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New Custom Alert Service on Company Human Rights & Environmental Impacts

New Custom Alert Service on Company Human Rights & Environmental Impacts

Published 04-25-06

Submitted by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre


London & Los Angeles: Today the non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launched Custom Alerts, a unique time-saving service that enables:

  • companies to keep up-to-the-minute with what people are saying about their social & environmental conduct - so they are prepared for questions from journalists and others
  • investors to monitor specific companies, sectors and issues
  • NGOs to strengthen their research and campaigns

    John Elkington, Founder & Chief Entrepreneur of SustainAbility, said: "In today's 24/7 business environment companies simply cannot afford to miss what people are saying about them - not only in the mainstream press, but also what is bubbling under from local journalists, community groups, NGOs and other stakeholders around the world. Custom Alerts are designed to help you respond in an effective and timely fashion."

    The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is the only organization tracking online the social & environmental impacts (positive and negative) of over 2800 companies. The website is updated hourly and receives over 1.5 million hits per month. Thousands of opinion leaders & journalists receive the Resource Centre's Weekly Updates.

    What are Custom Alerts?

    Subscribers select companies & subjects of their choice. They receive an immediate email alert every time a relevant item is added to the website. Choose from:

    - Over 2800 companies
    - Over 150 business sectors
    - Over 160 countries
    - Over 150 topics

    Custom Alerts catch reports not picked up by mainstream press-cutting services. Some of the reports are previously unpublished. They come from all regions - from campaigning groups & NGOs, journalists, policy experts, corporate responsibility organizations and governments.

    Subscribers are the first to know that reports are featured on the Resource Centre's website, where they reach an influential audience.

    adidas could select "adidas", "Nike", "Footwear", "Clothing &
    textile", "Labour rights", "Supplychain", "Monitoring", "China", "Indonesia"

    Unilever could select "Unilever", "Procter & Gamble", "Danone", "Food & beverage", "Toiletries & soap", "Access to water", "Microcredit", "India"

    Newmont Mining could select "Newmont Mining", "Rio Tinto", "Mining", "Indigenous peoples", "Security & conflict zones", "Environment", "Displacement"

    How to subscribe

    Introductory rates are US$100 per month for the first person in each company to subscribe, and only US$25 per month for each additional subscriber. Reduced rates are available for non-profit organizations.

    For further details on how to subscribe, please see: www.business-humanrights.org/CustomAlerts, or contact, customalerts@business-humanrights.org.

    What others say

    "The Resource Centre is indispensable for anyone involved in business & human rights, whatever their standpoint." Sir Geoffrey Chandler, former senior manager at Royal Dutch/Shell, Founding Chair of Amnesty International UK Business Group

    "Custom Alerts provide timely updates on emerging risks that broaden our analysis but also allow us to focus on the key issues that really have the potential to affect share prices over time." Kirsty Jenkinson, Senior Analyst, Governance & Socially Responsible Investment, F&C Asset Management plc

    "The Resource Centre website is a terrific help. We will circulate it to our internal network of staff dealing with these issues." David Rice, Group Policy Advisor, BP

    About the Resource Centre

    The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the world's leading independent resource on the subject. Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, has said: "The Resource Centre is the only website to provide such a broad range of balanced information on business and human rights."

    The Resource Centre is an independent, non-profit, international organization, working in partnership with Amnesty International sections and 20 leading academic institutions. Its purpose is to encourage companies to respect human rights, avoid harm to people, and maximise their positive contribution.

    International Network: The Resource Centre's International Advisory Network of 80 experts is chaired by Mary Robinson.

    The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a registered charity in England & Wales (1096664) and a tax-exempt non-profit in USA.

    The Resource Centre website and Custom Alerts are engineered by Jamkit (www.jamkit.com), specialists in web solutions for the non-profit sector. Technology journalists wishing to interview Jamkit should contact Seb Bacon or Miles Waller: seb@jamkit.com; miles@jamkit.com; +44 20 7549 0520.

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    Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

    Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

    The Resource Centre is an independent non-profit that promotes greater awareness and informed debate about human rights issues relating to business. Our website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ social and environmental impacts worldwide, including alleged abuses, positive steps, and company responses to concerns raised about their conduct. The site has sections on over 4000 companies. It also includes special resources such as all materials issued by the UN Special Representative on business & human rights; a list of companies with human rights policies; profiles of lawsuits against companies. Mary Robinson is Chair of our International Advisory Network. Visit the website for further details and to sign up for free Weekly Updates. See website for contact details of our New York office and team members in Hong Kong, India, South Africa, UK, Ukraine, USA

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