Over
80 civil society organizations (including 5 from Asia) have submitted an open
letter to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in support of a formal
complaint against PetroChina, a Global Compact participant. The groups argue that PetroChina, the publicly traded arm of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is Sudan's largest oil industry partner and has financial links to the regime perpetuating the six-year humanitarian crisis in Darfur which many consider to be genocide. More from Global Compact Critics
here.
