Business & human rights: Weekly Update - April 16, 2008

From the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre:
Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 16 Apr 2008

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* adidas suppliers in China:

- Allegations of rigged union election at Shunda factory, decline in
working conditions since adidas acquired Reebok
- adidas responds, disputing the allegations
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/304928

- Report by Sunday Times (UK) alleges labour abuses at adidas suppliers
in Fuzhou, including Shunda factory
- adidas responds - says article contains "erroneous conclusions"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/188750

* Florida, USA: Coalition of Immokalee Workers calls on Burger King to
support better living & working conditions for tomato pickers
- Burger King responds
- US Senate hearing on working conditions of Florida tomato pickers
www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/983316

* Kenya: Over 50 hotels sign code of conduct aimed at protecting
children from sexual exploitation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/907127

* Ecuador: Court-appointed expert says Chevron should pay $7-16 billion
to compensate for pollution; Chevron rejects expert's conclusions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/534847
- Lawyers representing indigenous peoples in Chevron case win Goldman
Environmental Prize; Chevron responds
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/538314

* "Corporate Responsibilities for Access to Medicines" - paper by Klaus
Leisinger, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/894365

* "Sudan's Oil Industry - Facts and Analysis" - Dossier by 2 NGO
coalitions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/647217

* Coca-Cola under increasing pressure from human rights groups over
Beijing Olympics sponsorship
- includes comments by Coca-Cola
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/671306

* ILO highlights improvement in workplace attitudes toward HIV/AIDS -
credits written policies, use of ILO Code of Practice
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/856702

* Conference Board finds more companies creating programmes to help
employees deal with HIV/AIDS
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/883678

* Erinys response to War on Want allegations of abuses in Iraq
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/496904

* Coalition files shareholder resolutions with Citigroup, JPMorgan
Chase, Wells Fargo - calls on them to urge oil companies they invest in to
press Sudanese Govt. over Darfur
- also provided: banks' responses in proxy statements
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/529875

* Global Reporting Initiative says companies should go further on human
rights reporting
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/578799

* China: Former businessman John Kamm says companies' relationships
with govt. can be put to good use for human rights, "but most
businesspeople don't want to"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/431632

* USA: Nursing homes pressure patients to sign arbitration clauses, to
limit companies' liability on claims that negligence led to injury or
death
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/184436

* Job announcement for Danish Institute for Human Rights: Advisor,
Human Rights & Business Project (deadline 16 May)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/902890

* Innovest & Inter-American Development Bank launch index of companies
that address needs of the poor - top firms in initial ranking are Banco
Bradesco, Grupo ACP, Paralife, Unibanco, Cemex
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/663639

* Espa�ol: Honduras: "Seguridad privada, un gran ej�rcito sin control"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/579806

* Espa�ol: La OIT observa una mejora en las actitudes hacia el VIH/SIDA
en el ambiente laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/726168

* Espa�ol: Chile: Minor�as sexuales aplauden las medidas
antidisriminatorias de la nueva justicia laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/665948

* Espa�ol: Doe Run Per� pierde la certificaci�n ISO 14001 por gesti�n
ambiental
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/689850

* Fran�ais : Le Bureau International du Travail constate un progr�s
significatif dans les attitudes � l'�gard du VIH/Sida sur les lieux de
travail
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/121702

* Fran�ais : Coalition Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez applaudit l'effort de
la Banque Mondiale pour �largir l'Initiative de la Transparence dans
les Industries Extractives - demande l'implication de la soci�t� civile
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/752677

* Fran�ais : France : Cas de discrimination raciale & sexiste contre
Bosch repasse devant les prud'hommes de Lyon
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/845794

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