Jesuit Conference Engagement Leads to Adoption of Human Rights Policy at OM Group

January 12, 2012 in News, Social and International

The Jesuit conference of the United States announced recently that it’s four-year engagement with OM Group has resulted in the adoption by the company of a human rights policy for its employees, including miners at its cobalt smelter in Lubumbashi, Decomcratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

According to the Jesuit Conference, their engagement with OM Group began after a visit to the company’s smelter in Lubumbashi raised concerns about worker safety at an adjacent site owned by a joint venture partner.  In 2007, three children were killed in a workplace accident there.

John Sealey, assistant for Social and International ministry for the Chicago-Detroit Province said, “Global expectations of businesses to respect human rights also confer a responsibility on the company to have its joint venture partners remediate human rights risks like the unsafe conditions around the Lubumbashi smelter where artisanal miners are routinely injured.”

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