Critical information about corporations

Humorous parodies of big brand advertising www.adbusters.org
The mother of corporate watchdog campaigns www.corpwatch.org
...and its Indian daughter www.corpwatchindia.org
Similar British site www.corporatewatch.org.uk
Corporate Europe Observatory www.corporateeurope.org
Resources about multinationals and marks www.transnationale.org
Journal about multinationals (with many links) www.multinationalmonitor.org
Friends of the Earth International, corporates campaigns www.foei.org/corporates/index.html
Greenpeace, corporates campaigns www.greenpeace.de/wssd/umweltverbrechenmultis.pdf
Top 100 corporate criminals www.corporatepredators.org/top100.html

Watchdog campaigns about specific corporations:
McDonald www.mcspotlight.org
Bayer www.bayerwatch.org, www.bayerhazard.com
Coca-Cola www.cokewatch.org; www.cokespotlight.org
Monsanto www.purefood.org/monlink.html
Starbucks www.starbucked.com
Wal-Mart www.walmartyrs.com
ExxonMobil www.campaignexxonmobil.org
Nike www.caa.org.au/campaigns/nike/
Syngenta www.evb.ch/index.cfm?folder_id=129

Watchdog campaigns about specific sectors:
Clean Clothes Campaign ( apparel industry) www.cleanclothes.org et www.cleanclothes.ch
Maquiladoras (apparel industry) www.maquilasolidarity.org
Sweatshops (apparel industry) www.sweatshopwatch.org
Mining and oil www.moles.org
Mining www.miningwatch.ca
Oil www.oilwatch.org.ec, www.pipelinewatch.org
Pharmaceutical industry www.epo.de/bukopharma
Bananas www.bananalink.org.uk
Banks www.bankwatch.org
Baby food www.ibfan.org

Critical Shareholders:
European network of ethical shareholders www.ethicalshareholders.net
Shareholder Action Network (USA) www.shareholderaction.org


Corporate accountability
Resources about business and human rights www.business-humanrights.org
Codes of conduct and guidelines for corporations www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/codes.html
Information plateform about corporate accountability
www.corporate-accountability.org
Results of a seminar on internationally binding legislation and litigation for the enforcement of human rights www.irene-network.nl/corporate/mul-liable.htm
„Beyond Voluntarism“, report on human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies www.ichrp.org/cgi-bin/show?what=project&id=107
OECD-study "Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy. Effectiveness, Efficiency and Usage in Policy Mixes" www.corporate-accountability.org/docs/oecd-2003-envrionmental.pdf
CETIM about corporations and human rights www.cetim.ch/stn/stn_fra.htm

International guidelines for corporations:
UN Global Compact www.unglobalcompact.org:80/Portal/
Draft on human rights principles and responsibilities for corporations, UN Sub-Commission on the promotion and protection of human rights www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.Sub.2.2003.38.Rev.1+and+Corr.1.En?Opendocument
Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/sources/mne.htm
OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises www.oecd.org/document/28/0,2340,en_2649_34889_2397532_1_1_1_1,00.html
Draft of an European Code of Conduct www.cleanclothes.org/codes/howit.htm
FoEI position paper: towards binding corporate accountability www.foei.org/corporates/towards.html

NGO guidelines for corporations:
Overview of NGO guidelines www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Principles/GuidelinespreparedbyNGOs, www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/ngomg.html
Code of labour practices for the apparel industry www.cleanclothes.org/codes/ccccode.htm
Human rights principles for corporations web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/ACT700011998?OpenDocument&of=THEMES\ECONOMIC+RELATIONS

Self-imposed company codes:
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/sicc.html