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| Tango01 | 31 Aug 2017 10:13 p.m. PST |
…gun-maker "Heckler & Koch, the German company whose guns have been estimated to kill one person every 13 minutes, has quietly changed its strategy to become effectively the world's most ethical gun maker. But instead of announcing the apostasy in a press release, the company buried it towards the end of its yearly auditor's report – and then confirmed it on questioning by shareholders at the annual general meeting in mid-August. A H&K spokesman confirmed the report to DW by email on Thursday, saying, "Heckler & Koch chose a new strategy in spring 2016. As a consequence we have withdrawn from the crisis regions of the world." The notes on page 3 of the annual report, published in March, read, "we are not seeking to take part in new tenders in non-green countries." "Green countries" are defined by company's the own criteria, based on three classification systems: NATO membership or being a "NATO-equivalent country" (Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland), Transparency International's corruption index, and the Economist Intelligence Unit's democracy index…"
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pzivh43  | 01 Sep 2017 3:33 a.m. PST |
Admirable, but not likely to make much difference in those regions if every other gun makers don't follow suit. And that's not very likely to happen. I wonder what H&K's stock prices will do on this news? |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 01 Sep 2017 7:27 a.m. PST |
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| Allen57 | 01 Sep 2017 1:17 p.m. PST |
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| Waco Joe | 01 Sep 2017 3:28 p.m. PST |
Not only that, the company has even agreed to "seriously discuss" the possibility of setting up a "victims' fund" for families who had been killed with H&K weapons – which would also be unprecedented among the world's gun-makers. And much champagne flowed in the corporate offices of Fabrique Nationale |
| 14th NJ Vol | 01 Sep 2017 4:28 p.m. PST |
Bye bye H&K. What a stupid move. Glad I'm not a stock holder. Dozens of other companies already planning to take their market share. |
| JMcCarroll | 01 Sep 2017 4:41 p.m. PST |
Fortunately they produce the solution to there problem. Now who's idea was it? Please step forward! |
| Mardaddy | 01 Sep 2017 8:38 p.m. PST |
Not sure about ethical, but for good or bad, they became the worlds most ideological. Would you believe the company motto is, "No Compromises"? Huh… link So it looks like – not solid – these policies fall the day after the sole member of the parent company board booted the CEO, "effective immediately." Now I am wondering if the old CEO announced them and was booted, or was booted and then the policies were announced… |
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