Engagement with UNGC – February 2009 and July 2009

UNGC Board agreed to discuss the complaint on PetroChina

• Letter to the UNGC Board members asking that the Board address the complaint against PetroChina and apply the UNGC Integrity Measures, 02-01-2009.

• Letter from Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Vice Chair of the Global Compact Board discussing the complaint and confirming that the Board would discuss the issue at its next meeting, 02-09-2009.

• Reply to Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, from Eric Cohen and Bart Slob, 02-23-2009.

UNGC Board met and decided to do nothing on the complaint on PetroChina

• Report on UNGC Board meeting, 07-24-2009

  “The Board agreed that the operation of a company in a weakly governed or repressive environment could not be sole grounds for removal from the initiative and that the Global Compact, as a learning platform, cannot require a company to engage in advocacy with a government.“

• Integrity Measures FAQ, new UNGC document, 08-21-2009

• Global Compact Board rejects PetroChina complaint, commends CNPC, Global Compact Critics, 09-09-2009

• At UN, Kung’s Ethics, Bayer and PetroChina, Inner City Press,10-06-2009