{"id":389777,"date":"2023-02-27T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettsteder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/?page_id=389777"},"modified":"2023-02-27T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:34:25","slug":"pax-and-others-vs-aker-bp-asa-and-aker-asa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/pax-and-others-vs-aker-bp-asa-and-aker-asa\/","title":{"rendered":"PAX and others vs. Aker BP ASA and Aker ASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"module-0\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-0 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><p>The complainants are: PAX, Civil Society Coalition on Natural Resources, Global Id\u00e9, Church Aid, Liech Victims Voices, Norwegian Peoples Aid, South Sudan Council of Churches and Swedwatch. The complaints are directed at Aker BP ASA and Aker ASA and concern human rights due diligence in connection with the merger of companies, stakeholder engagement and addressing ongoing, unremediated adverse impacts.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints relate to Chapter II (General Policies) and Chapter IV (Human Rights) of the OECD Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The NCP has determined that parts of the complaints merit further consideration and limits this to the questions concerning the companies\u2019 due diligence with regards to human rights in connection with the merger.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-1\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-1 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><div class=\"table-wrap\" style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: 300;font-size: 16px;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\n<div class=\"table-wrap\"><table style=\"width: 669px\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Received:<\/td>\n<td>31 May 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Status:<\/td>\n<td>In progress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Sector:<\/td>\n<td>Oil and gas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Company:<\/td>\n<td>Aker BP ASA, Aker ASA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Complainant:<\/td>\n<td>Civil Society Coalition on Natural Resources, Global Id\u00e9, Liech Victims Voices, Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian People\u2019s Aid, PAX, South Sudan Council of Churches and Swedwatch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Leading National Contact Point:<\/td>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Other involved National Contacts Points:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>Relevant chapters in the OECD Guidelines:<\/td>\n<td>Chapter II General Policies, paragraphs A10, A12 og A14<br \/>\nChapter IV Human Rights, paragraphs 1, 3, 5 og 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: 300;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-2\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-dss_downloads hogan-module-2 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner\"><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Documents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"download_list_2_0\">Complaints <span><\/span><\/button>\t\t\t<ul id=\"download_list_2_0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2023\/02\/Aker-BP-NCP-complaint.pdf\" title=\"Aker-BP-NCP-complaint.pdf\" download>Complaint against Aker BP ASA i pdf-format<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2023\/02\/Aker-ASA-NCP-complaint.pdf\" title=\"Aker-ASA-NCP-complaint.pdf\" download>Complaint against Aker ASA i pdf-format<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"download_list_2_1\">Initial Assessment of the NCP <span><\/span><\/button>\t\t\t<ul id=\"download_list_2_1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2023\/02\/InitialAssessment_PAXothers_AkerBP_AkerASA_EN_nett.pdf\" title=\"InitialAssessment_PAXothers_AkerBP_AkerASA_EN_nett.pdf\" download>Last ned filen i pdf-format<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"download_list_2_2\">Response from the companies on the complaints <span><\/span><\/button>\t\t\t<ul id=\"download_list_2_2\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2023\/02\/20220624_AkerBP_ASA_Comments-to-the-complaint.pdf\" title=\"20220624_AkerBP_ASA_Comments-to-the-complaint.pdf\" download>Last ned filen i pdf-format<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three South Sudanese and five European organizations submitted the complaints to the Norwegian NCP in May 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