Weekly Updates: Companies we have invited to respond to concerns

Section 6: Companies beginning with T- other

(10 Feb 2005 – 22 Jan 2014)

The following chart lists companies we invited to respond to concerns raised by civil society and highlighted in our Weekly Updates – indicating the country, issue, and whether or not the company has sent us a response – with a link to the allegations and any response. Any company that has not yet responded is welcome to do so at any time.

This section of the chart covers companies with names beginning T-Other; the other five alphabetical sections are here: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts

Our free Weekly Updates include the latest news and reports on companies’ human rights impacts: positive steps they are taking, and alleged abuses. Over 17,500 opinion leaders worldwide have registered for the Updates. You can sign up to receive the Updates at: www.business-humanrights.org/Updates

When we plan to include allegations of misconduct in a Weekly Update, we invite the named company to respond, and any response appears in the Update. This helps ensure balance and encourages companies to address concerns raised by civil society. Since we launched the Updates in February 2005, over 70% of companies have responded. In some cases this has led to further comments, and then a further response by the company. In this way the Updates can help to keep issues alive until they have been addressed on the ground.

A list of the positive steps by companies that have been featured in our Weekly Updates is available here: www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Update-Charts

Company
(T-Other) / Country / Date of our
Update / Issue / Resp-
onse?
T&P (Cambodia) / Cambodia / 29 Aug 2012 / NGOs raise concerns about migrant workers' rights abuses by recruitment agencies & call for govt. action to hold companies accountable. Click here / No
TAG Heuer / LVMH
(Switzerland) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
Tahoe Resources
(USA) / Guatemala / 8 Feb 2012 / Amnesty Intl. asks authorities to consult local communities prior to granting exploitation licences to Tahoe Resources' subsidiary - locals concerned over water pollution. Click here
Click here (in Spanish) / Yes
Tahoe Resources
(USA) / Guatemala / 10 Oct 2012 / NGOs protest over alleged violence against protesters by police & San Rafael mine's private security guards. Click here / Yes
Taimon (Taiwan) / Taiwan / 20 Nov 2013 / Further to last week's Update: Fei-ling Electronic Engineering & Taimon, subcontractors of InfraVest, did not respond to concerns re violence against protesters in Taiwan. Click here / No
Talbots
(USA) / El Salvador / 23 Feb 2011 / Talbots supplier Ocean Sky accused of forced overtime, filthy drinking water, poverty wages.
Click here / Yes
Talisman
(Canada) / Peru / 19 Oct 2011 / Indigenous people block river in effort to stop oil exploration. Click here / Yes
Tamoil (Oilinvest)
(Netherlands) / Global / 14 Aug 2013 / SOMO report examines records of 8 extractive companies on human rights & tax avoidance. Click here / No
Tang Xia Yat Hing Plastic and Metal Manufactory (China) / China / 16 Mar 2011 / Labour group accuses toy industry's certification scheme of "shielding labour violations" at toy factories including Tang Xia Yat Hing Plastic and Metal Manufactory Click here / Yes
Target
(USA) / Jordan / 18 Oct 2006 / Report by National Labor Committee (a U.S. NGO) alleges poor working conditions in garment factories producing for US brands & retailers including Target. Click here / Yes
Target
(USA) / Burma / 1 Nov 2006 / Human rights groups urge companies to boycott gems to avoid supporting military government; social investors call on Target to address Burmese gems in its supply chain. Click here / Yes
Target
(USA) / Turkey / 3 Jun 2009 / Menderes Textil factory, Turkey: Clean Clothes Campaign raises concerns of anti-union activity, other labour abuses. Click here / Yes
Target Insurance Brokers
(Singapore) / Burma / 20 Aug 2008 / Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma "support dictators". Click here / No
Tata
(India) / India / 4 Feb 2009 / Over 4900 sign "Cellular Silence Day" petition in protest against CEOs of Bharti Airtel, Tata, Reliance for supporting Gujarat's Chief Minister Modi. Click here / No
Tata
(India) / India / 11 Jul 2012 / Report alleges water from Tata & OPG thermal power plants harms livelihoods of fishing communities. Click here / Yes
Tata Motors
(India) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
TCL
(China) / China / 10 Jan, 14 Mar 2007 / Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) report alleges widespread labour abuses among suppliers of major technology & electronics brands including TCL. Click here / No
TD Bank
(USA) / USA / 30 Jan 2013 / Chicago Mayor writes to TD Bank, Bank of America urging them to push gun firms that they have major investments in to support military weapons ban. Click here / No
Teleservice
(Angola) / Angola / 10 Jul 2013 / Guards from private security company Bicuar accused of shooting diamond digger - Bicuar provides services for diamond firm Sociedade Mineira do Cuango. Click here / No
TeliaSonera
(Sweden) / Belarus / 16 Sep 2009 / Human rights NGO says TeliaSonera could contribute to abuses of freedom of expression, privacy by Belarus Govt. through investment in Belarusian BeST mobile network
operator. Click here / Yes
Telmex
(Mexico) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
Tengizchevroil
(Kazakhstan) / Kazakhstan / 6 Jun 2012 / Concerns raised about Tengizchevroil's environmental, health impacts & hiring policies at public hearing. Cick here / Yes
Tengizchevroil
(Kazakhstan) / Kazakhstan / 23 Jan 2013 / Environmentalists say Tengiz oil well operated by Tengizchevroil poses serious health hazards. Click here (unofficial translation from Russian available) / Yes
Tenke Fungurume Mining (DRC) / DRC / 3 Oct 2012 / Delta Protection, Tenke Fungurume Mining re alleged interference in Dem. Rep. of Congo murder investigation. Click here (only in French) / Yes
TEPCO
(Japan) / Japan / 11 May 2011 / Exposé on labour situation at TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear plant; contract workers most exposed to radiation
Click here / Yes
TEPCO
(Japan) / Japan / 18 May 2011 / Contract worker files complaint after allegedly being "duped" to work at troubled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Click here / Yes
Tepco
(Japan) / Global / 18 Jan 2012 / Greenpeace Switzerland & Berne Declaration nominate 6 companies for 2012 "Public Eye Awards for the worst cases of contempt for the environment and human rights". Click here / No
Teplotekhnik (Russia) / Russia / 27 Apr 2011 / Protestors against forest felling for road construction outside Moscow reportedly beaten by security guards
Click here / No
Tesco
(UK) / South Africa / 13 Apr 2005 / Women working on fruit farms supplying Tesco work in “appalling” conditions – receiving “poverty wages”, exposed to pesticides, living in “dismal housing” and losing out on benefits, says ActionAid report. Click here / Yes
Tesco
(UK) / China / 17 Jan 2007 / Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here / Yes
Tesco
(UK) / Asia / 18 Mar 2009 / Clean Clothes Campaign report "Cashing in" says discount model leads to labour abuses at factories in Asia supplying Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart. Click here / Yes
Tesco
(UK) / India / 15 Aug 2012 / Follow-up report on exploitation of child workers and Dalit children exposes lack of action by intl. clothing brands. Click here / Yes
Tesco
(UK) / Israel/Palestine / 3 Apr 2013 / Tesco supplier Mehadrin still mislabelling products from illegal settlements as "produce of Israel", says Corporate Watch. Click here / Yes
Textiles KN de Oriente
(Mexico) / Mexico / 22 Mar 2006 / Local NGO says that contaminated effluent from Textiles KN de Oriente factory causing cancer in local population.
Click here / Yes
Theo Chocolate
(USA) / USA / 27 Feb 2013 / Report raises concerns about IMO-certified Theo Chocolate's alleged anti-union activities. Click here / Yes
Thermo Fisher Scientific
(USA) / USA / 19 Dec 2012 / Global Witness issues new call for more companies to clarify positions on conflict minerals lawsuit. Click here / No
Thermopower
(So. Africa) / So. Africa / 12 Aug 2009 / Community accuses hazardous waste firm Thermopower of environmental pollution & causing illness. Click here / Yes
Thomson Reuters
(USA) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / No
Three Gorges Corporation (China) / Malaysia / 7 Nov 2012 / Indigenous communities call on company CEO to cease work on Baram mega dam saying it would displace 20,000 people. Click here (also available in Chinese) / Yes
Tiffany
(USA) / Burma / 2 Mar 2005 / Tiffany resumes buying gems mined in Burma, Professional Jeweller magazine reports. Click here [following our Update it re-imposed the moratorium on gemstones from Burma –
click here] / Yes
Timberland (USA) / China / 30 Mar 2005 / China Labor Watch alleges labour rights abuses at Timberland supplier Kingmaker Footwear in China. Click here / Yes
TNT (Netherlands) / Global / 15 Jul 2009 / SOMO "Overviews of controversial business practices in 2008" on companies including TNT. Click here / Yes
Tokio Marine
(Japan) / Burma / 20 Aug 2008 / Burma Campaign UK says firms providing insurance to companies operating in Burma "support dictators". Click here / No
Tommy Hilfiger (part of PVH) (USA) / Bangladesh / 3 Oct 2012 / Killing of labour rights activist, Aminul Islam, still under investigation 5 months on. Click here / Yes
Tongaat Hulett (So. Africa) / Mozambique / 1 Aug 2007 / Mozambique: Security guards at Mafambisse sugar plantation, owned by Tongaat Hulett, accused of killing striking worker. Click here / Yes
Tongling Nonferrous Metals
(China) / Peru / 13 Apr 2011 / New film on 2009 violence, killings at Zijin Mining’s Rio Blanco project
Click here
Click here (in Spanish) / No
ТОО «Горнолыжный курорт «Көкжайлау» (Kazakhstan) / Kazakhstan / 20 Feb 2013 / NGO issues rejoinder to companies’ responses to health & environmental concerns about Kok-Jailau ski resort construction. Click here / No
TOP-TOY (Sweden) / China / 15 Jun 2005 / Swedwatch/Fair Trade Center report alleges poor working conditions at toy factories. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Burma / 23 Feb 2005 / Total’s presence in Burma fuelling human rights abuses, says new report – 40 organisations in 18 countries call on Total to quit the country. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / China / 17 Jan 2007 / Labor groups raise concerns about positions of multinational & their business organizations regarding China’s proposed labour law reform. Click here / No
Total
(France) / Burma / 3 Oct 2007 / Total's lobbying weakens EU stance on Burma sanctions, says Member of European Parliament Geoffrey Van Orden. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Burma / 10 Oct 2007 / Sir Geoffrey Chandler: "Total's response to criticisms of its presence in Burma is in the worst tradition of corporate irresponsibility". Click here / No
Total
(France) / Burma / 21 May 2008 / Burma Campaign UK says Total has helped to keep in power government that is "killing thousands by denying aid". Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Burma / 30 Sep,
4 Nov 2009 / Two EarthRights reports accuse Chevron & Total's Yadana pipeline of links to forced labour & killings, undermining sanctions. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Burma / 26 May 2010 / Mary Robinson and 167 other individuals & organizations call on Chevron, PTTEP, Total to practice revenue transparency in Burma. Click here. / Yes
Total
(France) / Burma / 19 Jan 2011 / EarthRights says Norwegian Govt. complicit in abuses in Burma through investment in oil companies operating there including Total. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Bolivia / 12 Oct 2011 / NGO analyses impact assessment of oil & gas project and detects potential abuses. Click here [in Spanish] / Yes
Total
(France) / Bahrain / 18 Apr 2012 / Concerns raised by NGOs about Formula One and its teams going ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, given the human rights situation in the country. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Western Sahara / 19 Dec 2012 / NGO letter to Total urging it not to renew oil reconnaissance & evaluation licence in occupied Western Sahara. Click here / Yes
Total
(France) / Uganda / 27 Mar 2013 / Local residents say they have received too little compensation for damage to homes, farms from oil exploration by Total and construction of refinery. Click here / Yes
Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho (Japan) / China / 20 Feb 2013 / China Labor Watch submission to UN Working Group on business & human rights highlights poor working conditions in 10 Apple supplier factories. Click here / Yes