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Shell - Applying business principles globally |
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Besides endorsing the Global Compact, the UDHR and other international human rights standards, Royal Dutch Shell wanted to make operational their commitments. Consequently, in 1997 Shell formally incorporated respect for human rights into its General Business Principles. |
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Total in Myanmar |
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For more than 10 years now, Total’s presence in Myanmar has been strongly criticized by some activists, as support for the regime in place: Total explains its presence in Myanmar, and why it continues to operate in the country. |
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Expanding a water pipeline network in Egypt |
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A partnership between Egyptian LNG and the Behera Water and Drainage Company led to an enlarged water distribution network that provides mutual benefits to the companies and the residents of the surrounding towns and villages. |
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Building NGO capacity for pipeline monitoring in Azerbaijan |
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In Azerbaijan, BP and the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation are working together to support national NGOs’ capacity development through facilitated monitoring and audit of the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi and the South Caucasus Pipeline projects. |
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Sustainable development in the Gulf of Paria, Venezuela |
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ConocoPhillips has lessons to share from conceptualizing, improving and implementing a sustainable development framework in collaboration and partnership with local and international stakeholders in the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela. |
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The Emergency Medicine Development Initiative in Azerbaijan |
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Hess, International Medical Corps and other partners are working together to improve emergency health care services for communities in and around the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) corridor in Azerbaijan. |
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The Ormen Lange Slide Risk Project |
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Hydro and a group of universities, institutes and companies collaborated in order to better understand the geology and historical subsea slide mechanisms in the Storegga region on the Norwegian continental margin. |
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Oil Industry Workforce Development in Yemen |
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Canadian Nexen Petroleum Yemen has partnered with local and national governments to build the skills of Nexen’s employees, in the process developing Yemen’s oilfield expertise for the long term. |
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Sustainable harvesting of biodiversity resources in South Africa |
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Through a fusion of conservation expertise, financial investment, business skills and long-term access to consumer markets, Shell and its partners are working in South Africa to conserve biodiversity, generate jobs, and improve the quality of life for local people through the sustainable harvesting and sale of flowers and associated products. |
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The development of a strategic relationship |
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The partners - Royal Dutch Shell and Living Earth Foundation - have been working together on a range of sustainable development issues for the past 16 years and are now developing their partnership into a ‘strategic institutional relationship’. |
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The Oro Community Development Trust in coastal Nigeria |
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Nexen, in partnership with Pro-Natura International (Nigeria), is working with five Local Government Areas in the Oron region of coastal Nigeria towards replication of a sustainable model of participatory community development. |
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Vocational training and sustainable livelihoods for women in Pakistan |
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BHP Billiton, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Child Development Organization and the Women Skills Development Organization have facilitated a process for promoting women’s empowerment through income generation and socio-economic development in southern Pakistan since 2001; the partnership work has benefited the wider community. |
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The Bhit Rural Support Project in Pakistan |
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Eni Pakistan and Thardeep Rural Development Programme have been working together since 2002 on a project to improve the quality of life of the communities in and near Eni’s concession areas in the Dadu district of Pakistan. |
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An education and rural development programme in Patagonia |
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Repsol YPF and the Cruzada Patagónica Foundation joined forces to provide education and development opportunities to families living in poor rural communities in western Patagonia. |
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Rural electrification in Morocco |
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Energy companies Total,Tenesol and Electricité de France set up the Temasol company to operate a country-wide rural electrification programme in Morocco. |
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The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights |
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Launched in 2000, the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights is an international tripartite initiative designed to assist energy and extractive companies in maintaining the security of their operations globally while ensuring respect for human rights. |
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Human rights training of Sharia judges in Nigeria |
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The three-year partnership between Statoil and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project is introducing Sharia judges in northern Nigeria to human rights issues and legislation. |
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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
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Proposed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2002 and endorsed by the G8 countries, the multi-stakeholder Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative supports improved governance in resource-rich countries through publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining. |
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Revenue Transparency in Azerbaijan |
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BP has been involved with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative since its launch in Johannesburg in 2002, mostly in Azerbaijan and also in Angola, and Trinidad and Tobago. |
