You will not be surprised that I write with some feeling based on my own experiences with BP over 7 years working in Colombia and Indonesia: while serving in the latter, I commissioned – though Christine Bader did all the hard work – the dedicated Human Rights Impact Assessment for the Tangguh Project, and it was also my decision that the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) be incorporated into the Project’s legally binding SEIA (Amdal). Since retiring from BP in 2003, I have been an active member of Amnesty International’s UK Business Advisory Group, but I do emphasise that this is an entirely personal submission...