http://oecdwatch.org daily 1 2009-01-08T09:44:00Z http://oecdwatch.org/news-en/best-practices-comparing-national-contact-points European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) carried out a comparison “peer review” based on its OECD Guidelines complaints against 7 cotton traders from France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for knowingly profiting from (forced) child labour in the Uzbek cotton industry. No publisher nawal 2012-03-29T12:37:20Z News Item http://oecdwatch.org/news-en/parties-reach-agreement-in-oecd-guidelines-case-regarding-nidera2019s-human-rights-policies-and-practices-in-argentina-1 In the context of an OECD Guidelines case, the NGOs CEDHA, INCASUR, Oxfam Novib and SOMO have reached an agreement with the Netherlands-based agricultural MNE Nidera regarding the company’s human rights policies and practices. As part of the agreement, Nidera strengthened its human rights policy, formalised human rights due diligence procedures for temporary rural workers, and allowed the NGOs to monitor its Argentine corn seed operations through field visits. No publisher nawal 2012-04-06T12:55:13Z News Item http://oecdwatch.org/news-en/norwegian-nickel-controversy The Norwegian NCP issues its final statement regarding the complaint filed by Framtiden i våre hender against Norway-based Intex Resources for violating indigenous peoples’ human and environmental rights in 2009. In its final statement the Norwegian NCP concludes that Norwegian-owned Mindoro Nickel Project in the Philippines should consult a broader group of indigenous peoples and be more transparent about adverse environmental impacts. No publisher virginia 2012-01-04T09:43:17Z News Item http://oecdwatch.org/news-en/succesfull-mediation-in-oecd-guidelines-complaint-against-cermaq In May 2009 ForUM and Friends of the Earth Norway filed a complaint against Cermaq ASA for multiple breaches of the Guidelines arising from the fish farming and fish feed operations of the company's subsidiary Mainstream. Following the successful conclusion of the mediation process and the joint statement by the complainants and the company the Norwegian NCP concluded the complaint in August 2011. No publisher virginia 2011-08-16T09:06:10Z News Item http://oecdwatch.org/news-en/tax-evasion-in-zambia SHERPA (France), the Center for Trade Policy and Development (Zambia), the Berne Declaration (Switzerland), l’Entraide Missionnaire (Canada) and Mining Watch (Canada) have filed a complaint today against Glencore International AG and First Quantum Minerals Ltd before the Swiss and Canadian National Contact Points (NCP) for violating the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises. The cause for the complaint lies in the financial and accounting manipulations performed by the two companies’ subsidiary, Mopani Copper Mines Plc (MCM), in order to evade taxation in Zambia. No publisher virginia 2012-04-18T15:33:11Z News Item