This brief company profile is a joint initiative of SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) and the VBDO (Vereniging van Beleggers voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling). It provides an overview of business practices that may be considered unsustainable, irresponsible, or controversial and that took place or were addressed in 2009. In the context of the upcoming annual general meetings (AGMs) of shareholders of Dutch corporations, the overview aims to provide additional information to Ahold’s shareholders and other stakeholders on potentially controversial issues that may or may not be detected or reported by the company itself. By highlighting such issues, the overview can be used to identify areas of the company’s corporate responsibility policies and practices that need improvement and to formulate a more informed assessment of a company’s corporate responsibility performance.
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Research is reason for entry ban into Israel
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Children harvest Brazil nuts in Bolivia
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Brazil nuts: Exploitative social and economic conditions in the Bolivian Amazon
Settlement between Camellia / Kakuzi and Kenyan claimants
SOMO welcomes settlement between British agribusiness giant and Kenyan claimants
The case against agricultural multinational Camellia for alleged human rights abuse at its Kenyan subsidiary, Kakuzi, has ended in a settlement between the British company and 85 claimants. The settlement for a sum of GBP…
Share buyback Dutch supermarket significant loss for the Dutch economy
Large Kenyan agribusiness under fire for assault and rape
79 Kenyans have filed a lawsuit against the British agro-multinational Camellia, the parent company of the Kenyan company Kakuzi. This company is accused of having committed systematic human rights violations against workers and inhabitants of…