Nouvelles publications
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update Summer 2009
NGOs have filed three new complaints against companies for the breach of the OECD Guidelines. CIPCE has just filed a new case against Skanska for its involvement in a gas pipeline project in Argentina. In May ForUM and Friends of the Earth Norway have filed a complaint against Cermaq ASA for unsustainable production, bad employment conditions and human rights violations in Canada and Chile. Survival International has already filed a complaint against Vedanta Resources for prospective environmental and human rights violations from the construction of a bauxite mine in India. Final statements are expected in the cases against Shell in the Philippines and Cerrejón Coal in Colombia.
OECD Watch Submission - Effective application of the OECD Guidelines to the financial sector
Submission by OECD Watch to the Investment Committee in preparation to the IC Working Party meetings on the 23rd and 24th of March on the Application of the OECD MNE Guidelines to the Financial Sector, Item 4.a of ICWP Agenda DAF/INV/WP(2009)1
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update Spring 2009
A new case is filed by Framtiden i våre hender (Future in Our Hands) against Intex Resources for environmental violations relating to the construction of a nickel mine and factory in the Philippines. The complaints filed against Netherlands-based SHV Holdings, Shell Argentina, Shell, Statoil and Marathon Oil are recently accepted. The Korean NCP rejects complaint against Daewoo International and Korea Gas Corporation on all counts. Cases against the BTC Consortium, Skanska, Cerrejón Coal, Shell Philippines are still pending. The cases against Alcoa/Votorantim (Brazilian NCP), Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese NCP) and BAE Systems/Airbus S.A.S./Rolls Royce (UK NCP) have been inactive for several years and are now considered “blocked”.
OECD Watch 2008 Review of National Contact Points and the Implementation of the OECD Guidelines
At their 2007 Annual Meeting, NCPs agreed that the 2007/2008 implementation cycle on the OECD Guidelines should give priority to the improvement of NCP performance, and OECD Watch welcomes the effort by the OECD to review NCP activity. This follows the presentation by OECD Watch of its Model NCP which was intended as a positive contribution to the improvement of NCP performance. The Model NCP was the result of a broad, year-long multi-stakeholder consultation process.
OECD Watch Quarterly Case Update Autumn 2008
Highlights in this Update, New cases: · EarthRights International files complaint against Daewoo International and Korea Gas Corporation for environmental and human rights violations in Burmese natural gas project · Sheri-Citizens for a Better Environment files complaint against Netherlands-based SHV Holdings for environment and human rights violations in Pakistan · Irish community lodges complaint against Shell, Statoil and Marathon Oil for violations in Corrib Gas project · FOCO and FoE Argentina file complaint against Shell Argentina for environmental and human health violations · CIPCE files complaint against Skanska regarding corruption in Argentinean gas pipeline project · Swiss Xstrata added to BHP Billiton Cerrejón Coal case in Colombia (NCP Australia)
