NGOs have filed three new complaints against companies for the breach of the OECD Guidelines. CIPCE has just filed a new case against Skanska for its involvement in a gas pipeline project in Argentina. In May ForUM and Friends of the Earth Norway have filed a complaint against Cermaq ASA for unsustainable production, bad employment conditions and human rights violations in Canada and Chile. Survival International has already filed a complaint against Vedanta Resources for prospective environmental and human rights violations from the construction of a bauxite mine in India. Final statements are expected in the cases against Shell in the Philippines and Cerrejón Coal in Colombia.

I. Highlights in this Update New cases : · Skanska withdraws from NCP process in Argentinean gas pipeline case ; CIPCE files new case · ForUM and Friends of the Earth Norway file complaint against Cermaq ASA for unsustainable production, bad employment conditions and human rights violations in Canada and Chile. · Survival International files complaint against Vedanta Resources for prospective environmental and human rights violations from the construction of a bauxite mine in India ; UK NCP accepts case as a specific instance Developments : · Norwegian NCP set to decide on the status of Future in Our Hands’ complaint against Intex Resources for environmental violations relating to the construction of a nickel mine and factory in the Philippines. · Korean NCP rejects complaint against Daewoo International and Korea Gas Corporation · Letters and information exchanged by both parties in Makro/SHV Holdings case at Dutch NCP · Irish and Dutch NCPs host talks to resolve the complaint against Shell, Statoil and Marathon Oil for violations in the Corrib Gas project in Ireland. · Argentine NCP holds meetings and makes fact-finding visit to community where alleged violations took place in Shell Argentina case ; case being held up due to parallel legal procedures · Australian and Swiss NCPs move to close case against Cerrejón Coal ; complainants object to the closure as the issues remain unresolved · Complainants in Afrimex case request that the UK government put forward Afrimex and its directors to the UN Sanctions Committee based on UK NCP’s final statement · Attempt at mediation fails in Shell Philippines case ; Dutch NCP moves to close case by drafting final statement · Cases against Alcoa/Votorantim (Brazilian NCP), Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese NCP) and BAE Systems/Airbus S.A.S./Rolls Royce (UK NCP) inactive for several years now considered “blocked” · BTC case has been reviewed by Steering Board review in UK ; Italian NCP has begun the initial assessment