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Alliance to Save Energy

Amazon Watch

Angola (BP)

Campaign ExxonMobil: a religious shareholder initiative to compel Exxon to take responsibility for its role in the problem of global warming and to make a serious commitment to the development of sustainable solutions

Caspian Revenue Watch: The Central Eurasia Project, a program of the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundations), sees the transparent use of revenues generated by the sale and transport of Caspian natural resources as an issue of great importance for regional development and the promotion of civil society

The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (World Bank)

Chad Development Project (ExxonMobil)

China (BP)

Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program (Public Citizen)

Empowerment: What black empowerment means for BP - Landmark partnership deal [South Africa]:...promoting empowerment is both the right thing to do and makes business sense...Recently we took a dramatic step forward by taking into our South African company - BP Southern Africa (Pty) Limited (BPSA) - black empowerment partners. These partners will hold an equity stake giving them 25% shareholder voting rights and three seats on the board. (BP)

• Landmark empowerment deal [South Africa] (BP)

The Energy Foundation: Toward a sustainable energy future

Environmental and Social Responsibility Resolutions Filed for 2002 [relating to ExxonMobil] (Campaign ExxonMobil)

Extractive Industries Review: The Extractive Industries Review was launched by the World Bank Group to discuss its future role in the extractive industries with concerned stakeholders.

Exxon Valdez (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

Global Agreements - global agreements with multinational companies and sectors [agreements covering labour rights, environment & other issues; companies include: Statoil, Freudenberg Group, Endesa, Norske Skog] (ICEM - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions)

• {···español} Convenios mundiales - convenios mundiales con sectores y empresas multinacionales [Statoil, Freudenberg Group, Energía Eléctrica Endesa, Norske Skog] (ICEM - Federación Internacional de Sindicatos de Trabajadores de la Química, Energía, Minas e Industrias Diversas)

• {···français} Accords mondiaux - des accords mondiaux avec des entreprises multinationales et des secteurs [Statoil, Freudenberg, Endesa, Norske Skog] (ICEM - Fédération internationale des syndicats de travailleurs de la chimie, de l'énergie, des mines et des industries diverses)

HIV/AIDS: New policy to protect employees - No compulsory testing - Education and counselling programmes [regarding BP's new workplace policy on HIV/AIDS in South Africa]:...Both the policy and the programmes are underpinned by key ethical and moral principles: non-disclosure, confidentiality, tolerance and non-discrimination. (BP)

Human Rights and the Environment (Earth Day Network, Amnesty International, Sierra Club)

The IBLF [Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum] in Zambia [refers to collaboration with private sector, including BP Zambia, Phonix Contractors, Zambia National Business Society, Investrust Merchant Bank Zambia, Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Zamcell] (Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum)

Integrity in Science: The Integrity in Science project seeks to safeguard science and the public welfare from the corruptive effects of industry’s influence (Integrity in Science, a project of The Center for Science in the Public Interest)

• DATABASE: Scientists' and Non-Profits' Ties to Industry: The Center for Science in the Public Interest has launched this Internet site to provide information about the links between hundreds of scientists — mostly in the fields of nutrition, environment, toxicology, and medicine — and businesses. All too often, such ties result in conflicts of interest, especially when neither the scientists nor the corporations disclose them. (Integrity in Science, a project of The Center for Science in the Public Interest)

Issue Library: Oil, Gas and Coal (CorpWatch)

JATAM: Supporting Indonesian communities against the dehumanization and environmental destruction caused by the invasion of the mining, oil and gas industries

Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE): Drinking Water (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Oil & Transparency (Global Witness)

Oil Companies being sued [refers to ExxonMobil, Total Fina Elf, UNOCAL, Texaco, Shell; Nigeria, Burma, Republic of Congo] (International Campaign against Impunity)

Oil News (WorldNews.com)

Oil Refineries Update (Communities for a Better Environment [California])

Oilwatch (Ecuador) {···english···español}

{···français} pipelinewatch.org: Nous vous proposons ici un éclairage critique sur le projet pétrolier Tchad-Cameroun

• {···english} pipelinewatch.org: We wish to offer you a critical understanding of the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project

Project Underground: Supporting the human rights of communities resisting mining and oil exploration

Resolving the U'wa Issue [Colombia] (Occidental Petroleum)

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SANE BP (Shareholders Against New Oil Exploration)

Statoil support for human rights training programme for judges and public defenders in Venezuela