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May 22, 2012

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As Eurovision Song Contest Approaches, Concerns About Hidden Cameras In Azerbaijan Hotel Rooms

Posted: May 16, 2012 – 01:33 PM EST

LONDON, May 16 /CSRwire/ - Business Human Rights Resource Centre sought responses from seven companies that operate leading hotels in Baku, Azerbaijan, about reports that hidden cameras have repeatedly been placed in hotel rooms in the country to record people having sex in...

Gains for Proposal to Avoid Investments Tied to Genocide, Despite JPMorgan Opposition

Posted: May 15, 2012 – 03:42 PM EST

TAMPA, Fla., May 15 /CSRwire/ - Support for the genocide-free investing proposal on this years proxy ballot at JPMorgan Chase increased from last year, according to the preliminary results announced at the companys annual shareholder meeting today. Adding to the negative publicity the...

Investors Urge Administration to Take Cautious Approach to Lifting Sanctions on Burma

Posted: May 14, 2012 – 10:13 AM EST

WASHINGTON, May 14 /CSRwire/ - Burma will remain a volatile area for business investment if the Obama Administration broadly relaxes U.S. sanctions, according to a dozen investors collectively managing more than $115 billion in assets. In a letter to President Obama, the investors...

Bahrain Grand Prix: Only 29% of Formula One Companies Respond To Human Rights Concerns

Posted: Apr 18, 2012 – 02:17 PM EST

LONDON, Apr. 18 /CSRwire/ - Only 29% of firms linked to Formula One responded to Business Human Rights Resource Centre about human rights concerns that various organizations raised relating to the Bahrain Grand Prix, scheduled for 20-22 April. Forty two companies or teams...

Bahrain, the Grand Prix, and Human Rights

Posted: Apr 12, 2012 – 09:05 AM EST

LONDON, Apr. 12 /CSRwire/ - Business Human Rights Resource Centre has invited the following companies, teams and organizations to respond to human rights concerns raised by those calling for a boycott of the Bahrain Grand Prix. This at a time when there are...

JPMorgan Issues Proxy Statement Opposing Genocide-Free Investing Proposal

Posted: Apr 11, 2012 – 09:00 AM EST

BOSTON, Apr. 11 /CSRwire/ - Despite the fact that JPMorgan Chase owns over a billion dollars worth of PetroChina, a company widely recognized as contributing to the genocide in Sudan, the company stated in the proxy statement it issued late last week that...

Symantec Named Best Places to Work on HRC 2012 Corporate Equality Index

Posted: Apr 11, 2012 – 08:00 AM EST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, Apr. 11 /CSRwire/ - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) achieved a perfect 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) 2012 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, Symantec received the coveted distinction of Best Places...

Quarterly Bulletin on Business & Children Launched in Six Languages

Posted: Mar 07, 2012 – 11:15 AM EST

LONDON, Mar. 07 /CSRwire/ - Today the non-profit Business Human Rights Resource Centre launched a Quarterly Bulletin on Business Children in the six United Nations languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. This launch issue highlights recent developments worldwide: ranging from children...

Solar Electric Light Fund Launches "Energy Is A Human Right” Campaign

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 01:52 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching Energy is a Human Right, a campaign to provide a voice...

Haiti: While Plenty of Work Still Must Be Done, ONE DROP Is Already Seeing the Positive Impacts of its Project in Leogane

Posted: Jan 11, 2012 – 05:44 PM EST

MONTREAL, Q.C., Jan. 11 /CSRwire/ - (Marketwire) - While Haiti continues its reconstruction efforts two years after a devastating earthquake, ONE DROP is delighted to see that its water-access and sanitation project in the Leogane region - the epicentre of the January 2010...

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