Quarterly case updates
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update March 2012
The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include new OECD Guidelines complaints filed against Centerra Gold, Shell, Sjovik, Norwegian Church Aid, Statoil, Innospec, Xstrata, and TetraBOOST. Specific Instances recently concluded with an agreement between the parties include the case against Nidera regarding human rights issues at Argentine corn field operations, several cases regarding child labour and cotton trading in Uzbekistan, and the case against Cermaq for its salmon farming practices. The Norwegian NCP furthermore issued a final statement in the Intex Philippines nickel mining case.
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update November 2011
The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include developments in OECD Guidelines cases filed against among others Xstrata Copper regarding impacts on periglacial environments in Argentina, Barrick Gold regarding human rights abuses at its Porgera JV Mine in Papua New Guinea, Royal Dutch Shell regarding its disclosure of oil spills in Nigeria, Arcelor Mittal for mismanagement of the community fund in Liberia and Intex resources regarding its nickel mining practices in the Philippines.
OECD Watch Quartely Case Update June 2011
The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include new OECD Guidelines complaints filed against among others Barrick Gold Corporation alleging violations of disclosure and environmental provisions in Argentina as well as environmental and human rights violations in Papua new Guinea, Xstrata Copper regarding impacts on periglacial environments in Argentina, United Water alleging labour and environmental violations in the company's US operations, Usibelli Coal Mine and J-Power for alleged human rights violations in Alaska, CRH alleging human rights and sustainable development violations in its operations in the Occupied Palestine Territories, and Mopani Copper Mines Plc for manipulating its financial accounts in order to evade taxation
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update March 2011
The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include new OECD Guidelines complaints filed against 2 cotton traders from the UK, 4 holding companies that finance Cameroonian palm oil plantation SOCAPALM, ArcelorMittal Liberia, and Royal Dutch Shell for making false, misleading and incomplete statements about incidents of sabotage to its operations in the Niger Delta. Specific Instances recently closed include the complaint against Triumph, the complaint against BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Airbus and the lengthy case against BP for its involvement in the BTC Pipeline running through Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update November 2010
The highlights of this Quarterly Case Update include recent OECD Guidelines complaints filed in October 2010 against the UK / Australian mining company BHP Billiton and 4 cotton traders from Francy, Germany and Switzerland that have relations with Uzbek state-owned enterprises. Specific Instances recently closed include the complaint against SHV Holding and Shell, Statoil and Marathon Oil. Other developments have taken place in among other the cases against Cermay, DHL, Goldcorp and Rolls Royce.
