ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd

Headquarters location: PO Box 8131 CH-8050 Zurich Tel. 41-1-317-7334 Job offers, investor relations: www.abb.com Email: ann-sofie.joensson@ch.abb.com

ABB Asea Brown Boveri belongs to shareholder country     % source BZ Group Holding Ltd 10 Financial . Ebner, Martin 5 AGEFI Schmidheiny, Stephan ABB Asea Brown Boveri owns subsidiary country     % source Entrelec Group SA 99.1 Les Echos	Brands name items photo compare the prices ABB Ethishop Asea Brown Boveri Ethishop Combustion Engineering Ethishop DRAKA NORSK KABEL AS Ethishop FASTIGHETS AB SKULDERBLADET Ethishop Stromberg Ethishop TURBEC AB Ethishop WILLIAM STEWARD (HOLDINGS) Ltd Ethishop Shop local, ethical and at the best price on Ethishop !
« ETHICAL » RATING OF ABB_ASEA_BROWN_BOVERI , group and subsidiaries [?] 31% Job: 31% of company's jobs cut since 1998 1 Environment: 1 major pollution(s) 4 Delinquency: 4 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency 5 Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 5 offshore financial center(s) 21 Sales: more than 21 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales 4 Net profit: more than 4 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 4 Influence: 4 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 2 Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
Relevance: business & market share year business source 2006 The world's largest manufacturer of electrical networks. World locations & Manufacturing country incentive : address & contact : production type source ABB Investment NV, SWIFT ABBNANC1XXX : SWIFT Po Box 11070 Dubai : 3370 Leudelange & 352 493116 :   Ulu Kelang free zone, Lorong Enggang 37 & 4568133 : Swissinfos 2, Ayer Rajah Crescent & 7765711 : The map of tax haven, secret accounts and shell companies ABB Asea Brown Boveri is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2007Demaré, Michel Chief Financial Officer; 2007Von Grunberg, Hubertus Chairman; 2005Kindle, Fred Chief Executive Officer; Les Echos 2002Dietz, Horst Chairman of the Board; 2002Dormann, Jurgen Chief Executive Officer; 2001Dormann, Jurgen Chairman of the Monitoring Committee; 2000Barnevik, Percy Chairman of the Monitoring Committee; allowances: 99 million Eu€; Le Monde 2000Centerman, Jorgen Chairman of the Executive committee; 2000Ebner, Martin Director; 2000Jeker, Robert Director; 2000Rocca, Agostion Director; 2000Rumsfeld, Donald Director; 2000Somm, Edwin Director; 2000Sutherland, Peter Director; 2000Wallenberg, Jakob Director; 1999Dormann, Jurgen Director; 1999Lindahl, Goran Chairman of the Executive committee; allowances: 56.95 million Eu€; Le Monde 1999Von Koerber, Eberhard Chairman; 1999Weiss, Ulrich Monitoring Committee; Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2004 Arguable partnership: WWF: value: Ecologique; 2000 Arguable partnership: Global Compact with the United Nations: value: Respects human, social and environmental laws; Dubious practices in 2007

Made by year employees <> social impact : country source 2006 -210 Closure/Bankruptcy: ABB closes its engine and alternators manufacturing facility in Champagne sur Seine.: France Les Echos 2005 -1300 Internal restructuring: Swissinfos 2004 -40000 Bloomberg 2003 139051 2002 146000 -10000 Les Echos 2001 -12000 Les Echos 1999 164154 1998 199232 1993 -2855 Les Echos Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007 Environmental impact year country : consequences source 2006 United States of America : ABB pays 2 billion dollars to compensate the former employees of its subsidiary Combustion Engineering, contaminated by asbestos during their work. Les Echos 2003 United States of America : Accord avec les avocats des 110 000 plaignants qui ont porté plainte contre le groupe dans le dossier de l'amiante: ABB va devoir verser 350 millions de dollars en cash, ainsi qu'un supplément de 50 millions de dollars. Depuis 1990, 440 000 plaintes contre Combustion Engineering, sa filiale, qui fabriquait les chaudières contenant de l'amiante, ont coûté au groupe plus d'un milliard de dollars Lesinfos.c. Pollutions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 2006 : amount: 235 thousand US$ : Officiels nigérians translate Romandie 2003 Market access : translate Swissinfos 2001 Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate USCIB 2000 Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translate Corporate . 1999 Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translate Corporate . 1999 Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translate Corporate . 1993 The group"s italian executive officers are charged with bribing italian political leaders to win train equipment contracts. : translate Les Echos Influence in 2007 Financials year financial misdemeanor sales income buyback source 2007   1.5 billion US$ Les Echos 2007   29.2 3.8   billion US$ Les Echos 2006   24.53 1.9   billion US$ 2006 The company participated to a cartel with its competitors on the gas insulated switchgears market in Europe.     Les Echos 2006 ABB colluded in supplies of gas insulated switchgear, which is needed at sub-stations used to carry electricity to homes, offices and factories in the Czech Republic. "The issue is so-called bid rigging, in which participants agreed among themselves on who will offer what price of gas insulated switchgear so the contract is awarded to the company agreed in advance," the Czech competition regulator said.     Reuters 2004   20.72 0.2   billion US$ 2004 Irrégularités comptables de 70 M USD     AFP 2003   18.79 -0.77   billion US$ 2002 Price-fixed billions of dollars worth of equipment to the power industry: fined Au$35000     Sydney Mor. 2002   23.73 -0.69   billion US$ 2001   23.73 -0.69   billion US$ 2000   22.97 1.44   billion US$ 1999   24.68 1.61   billion US$ 1998   30.87 1.3   billion US$ 1994     EUPolitix Financial delinquency in 2007

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