Financière Tradition, DynCorp, Fibres & Fabrics International, Vedanta Resources

November 2007

28 Nov - Aramco, Barrick Gold, Cipla, Coca-Cola, Electricity Company of Ghana, Google, Hankook Tire, Quality Chemical Industries, Rio Tinto Alcan, Standard Chartered, Vedanta, Virgin

21 Nov - Advance Agro, Chiquita, Compañía Brasileña de Azúcar y Etanol (Agrisul), Gap, Merck, MTN Uganda, Repsol, Wal-Mart 

14 Nov - Amazon.com, Barclays, Blackwater, Bulgari, Cargill, Cartier, Chemaf, Cisco, DynCorp, Google, Leber Jeweler, Magma-Lubumbashi, Nestlé, Pemex, SELI, Shell, SNC-Lavalin, Total, Tiffany, Unilever, Vedanta, Yahoo!, Zambia Copper Investments

7 Nov - Anglo American, Amvac, Banorte, CACI, Chiquita, Cisco, Dole, Dow, Fresh Del Monte, Fyffes, Gap, Golden Fields, Google, Inditex, L-3 Titan (part of L-3 Communications), Peam Chaing, Vedanta, Yahoo!

October 2007

31 Oct - Alstom, Anglo American, Anglo-Eastern Plantations, Asda (part of Wal-Mart), Babajob, Banesto, Banco Popular, Barclays, Barrick Gold, BBVA, BHP Billiton, Blackwater, Bramali, Burton (part of Arcadia), Caja Madrid, Changshuo Technology (part of Asus), Codelco, Continental Clothing, Deutsche Bank, Gap, La Caixa, Matalan, Microsoft, Petrobras, Plexus Cotton, Rio Tinto, Santander, Suncor Energy, Syngenta, Topman (part of Arcadia), Total, Veolia, Weyerhaeuser, Woodside Petroleum

24 Oct - Alstom, Anglo American, Bahía de Tela, Banco Santander, BP, Cargill, Daewoo, GrupoNueva, Lafarge, Procter & Gamble, Monsanto, Nestlé, Syngenta, Total, Toyota, Unilever, Veolia, Vodafone

17 Oct - Ankur, Barclays, Bayer, Blackwater, BP, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Continuum Resources, Deutsche Bank, DHL (part of Deutsche Post), Dole, Dow, ExxonMobil, Ford, Fujitsu, General Motors, IBM, Lahmeyer, Monsanto, Nestlé, Nuziveedu, Rasi, Telefónica, Total, UBS, Yahoo!

10 Oct - adidas, Akqa Mobile, Altan Dornod Mongol, Blackwater, British Airways, Cartier, Chevron, Danone, General Electric, Grupo México, Harbin, Hyatt, Repsol, Shell, Total, UPS, Virgin, XL Airways

3 Oct - Ascendant Copper, Blackwater, Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, Promel, Reebok, Shell, Swiss Re, Total, YouTube

September 2007

26 Sep - Chevron, Chiquita, Coca-Cola, Gaslink, HP, Monterrico Metals, Rolls Royce, Total, Triodos Bank , Wal-Mart

19 Sep - Baterías Record, Blackwater, Caterpillar, El Corte Inglés, Harbin, Lahmeyer, Minera Majaz (part of Montericco Metals), SEAT

12 Sep - Alstom, Bionor, Body Shop, CNPC, Doe Run, Dyncorp, Edenor, Ericsson, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Harbin, Havas, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Lahmeyer, PetroChina, Philips, Shell, Smithfield, Vanguard

5 Sep - Aéroports de Paris, Baishanlin, BUCC, Google, HP, IBM, Metal Huasi, POSCO, Standard Flour Mills (part of Modandola Group), Tekno Química, Vedanta Resources

August 2007

29 Aug - AT&T, Bridgestone-Firestone, CFE, Coca-Cola, D&S, Danone, Glencore, Megaflex, Microsoft, Nam Theun, PepsiCo, SCA Tissue, Smithfield Foods, Thompson Electric, Unión Fenosa, Yahoo! 

22 Aug - Accor, Biwater, Botnia, Caresa, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Cummins, Daewoo Securities, Georgia Gulf, Go Daddy, HidroAysén, Hotelplan, Korea South-East Power, Kuoni, Lyondell, Mattel, Minera Majaz (part of Monterrico Metals), POSCO, Rio Tinto, Sasol, Yuhan-Kimberly

15 Aug - Anglo American, Cargill, Cipla, ConocoPhillips, Entergy, Fibres & Fabrics, Georgia Gulf, GlaxoSmithKline, Lyondell, PPG, Sasol, Urbasol

8 Aug - ABB, AirAsia, American Eagle Outfitters, Anglo American, Arena, Areva, Bensimon, Caja Navarra, Duta Palma, Gap, Jones Apparel, Le Coq Sportif, Liz Claiborne, Mattel, Novartis, Philips-Van Heusen, Polo Ralph Lauren, Puma, Repsol YPF, Topper, Unilever, VF Corp, Wal-Mart, Wilmar, Yahoo!

1 Aug - Ascendant Copper, Coca Cola, Drummond, Honda, Inditex, Mattel, Nike, Nissan, Pepsi, TMC, Tongaat Hulett, Toyota, Trafigura

July 2007

25 Jul - AXA, Chiquita, Drummond, Lonmin, Pfizer, Sasol, Wal Mart

18 Jul - Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo American), Anglo American, Anvil Mining, Asda (part of Wal-Mart), BHP Billiton, Google, Implats, Lonmin, Primark, Syngenta, Tesco, Viajes Mogador, Volvo, Xstrata

11 Jul - Adecco, Argos, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Drummond, Ecuavital Biox, Energi Mega Persada, Fortis, Garnier (part of L'Oréal), Goldman Sachs, Goldsmiths, Medco Energi, Merrill Lynch, Natixis, Pará Pastoril e Agrícola (Pagrisa), Perenco, Petrobras, Repsol, Santos, Total, Volvo

4 Jul - Apple, Anvil Mining, Ecuavital Biox, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Johnson Controls, Kohl's, LG, Miski Mayo (part of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, CVRD), Nokia, Novo Nordisk (part of Novo group), Sony, Waitrose (part of John Lewis Partenership), Wal-Mart

June 2007

27 Jun - Accor, Addeco, adidas, Amazon.com, AngloGold, Arcor, Burger King, Canon, CBS, Celco, Coca-Cola, Darden Restaurants, Enap, Gabriel Resources, GE, Google, Grupo Logístico Andreani, Johnson & Johnson, Jones Apparel, Kodak, Manpower, McDonald's, Metales y Óxido, Newmont, Nike, Nobleza Piccardo (part of British American Tobacco), PetroChina, Rio Tinto, Samsung, Standard & Poor's (part of McGraw Hill), Starbucks, Telefónica de Argentina-Movistar (part of Telefónica), Unilever, Visa, Wendy's

20 Jun - Abbott Laboratories, Amazon.com, Anglo Platinum, Arcelor Mittal, Asarco (part of Grupo México), Bayer, Bralima (part of Heineken), Canon, Cementos Argos, Chevron, Cisco, Coca-Cola, eBay, Eli Lilly, Eskom, Gold Fields, HBO, IBM, Jones Apparel, Levi Strauss, Marathon, Monsanto, Novartis, Standard Chartered, Tenglong, Nike, Unilever

13 Jun - Barrick Gold, Boeing, Celco, Chevron, Chiquita, Group 4 Securicor, Jeppesen (part of Boeing), Lekit Stationary, Yahoo!

6 Jun - Aguas Argentinas, Anglo American, Benetton, Boehringer Ingelheim, Doe Run, Dyncorp, Goldman Sachs, Nike, Nortel, Promel, SOMIKA, TVI Pacific

May 2007

30 May - Abbott Laboratories, Barry Callebaut, Boeing, Cartier, Evraz, Grupo MAPFRE, Hershey, House of Fraser, Jeppesen (part of Boeing), John Lewis, Kraft, Marks & Spencer, Maroc Telecom, Mars, Nike, Repsol YPF, Silver Star, Tesco, YouTube

23 May - ABN Amro, Barrick Gold, Bavaria, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Chiquita, China Road & Bridge (CRBC), Deutsche Bank, Dole, Del Monte Fresh Produce, Inti Raymi, JPMorgan Chase, Lafarge, Pfizer, Postobón, Shell, Standard Chartered, UBS

16 May - Deutsche Bank, Dow Chemical, Google, Levi Strauss, Occidental, Sodexho

9 May - Apple, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, KLM, Merck, Rio Tinto, Starbucks, Telefónica, Volkswagen

2 May - Almedahls, Charles Schwab, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Drummond, Eddie Bauer, Ford, Gap, H&M, HP, Levi Strauss, Liz Claiborne, Martinson Konfektion, Microsoft, Nike, Nishimatsu Construction, Petrobras, Phillips-Van Heusen, Total, Wal-Mart

April 2007

25 Apr - Acindar, Arcor, Asda (part of Wal-Mart), Banco Río, Celulosa Argentina, Coca-Cola, Dallex Trade, Ford, Land Rover (part of Ford), Nestlé, Qinghe Special Steel, Repsol YPF, Sainsbury's, Siderca (part of Techint), SOHO, Techint, Tesco, Unilever, Yahoo!

18 Apr - Alcan, Apple, Bayer, Berkshire Hathaway, BP, Carlsberg, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), DRD Gold, Google, Mineral Resource Commodities, NEC, Nucete, PetroChina, Petroterminal de Panamá, Samsung

11 Apr - Abbott Laboratories, Areva, Bluhmod, Burger King, Carrefour, Cotton Group, Inditex, Industrial Minera México, KarstadtQuelle, Kirsten Mode, McDonald's, New Wave, New Yorker, Scapino, Solo Invest, Standard Fruit (Dole), Steilmann, Subway

4 Apr - Alcan, Apple, Biwater, De Beers, Dell, Hindalco, Lenovo, Motorola, NEC, Rapaport Group, Samsung, Shougang Hierro Perú, Sony Ericsson, Yonghong Electronics

March 2007

28 Mar - Aker Kvaerner, Allianz, Antofagasta, Areva, AT&T, Atlas Copco, Banco Galicia, Bank of America, BP, BNP Paribas, Casino, Cemex, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Daewoo, Danone, Doe Run, DuPont, EDF, Ford, GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd), Gaz de France, GE, GSL (Global Solutions Ltd), GlaxoSmithKline, KOGAS (Koreas Gas), Marine Harvest, Minera Alumbrera (part of Musto Exploration [joint venture Goldcorp & Northern Orion Resources] & Xstrata), Marks & Spencer, Nike, ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corp.), Pepsi Bottling Group, Sanofi-Aventis, Sandvik, STMicroelectronics, Suez, Telenor, Visteon

21 Mar - Abbott Laboratories, Anglo American, Chandon (part of LVMH), Chiquita, Cisco, Citigroup, Dell, GE, Nestlé, Reuters, Shell, Standard Chartered, Yahoo!

14 Mar - Abbott Laboratories, AXA, Bank of America, Barrick Gold, Decatur Hotels, Dell, EDF, Ford, Fresh Del Monte Produce, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp, Hershey, Holcim-Apasco, HSBC, Imperial Nurseries (part of Griffin Land & Nurseries), INCO (part of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce), Lenovo, Motorola, NEC, Samsung, Schneider, TCL

7 Mar - ABN Amro, Akzo Nobel, AXA, Bestec, BHP Billiton, Dole, Drummond, Firestone (part of Bridgestone), Grupo Flores de la Montaña, Grupo Vicini, Heineken, Minera Yanacocha (part of Newmont), Luismin (part of Goldcorp), Royal Philips, TNT (part of TPG), Voxiva

February 2007

28 Feb - Afrimex, Danone, Disney, Dyncorp, Grameen Bank, Grupo Vips, Guissona, Renault, TXU

21 Feb - ACE, Allegheny, Bancaja, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cheeky, ConocoPhillips, Consol Energy, Dominion Resources, ExxonMobil, Goldcorp, HP, Levi Strauss, Massey Energy, Nedbank, Novartis, Trafigura, TXU, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo

14 Feb - Abbott Labs, Ben Bridge, Birks, Cisco, Crew Gold, Ford, Fred Meyer Jewelers (part of Kroger), Google, Griffin Land & Nurseries, Levi Strauss, Littman, Microsoft, Minera Yanacocha (part of Newmont), Oracle, QVC (part of Liberty Media), Target, Total, Wal-Mart

7 Feb - Coca-Cola, Crew Gold, Dexia, GAMI, Gas del Caribe, HP, Intel, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Saga Sports, Schneider, Skye Resources, Trafigura, Transierra, TVI Pacific, Vodafone, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney

January 2007

31 Jan - Arab Bank, Barclays, Bayer, Becton Dickinson, China Northeast Pharmaceutical, Gap, Gargiulo Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Green Mountain Coffee, Guilin Latex, Horizon Research, Inditex, Johnson & Johnson, MTV (part of Viacom), New Look, Novartis, Pentland, Qingdao Double Butterfly, Shanghai Desano Pharmaceuticals, SOHU.com, WH Smith

24 Jan - Alcoa, BP, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont, FPL Group, General Electric, Google, Lehman Brothers, Microsoft, Nike, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Siemens, Vodafone, Yahoo!

17 Jan - Barclays, BP, BT, Ericsson, Fittec, Forza, General Electric, Google, Intel, Minera Yanacocha (part of Newmont), Newmont, Nike, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, Rolls-Royce, Shell, Tesco

10 Jan - ABB, Alcoa, Bestec, BHP Billiton, Delta Electronics, Economax, Estación, ExxonMobil, Fittec, JC Penney, Jones Apparel, Líder (part of D&S), Manpower, Nike, Nokia, Petrobras, Sears, Target, Unimarc, Wal-Mart, Xinhao, Yonghong Factory

3 Jan - Alcan, Alliance One, Anvil Mining, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Island Oil & Gas, Massalin Particulares, MGA Entertainment, Universal Leaf Tabacos

December 2006

20 Dec - Bradesco, Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel, Google, Hindalco (part of Andity Birla Group), Hudson's Bay, Island Oil & Gas, KOGAS (Korean Gas Corp.), Levi Strauss, Mark's Work Wearhouse, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Natura,  Reebok, Schneider Electric, Skye Resources, Telemar, Yahoo!

13 Dec - Accor, Acer, Alcan, Ascendant Copper, Carlson, China National Petroleum, Daewoo Intl., Grupo Telefónica, Hindalco (part of Anditya Birla Group), Itochu, KOGAS (Korean Gas Corp.), Kota Manpower, Lenovo, Marriott, Motorola, Nokia, Occidental Petroleum, Reliance, SP International, Trans Bay Steel, Valero

6 Dec - Abbott Labs, ASN, Chiquita, Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson, Exel, Ford, Gilead, GM, GSK, Honda, Iberia, Industrial Minera México (part of Grupo México), Johnson Controls, Microsoft, Newmont, Novartis, Roche, Toyota, Veolia, Yazaki

November 2006

29 Nov - Abbott Labs, BHP Billiton, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Ericsson, General Electric, Gold Fields, Harmony Gold, Home Depot, Industrial Minera México (part of Grupo México), JC Penney, Lonmin, Mitsubishi Materials, Nippon Mining & Metals, Novartis, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., PEMEX, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, Sears, Sumitomo, Target, Wal-Mart

22 Nov - Ascendant Copper, Botnia, Chevron, Michelin, Nike, Saga Sports, Texaco (part of Chevron)

15 Nov - American Eagle, Anglo Platinum, Ascendant Copper, BP, BT, Co-Operative Financial Services, DONG Energy, Drummond, Gap, Gas Natural, Jones Apparel, Liz Claiborne, Nestlé, Phillips-Van Heusen, Polo Ralph Lauren, Rabobank, Shell, Wal-Mart

8 Nov - Aisin Seiki, Alcan, Andersen, Ascendant Copper, Cosipar (Companhia Siderurgica do Pará), DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Gap, GM, General Electric, Honda, John Deere, Kohler, Ledesma, National Material, Nissan, Nucor, Simasa/Queiroz Galvão, TBM Hardwoods, ThyssenKrupp, Toyota, Trafigura, Wal-Mart, Whirlpool

1 Nov - Alcoa, Bertelsmann, Body Shop, BT, Calvert Group, Canon, Credit Suisse, Curaçao Drydock, Deutsche Bank, Forestal Trillium, Henkel, Microsoft, Natl. Bank of Greece, Sol Meliá, Starbucks, Target, Toyota, Volkswagen, Wal-Mart

October 2006

25 Oct - Caja Navarra, China National Petroleum Corp., Continental Tires, DaimlerChrysler, Danone, Doe Run (part of Renco), Dole, General Motors, Grameen Bank, Mittal Steel (part of Arcelor Mittal), Norilsk Nickel, Pemex, Volkswagen

18 Oct - Air France, American Express, AngloGold Ashanti, Anvil Mining, Apple, Atateks, Converse/Nike, Gap, Giorgio Armani, Horizon, JC Penney, Jordan Silk (now Group Talent), Macy's (part of Federated Department Stores), Mango, Nautica/VF, Pluspetrol, Russell (part of Berkshire Hathaway), Silver Planet, Target, Tesco, Wal-Mart

11 Oct - AngloGold Ashanti, Brisa, Ingenio Tabacal (part of Seaboard Corp), Mittal Steel, Sanofi-Aventis, Standard Chartered, Unilever

4 Oct - Coca-Cola, Crédit Agricole, DaimlerChrysler, Ingenio Tabacal (part of Seaboard Corp), Intel, Sun Microsystems, Trafigura Beheer, Yahoo!

September 2006

27 Sep - Avient Air, Endiama, ExxonMobil, ITM Mining, Lazare Kaplan, Lev Leviev, Minera Alumbrera (part of Goldcorp), Odebrecht, Wal-Mart

20 Sep - ADELCA, Changbaishan Jingxi Chemical, Disney, Endiama, Harbin Gasification, Implats, ITM Mining, Jinmao Papermaking, Kumba Resources, Lev Leviev Group, Odebrecht, Valeo

13 Sep - Abbott Laboratories, ABN Amro, Accenture, Alfa-5, André Maggi, Arja Textile, ASCorp (Angola Selling Corporation), BD (Becton Dickinson), Bristol-Myers Squibb, Constella Futures, Endiama (Empresa Nacional de Diamantes de Angola), Esquel, Hoffman-La Roche, iKang, ITM Mining, K&P Mineira, KarstadtQuelle, Kosiuko, Lazare Kaplan, Lev Leviev Group, Merck, No Sweat, Novartis, Odebrecht, Pfizer, Prime Marine, sanofi-aventis, Sodiam Sarl (part of Endiama), Swire Beverages, Talisman, Teleservice, Trafigura Beheer, Unilever, Wyeth

6 Sep - Alstom Power Boilers, Apple, Asia Energy, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Brenntag, Eli Lilly, Foxconn, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson/Tibotec, Old Mutual, Schering-Plough, Yanacocha/Newmont

August 2006

30 Aug - ABN Amro, Apple, Brandix Lanka, Citigroup, Foxconn, Gap, HDFC, HSBC, ICICI, Marathon Oil, Mast Industries, Monclova Internacional, Noble Energy, Sara Lee, Standard Chartered

23 Aug - Apple, AXA, BNP Paribas, Coca-Cola, Foxconn, Guinness/Diageo, PepsiCo, Pluspetrol Norte, Société Générale

16 Aug - Apollo Tyres, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, Gilead, Google, GSK, iEnergizer, Intel, Ledesma, Microsoft, Modicare, Reliance, Roche, Skype, Socatur, Standard Chartered, Tata, Texas Instruments, Yahoo!, ZMQ Software Systems

9 Aug - GlaxoSmithKline, Guangdong Yudean, Kaefer Thermal, McDonald's, Reliance Energy, Rio Tinto, Wal-Mart

2 Aug - AT&T, CBS, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Cotonnière industrielle du Cameroun, DC Comics, Disney, Eli Lilly, Freddie Mac, Guinness, Inditex, Mattel, McDonald's, Merton, PepsiCo, Socatur, Verizon, Wal-Mart, Warner

July 2006

26 Jul - AngloGold Ashanti, Baosteel, BBC, BP, Coca-Cola, Cosco, Dell, Google, KFC, McDonald's, Microsoft, Ping An of China, RGM International, Yahoo!

19 Jul - Amanco, Cimentos de Moçambique/Cimpor, Ernst & Young, Geometric Power, IBM, Perenco, Wal-Mart

12 Jul - Alcan, Alfa-Bank, AquaChile, Bajaj Auto, BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Cermaq, Cisco, Dallah Al Baraka, Falabella, Farmacia San Martín, France Telecom, Friosur, Google, Hiper Libertad, Interros, Marriott, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, SalmonChile, Sambhav Gems, Satyam Computer, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Sovcomflot, Telecom Italia, Valdivieso y Debandi, Yahoo!, Yamana Gold

5 Jul - adidas, Converse, Dell, Manpower, Mikasa, Teck Cominco

June 2006

28 Jun - AXA, Merck, UPS, WorleyParsons Komex

21 Jun - Alcan, Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Areva, BP, Carlsberg, Heineken, InBev, Nike, Nortel, San Miguel, Shell, TVI Pacific, Unocal

14 Jun - ABN Amro Real, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton, Caterpillar, Citigroup/Banamex/Financiera Compartamos, Credit Suisse, Falconbridge, Guangdong Electric Power Development, Guangdong Red Bay Generation, Guangdong Yudean, Guangzhou Development Industry Holdings, HSBC, Newmont, Starbucks, Tiffany, Wal-Mart, WestLB

7 Jun - Aluminij, Anheuser-Busch, Carlsberg, Heineken, InBev, Petroecuador, San Miguel, Shell, SNCF, Standard Chartered, Tesco, Vodafone

May 2006

31 May - ADM, Alcoa, Arizona Public Service, Baxter, ConocoPhillips, Denso, DuPont, ExxonMobil, Ford, GE, Google, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Microsoft, Monsanto, US Steel, Yahoo!, Yokota Tohoku

24 May - ABN Amro, Adecco, ADM, Alcoa, Alstom Power Boiler, American Express, Calyon, ConocoPhillips, Drummond, DuPont, EDF Energy, ExxonMobil, Ford, Garnier/L'Oréal, GE, Kodak, Merck, National Basketball Association, Stora Enso, Tyson, Unilever, US Steel, Xstrata

17 May - China International Water & Electric Corp. (CWE), Corus, Drax, E.ON, EDF, Microsoft, Google, Reebok, RWE npower, Yahoo!

10 May - Aavishkaar, ABB, Banco Real/ABN Amro, Cemex, EcoLogic Finance, Eczacibasi/Ipek Kagit, Environmental Quality Intl., GlaxoSmithKline, Health Care Logistics, Lahmeyer International, Merck, Schlumberger, Swarovski, Tetra Pak, VidaGas

3 May - Advanced Micro Devices, Agilent, Alstom, Banorte, Cisco Systems, Dell, Graciela Naum, Green Mountain Coffee, HP, IAMGold, Lahmeyer, Montagne, Motorola, Olga Naum, Salesforce.com, Texas Instruments, Timberland, Yahoo!

April 2006

26 Apr - ABB, Alstom, Arcadia, CCMD, Coca-Cola, Con Edison, Debenhams, Global Solutions Ltd, Grupo Lajat, HBO, Health Care Service, Inco, Lahmeyer, Next, Verizon, Wal-Mart

19 Apr - Banque Populaire, Crédit Agricole, Google, Skype, Tom Online, Wal-Mart, Yahoo!

12 Apr - Botnia, Co-operative Bank, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, EDF, ENCE, Endesa, ING, National Grid, PetroChina, Petronas, RWE npower, Severn Trent, Sinopec, Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica para América Central (SIEPAC), Tatneft, Thames Water

5 Apr - Dow Chemical, Frito-Lay, Lafarge, PepsiCo, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Union Carbide, United Technologies

March 2006

29 Mar - Aguas Argentinas, Alcan, Alcoa, Botnia, BP, Carrefour, ConAgra, DuPont, Ence, ExxonMobil, GE, iEnergizer, International Paper, Newmont, Nissan, PPG, Rio Tinto, Sempra Energy, Starbucks, Suez, Toyota, Unilever, United Airlines, UPS

22 Mar - American Express, BP, Carlson, CLP Group, ExxonMobil, Four Seasons, Freeport, Hilton, Intercontinental, Marriott, Newmont, Starwood, Textiles KN de Oriente

15 Mar - Acer, Apple, Aracruz, Botnia, BP, Dell, DuPont, Ence, ExxonMobil, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM, JC Penney, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Weinberg Group

8 Mar - Fred Meyer, Grana y Montero, Helzberg Diamonds, Home Depot, Hunt Oil, JC Penney, Jewelers, Jostens, Kmart/Sears, Lowe’s, Pluspetrol, QVC, Reebok, Rolex, Simon Property Group, SK Corp, Sonatrach, Techint, Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club, Whitehall Jewellers

1 Mar - Altos Hornos, Arcelor, Cemex, Ford, Grupo Modelo, Holcim, Lafarge, Mittal, Newmont, PEMEX, Skanska, Sumitomo

February 2006

22 Feb - Arcelor, Baidu.com, Cisco, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Google, Lafarge, Microsoft, Skanska, Sohu.com, Talisman, Tata Consultancy Services, Tom Online, Yahoo!

15 Feb - Alcan, Aluminij, BP, Cartier, Cinergy, Doe Run, Fortunoff, Fred Meyer, Gilead, Google, Helzberg, Intel, JCPenney, Jostens, Microsoft, Mittal Steel, Nike, Novartis, Piaget, QVC, Rolex, Sears/Kmart, Shell, Signet/Kay, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Wal-Mart, Whitehall, Yahoo!, Zale

8 Feb - ABN AMRO, Adecco, Aluminij, Anvil Mining, Barclays, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Disney, Firestone, Grameen Bank, HBOS, IKEA, ING, Karl Storz, KBC, Mittal Steel, New Hope, Pfizer, Rabobank, Sheraton (part of Starwood Hotels), Société Général, Standard Chartered, Westpac

1 Feb - Asics, Banco Espirito Santo, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Commerzbank, Dexia, Fila (part of Sport Brands International), Google, Kappa, Lotto, Microsoft, Mizuno, Natexis (part of Groupe Banque Populaire), Puma, Standard Chartered, Umbro, Yahoo!

January 2006

25 Jan - Adecco, BBVA, Disney, El Corte Inglés, Endesa, Gas Natural, Gold Fields, Google, Grupo Mondragón, Inditex, ING, La Caixa, Repsol, Santander, Telefónica

18 Jan - AngloGold Ashanti, AXA, Carrefour, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Dexia, Fortis, Heinz, ING, KBC, Newmont, Rabobank, Unilever

11 Jan - Bayer, Gap, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Microsoft, SC Johnson, Tata Steel

4 Jan - DSM India, ExxonMobil, Freeport-McMoRan, ING, Max India, Ranbaxy, Sumitomo

December 2005

21 Dec - Accor, Bayer, Botnia, BP, Crédit Agricole, DuPont, ENCE, France Telecom, ING, Peugeot, Renault, Total

14 Dec - Deutsche Bank, Sheraton (part of Starwood Hotels), Sonangol

7 Dec - ABB, Asarco, Bharat Petroleum, Goldman Sachs, Laser Soft Infosystems, Microsoft, Total, Yahoo!

November 2005

30 Nov - Amazon, Nokia, PetroChina, Total

23 Nov - Acer, Banco Espirito Santo, Barclays, Bayer, BP, Carrefour, Calyon (part of Crédit Agricole), Chevron, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, ExxonMobil, Firestone, Fortis, Hewlett-Packard, KBC, Monsanto, Natexis, Petronas, Royal Bank of Scotland, Shell, Sonangol, Standard Chartered

16 Nov - Alcatel, Barrick Gold, Boeing, Botnia, Calyon (part of Crédit Agricole), Coca-Cola, Ence, Endiama, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Kimberley Process, Microsoft, Shell, Sonangol, and 28 apparel & footwear companies

9 Nov - ABN Amro, AXA, Banco Pichincha, Calvert, Chevron, Cisco, Citigroup, CNP Assurances, Commerzbank, Co-operative Bank, Deutsche Bank, Google, Hewlett-Packard, HSBC, ICICI, ING, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, MMA, Munich Re, Rubie's Costume Co., Shell, Standard Life, State Street, Storebrand, Warner Brothers (part of Time Warner), Yahoo!

2 Nov - Anvil, British American Tobacco, Freeport McMoRan, McDonald's, Wal-Mart, multinational & Indian seed companies in India

October 2005

26 Oct - Body Shop, Debenhams, Glamis Gold, H&M, Ikea, Kingfisher, Lambert Howarth, Marks & Spencer, New Look, Newmont, Next, Pentland/Ellesse, Placer Dome, Sainsbury's, Wal-Mart, Yahoo!

19 Oct - Bluhmod, British American Tobacco, Carrefour, Cessa (part of Holcim), CMT-Windfield, ColCerámica, Freeport-McMoRan, New Wave Group, New Yorker, Solo Invest, Yahoo!

12 Oct - Aker Kvaerner, BP, Calvert, Calyon (part of Crédit Agricole), CEMEX, DuPont, Fluor, Fortunoff, General Electric, Hindustan Lever (part of Unilever), Levi Strauss, Meridian Gold, Nestlé, Reliance Industries, Rohm & Haas, Rolex, Sterling, Tata Steel & Chemicals (part of Tata Group), Tiffany, Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes, Zale, operators of 30 power plants in Europe

5 Oct - Anvil Mining, Asia Pacific Resources

September 2005

28 Sep - Botnia, Bristol-Myers Squibb, De Beers, ENCE, Getty Images, Glamis Gold, M.A.C. Cosmetics (part of Estée Lauder), Virgin, Volkswagen, Yahoo!

21 Sep - BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Petronas, Yahoo!

14 Sep - Adidas, BP, Children's Place, ConocoPhillips, Disney, EDF, Eskom, Gap, GrupoNueva, H&M, Holcim, Levi Strauss, Nike, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Rabobank, Reebok, Rio Tinto, SC Johnson, Sears, Unilever, Wal-Mart, Yahoo!

7 Sep - Chevron, Clarks, Coca-Cola FEMSA, ExxonMobil, Petronas, Unilever

August 2005

31 Aug - Clarks, Henan Rebecca, Kingmaker Footwear, Morgan Stanley, Skechers, Talisman, Total

24 Aug - Anvil Mining, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank, De Beers, Disney, Henan Rebecca, HSBC, ING, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Rapaport Group, UBS

17 Aug - Abbott Laboratories, Ashok Leyland, Asia Pacific Potash (part of Asia Pacific Resources), Bajaj Auto, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Carrefour, Casino, Chevron, Dole, Dow, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Modicare (part of Modi Group), Occidental Chemical,  PSA Peugeot-Citroën, Roche, Shell, Standard Fruit, Tata Steel, Tyson Foods

10 Aug - Anglo American, Chevron, De Beers, Dow, Eskom, Texaco (now part of Chevron), Union Carbide (now part of Dow)

3 Aug - Alcan, Asia Pacific Potash (part of Asia Pacific Resources), Cisco Systems, EDF, Ericsson, Hindalco (part of Aditya Birla Group), Holcim, Monterrico Metals, Société Générale, Tetra Pak, Total, Unilever, 10 power companies

July 2005

29 Jul - Special alert sent to Weekly Update recipients, regarding 28 July 2005 appointment of John Ruggie as Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on business & human rights

27 Jul - Cisco, De Beers, Freeport-McMoRan, Reebok, Tata

20 Jul - Amazon.com, Ascendant Copper, Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, Frito-Lay (part of PepsiCo), Gap, Lahmeyer, Nestlé

13 Jul - Abbott Laboratories, Gap, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Shell

6 Jul - ABN AMRO, Afrimex, BHP Billiton, Cartier, Diamond Trading Company (part of De Beers), Diarough, Golden Star Resources, Microsoft, Newmont Mining, Rio Tinto, Rosy Blue, Signet, Tiffany, Zale

June 2005

29 Jun - BorgWarner, Hyundai, Magna, Merrill Lynch, National Grid Transco, Shell, Toyota

22 Jun - ABB, Alstom, Carrefour, Coca-Cola, Coop, Kohler, Lahmeyer, Microsoft, Newmont

15 Jun - Alcoa, AngloGold Ashanti, BAESA (Barra Grande consortium, comprising Camargo Corrêa, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio [part of Votorantim], CPFL Geração,DME Energética), Brio, Coop, GP Garments, HP, Lahmeyer International, Newmont, TOP-TOY, 16 cement companies

8 Jun - AngloGold Ashanti, Anvil Mining, Ascendant Copper, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd, Mysore Minerals, National Mineral Development Corporation [India], Reebok

1 Jun - HP, Wal-Mart, 13 UK companies

May 2005

25 May - Biwater, CLP, Dress Confect, GP Garments, Gauff, MTR

18 May - ExxonMobil, Total, 26 multinational & Chinese companies operating in China

11 May - ABB, Alstom, Carrefour, Cotton Group, General Electric, KarstadtQuelle, Lahmeyer International, Scapino, Steilmann, Zara (part of Inditex)

4 May - AstraZeneca, British American Tobacco, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Ranbaxy, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Sodexho

April 2005

27 Apr - Accor, AXA, BG Group, Bouygues, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, EADS, ENI, Frederick’s of Hollywood, Gelmart Industries, Inditex, Jockey, JPMorgan Chase, Kmart (part of Sears), Lagardère, Lukoil, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Schneider, Suez, Thalès, Thomson, Wal-Mart

21 Apr - Special alert sent to Weekly Update recipients, regarding 20 April 2005 resolution on business & human rights of UN Commission on Human Rights

20 Apr - BG Group, ENI, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating, Kingmaker Footwear, Nike, Timberland

13 Apr - BP, Bristol Myers-Squibb, IKEA, Levi Strauss, Nestlé, Nike, Pentland, Reebok

6 Apr - AstraZeneca, BP, EDF, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer

March 2005

30 Mar - Anadarko, Apache, BHP Billiton, ChevronTexaco, EDF, Kingmaker Footwear, Marathon Oil, Tesoro, Timberland, Unocal

23 Mar - Caterpillar, ChevronTexaco, Monsanto, Placer Dome

16 Mar - Rimbunan Hijau, Shell, Total, Wal-Mart

9 Mar - Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewlett-Packard (HP), L'Oreal, Royal Philips Electronics, Tiffany, Wal-Mart

2 Mar - BHP Billiton, Doe Run, EDF, Manhattan Minerals, Métal Blanc, Tiffany

February 2005

23 Feb - EDF, Total

16 Feb - BP, Suez, 12 multinationals operating in Mexico

10 Feb - Alcan, Caterpillar, Gap Inc, Glamis Gold, Placer Dome, Union Carbide, Dow Chemical

our Weekly Updates were launched on 10 February 2005


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