Anglo American plc response to War on Want Allegations
09 August, 2007
On Friday 3rd August 2007 War on Want published a report containing serious allegations about the conduct of Anglo American and our associate companies De Beers, AngloGold Ashanti and Cerrejon Coal.
The report accused Anglo American of espousing corporate responsibility at an international level whilst being associated with human rights abuses on the ground in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Botswana and the Philippines.
The War on Want paper is inaccurate or disingenuous in its presentation of numerous material facts, and at no point in the preparation of the Report did the authors approach the Company to check facts or to seek alternative perspectives.
Anglo American has presented a detailed response to War on Want's report, which is available for download. Given the wholly one-sided nature of their report, we have also asked War on Want to withdraw their document or, at a minimum, to post our response on their website alongside their allegations.