Checklist :

The Good
[  ]  one of top 50 best companies for minorities
[  ]  one of top 100 companies for working mothers
[X]  Has a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation

To Be Improved
[X] - sites in non-democratic nations
[  ] - child labor violations in last five years
[X] - environmental violations in last five years

• Texaco, along with Amoco and Mobil, owns shares in Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the largest hazardous liquid pipeline in the world.  Colonial Pipeline pled guilty in March, 1999 to criminal charges concerning a spill of almost one million gallons of oil into South Carolina’s Reedy River.  Their fine was $13 million.  For a description, see www.corporatepredators.org/top100.html/#Annotated

• 1993- U.S. lawyers in New York filed a lawsuit against Texaco on behalf of over 30,000 members of an indigenous people of Ecuador.  They sued over the widespread contamination of their water and land.  The plantiffs claim that a subsidiary of Texaco dumped an estimated 30 billion gallons of toxic waste into their environment while extracting oil from the Ecuadoran Amazon between 1964 and 1992.  The case is still unresolved.  To read articles about the dispute, go to NewsBank at infoweb4.newsbank.com and search for ‘Texaco and Ecuador’ to find out more.  For Texaco's side of the story see their webiste at http://www.texaco.com/investor/index.html and under Topics of Interest click "Texaco and Ecuador."

• Texaco acknowledges that global warming is a concern and has invested in techologies that will improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  For more information, see their website at http://www.texaco.com/investor/index.html, and under Topics of Interest click "Climate Change Initiatives."

• October 16, 2000 : Due to the recent merger of Chevron with Texaco, "the new company will trim about 7 percent of its work force - about 4000 workers - to help it achieve what it estimates to be an annual savings of $1.2 billion."  -The Associated Press, October 16 2000

• October 14, 1999 - Texaco Named to List of "America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises" by the Women's Business Enterprise National Coalition (WBENC), the nation's leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women.  See: www.texaco.com/aboutus/index.html for more.

• November, 1996.  The New York Times revealed the existence of a tape on which Texaco executives were heard making racist remarks.  Texaco was forced by the Rainbow Coalition, the NAACP, and others to settle a discrimination suit in 1997, for over $175 million.  Go to NewsBank at infoweb4.newsbank.com and search for ‘Texaco and discrimination’ to find out more.

• On July 30, 1999, a demonstration was sponsored by the AFL-CIO and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) to protest on-going labor and human rights violations at an Indonesian oil facility owned jointly by Texaco and Chevron Corp. At issue is a strike by 8,000 oil workers at an oil rig owned by Caltex Petroleum Corp., a joint venture between Texaco and Chevron, located in central Sumatra, Indonesia. The workers are employed by a Caltex subcontractor, PT Tripatra, which violated Indonesian labor law when it refused to make those of the workers with more than two years seniority permanent employees and pay them the compensation due to them. To read a related article, go to www.corpwatch.org and search for ‘Texaco.’

• September 25, 1997.  Texaco sold its stake in a natural gas project just off the coast of Burma in response to President Clinton’s decision to bar new investments in the militant Burmese government, in the interest of human rights, democracy and counter-narcotics efforts.  Supporters saw this as a major win for the Burmese democracy movement.  To read a related article, go to www.corpwatch.org and search for ‘Texaco.’

• In 1998, Texaco spent $4,228,898  in lobbying expenditures. (76% to Republicans, 24% to Democrats)  It ranked #53 in the list of the biggest lobbyists which can be found at www.opensecrets.org/pubs/lobby98/topspend.htm

• Texaco and its affiliates have donated over $85,000 in soft money during the 1999-2000 campaign, in 10 contributions, with $20,000 going to Democrats and over $65,000 to Republican candidates.  This is not listed among the big contributors nationally in any available ranking.  See www.opensecrets.org/pubs/bigpicture2000/index.htm

• www.corpwatch.org/  For more information on the behavior of corporations.
• www.texaco.com/  The Texaco web site.
• biz.yahoo.com/i/  For more information on corporate salaries and finances.
• infoweb4.newsbank.com/ For news articles on environmental and labor events.
• www.texaco.com/aboutus  For more information on Texaco’s diversity policy.
• www.opensecrets.org/pubs/bigpicture2000/index.htm  For more information on political contributions from Texaco and other corporations.
• www.corporatepredators.org/top100.html/#Annotated  For more information on the criminal behavior of corporations and the legal fines they have paid.