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UN lists 214 companies linked to occupied Palestine
The UN Human Rights Office updated its database of companies with activities linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The update includes 214 companies from 11 countries; 61 of the 126 businesses reviewed were added to the list, while five previously registered companies were removed.
The UN Human Rights Office has updated its database of businesses linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The study was conducted by the UN Human Rights Office under a mandate from the UN Human Rights Council and was first published in 2020.
The latest review of the list, which was also updated in 2023 and 2025, examined activities in agriculture, transportation, storage, waste management, energy, food and accommodation. The database contains a total of 214 companies from 11 countries.
126 businesses reviewed again
Following a public call for submissions issued in 2024, the UN Human Rights Office received information concerning 596 businesses. A total of 215 businesses, including companies cited in the previous report and existing sources, were assessed.
Of these businesses, 381 had been examined in earlier reviews. The remaining 126 companies were reviewed as part of the latest update; work on businesses that could not be assessed in time was continuing.
As a result of the review, 61 companies were added to the list. Five companies previously included on the list were removed from the records after it was determined that they were no longer involved in the specified activities.
Human rights impacts assessed at three levels
The update also included a classification of the ways in which companies were involved in adverse impacts on human rights, based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
According to the report, “causing” refers to a situation in which a company’s activities alone are sufficient to affect people’s ability to enjoy a human right. “Contributing” covers situations in which a company’s activities combine with those of another actor to affect the enjoyment of that right. “Direct linkage” means that a direct relationship exists between a company’s activities, products or services and adverse impacts on human rights.
Companies from different countries included on the list
Alongside Israeli firms, the updated database also listed international companies from various countries. The US companies Airbnb Inc., Booking Holdings Inc., Expedia Group Inc., Friends of Ir David, Hayovel Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., Re/Max Holdings, Inc. and TripAdvisor, Inc. were included on the list.
Absoluteskin Cosmetics (Pty) Ltd. from South Africa, Booking. Com B. V. from the Netherlands, Altice International Ltd. from Luxembourg, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S. A. (CAF), Ingenieria y Economia del Transporte S. M. E. M. P, S. A. (Ineco) and Salvat Logistica S. A. from Spain were also added to the list.
France’s Egis and Egis Rail, China’s Fosun International Ltd., the United Kingdom’s Greenkote P. L. C. and J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd., Germany’s Heidelberg Materials AG and Mexico’s Orbia Advance Corp Sab de CV were also among the companies on the updated list.
Call for responsibility from companies and states
The report called on companies to fulfill their responsibility to respect human rights in line with widely accepted international standards. It urged companies involved in the listed activities to take appropriate steps to address the adverse human rights impacts resulting from them.
States were also urged to take steps to ensure that victims of human rights violations linked to activities in their territories or under their jurisdiction have access to effective remedies in accordance with international law.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the report reminded companies of their responsibilities regarding human rights. Türk said companies were expected to exercise the necessary due diligence to ensure that they did not become involved in human rights violations or abuses.
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