Burma Campaign UK
As British American Tobacco (BAT) reports pre-tax profits of £2.11 billion the Burma Campaign UK today called on investors to put pressure on the company to close its factory in Burma. BAT are the target of a global campaign over their close links with the dictatorship in Burma. “Shareholders should remember that part of the …
The Burma Campaign UK is planning mass protests at British American Tobacco’s AGM over its factory in Burma, which is a joint venture with the brutal military regime. As well as protests outside the AGM, campaigners have purchased BAT shares so they can attend the AGM and question BAT’s board. The Burma Campaign UK launched …
The Burma Campaign UK today publishes a ‘Dirty List’ of companies whose operations are directly or indirectly helping to finance the military dictatorship in Burma. The Dirty List includes well known companies such as British American Tobacco (BAT), advertising giant Cordiant Communications, PwC, Suzuki, Orient Express, Kookai, Lonely Planet, DHL and Daewoo. The list targets …
Remembrance vigil for victims of tourism in Burma to be held outside Lonely Planet HQ On Friday 8th November, 8.30-10am Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) will hold a remembrance vigil for those who have suffered as a direct result of tourism to Burma. The vigil will coincide with the publication of a new edition of Lonely …
The Burma Campaign UK today launched a global campaign against British American Tobacco (BAT). BAT have a factory in Burma which is a joint venture with the military regime. The campaign is backed by amongst others; the Federation of Trade Unions – Burma, UNISON, Glenys Kinnock MEP, actress Juliet Stevenson, Maureen Lipman, Mark Thomas, and …
The Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) are celebrating the end of a decade long campaign to force Premier Oil UK out of Burma. Premier’s two largest shareholders, Petronas and Amerada Hess, will strip the company of its Burmese and Indonesian assets respectively. Premier’s name has become synonymous with corporate irresponsibility. In the 1990s the company went …
In an escalation of the campaign to persuade companies to cut ties with Burma’s brutal military regime, the Burma Campaign UK has written to the Chief Executives of nearly 100 high street clothing retailers calling on them to stop manufacturing and sourcing from Burma. The Burma Campaign UK has set a target of December 2003 …
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth and The Burma Campaign UK went into today’s Premier Oil AGM to ask questions about the company’s collaboration with the Burmese military regime. But in what campaigners will cite as a clear indication of the company’s backwardness on corporate responsibility issues, regular shareholders complained about the number of questions …
Shareholders are to be given blood stained five-pound notes at AGM on Friday 10th May. The Burma Campaign UK is sending a strong message that there should be no let up of international pressure following the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday. Premier Oil is the largest UK investor in Burma. “By investing …
To coincide with protests at Amerada Hess’s AGM in the US, the Burma Campaign UK is today calling on supporters to send faxes to Chairman John Hess’s direct number, calling on him to sell Hess’s 25 percent stake in Premier Oil. “We can’t be there in person but we can make sure they get the …
A new campaign to persuade Amerada Hess to sell its 25 percent shareholding in Premier Oil is launched in London today. The new campaign is aimed at increasing pressure on Premier Oil to pull out of Burma. In the first stage campaigners will use the internet to flood Hess’s UK and US offices with emails …
In a significant victory for the Burma Campaign UK (BCUK), lingerie giant Triumph International announced today that the company will close down its Burma-based manufacturing site. The announcement comes only two months after BCUK launched a campaign against Triumph – using striking images of models in barbed wire bras – in protest at the company’s …
The Norwegian Olympic Team has just announced cancellation of it’s Triumph International sponsorship because of the company’s presence in Burma and the Burma Campaign UK’s (BCUK) high profile campaign against the company. The Norwegian Team had refused to wear the Triumph logo or products unless the company pulls out of Burma. As Triumph has so …
An initiative, launched today by eight investment funds, highlights Burma as a country posing unique problems for foreign companies. The eight institutions, including Morley Fund Management, Henderson Global Investors and Friends Ivory and Sime, represent £400 billion of investment. However, the UK’s Premier Oil, which has a controversial joint venture with Burma’s ruling junta, fails …
The Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) today launched a campaign targeting lingerie giant Triumph International, in protest at the company’s support for Burma’s ruling military junta. BCUK is calling for a boycott of all Triumph products until the company closes down its Burma-based manufacturing site. Burma is ruled by an illegitimate military dictatorship – a regime …
A new report published today by the Burma Campaign UK finds that companies investing in Burma expose themselves to economic and political risks that could damage their profitability. The report: Investing in Burma – A review of the risks for investors and companies, was commissioned by the Burma Campaign UK from former Goldman Sachs Executive …
Premier Oil’s board was under fire today as it launched its social performance report at the company’s Annual General Meeting. The report is being attacked for not addressing fundamental concerns relating to Premier’s impact on communities along its Burmese gas pipeline, and crucially the support the company provides to Burma’s brutal military junta. “Inspector Clouseau …
The Burma Campaign UK are promising Directors of Premier Oil a rough ride at their AGM on Wednesday 16th May. Campaigners have purchased shares in Premier to enable them to attend the AGM and call for Premier Oil’s withdrawal from Burma. “Premier Oil might be a relatively small company but they are up there in …
On Friday May 26 The Burma Campaign UK and Tourism Concern launched a new arm of their existing campaign opposing tourism to Burma – calling for a boycott of all Lonely Planet publications (LP) until the company withdraws its Burma guide from the market. In anticipation of the boycott campaign launch outside Lonely Planet’’s London …
The Burma Campaign UK (TBC) and Tourism Concern (TC) will launch a new arm of their existing campaign opposing tourism to Burma. The campaign groups are calling for a boycott of all Lonely Planet publications (LP) until the company withdraws its Burma guide from the market (new edition Jan 2000). TBC and TC representatives, and …
As Premier Oil prepares for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) a new report alleges that the Yetagun consortium which includes Premier Oil, was informed that increased numbers of Burmese troops, known for serious human rights violations, would be drafted into civilian areas to provide security for Premier’s gas pipeline. The pipeline supplying gas from Burma …
In an interview with the Burma Campaign UK, Burma’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi calls on tourists to stay away from Burma. She also criticises tour operators who claim tourists assist the cause of democracy by exposing Burmese people to new ideas about freedom and democracy: “That’s so patronising! Burmese people know their own …
Swedish mobile telephone company Ericsson, today announced that it is suspending all business links with Burma forthwith. This decision follows protests by democracy campaigners at recent Celine Dion concerts in the US, which were sponsored by Ericsson. The company had also previously lost a multi-million dollar contract with the City of San Francisco, partly due …
Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, has criticised UK company Premier Oil for supporting the military regime in Burma by helping it to develop off-shore gas reserves. In a new video statement smuggled out of Burma she condemns the company, saying “Premier Oil is not only supporting this military government …