Summary of screening exercise and communication with companies at the time of submissiona Screening exercise State concerned Israel or Israeli settlements Number of Total companies Number of Total number Number of Number of number of screened Number of additional of screenedb companies companies companies from initial companies companies companies contacted not yet reviewed list excluded screened to date contacted 186 131 43 12 143 45 98 United States of America 54 20 32 2 22 7 15 Germany 21 7 14 -- 7 1 6 Netherlands 7 5 2 -- 5 3 2 France 8 4 4 -- 4 2 2 Republic of Korea 3 3 0 -- 3 1 2 Italy 3 3 0 -- 3 0 3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6 3 3 -- 3 1 2 Canada 2 2 0 -- 2 0 2 Japan 3 2 1 -- 2 1 1 12 2 10 -- 2 0 2 Ireland 2 1 1 -- 1 0 1 Mexico 1 1 0 -- 1 1 0 Denmark 1 1 0 -- 1 0 1 Russian Federation 1 1 0 -- 1 0 1 Singapore 1 1 0 -- 1 0 1 Turkey 1 1 0 -- 1 0 1 Sweden 2 1 1 -- 1 1 0 Spain 2 1 1 -- 1 0 1 Belgium 1 1 0 -- 1 1 0 South Africa 1 1 0 -- 1 0 1 Others 3 0 3 -- 0 0 0 321 192 115 14 206 64 142 Switzerland Total (d) Communication with companies Consultations 23. Throughout the process, as mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 31/36 and in preparation for the report, OHCHR carried out five in-person consultations with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and exchanged additional written correspondence. The feedback, guidance and advice from the Working Group were critical to the development of the methodology used to implement the mandate. 24. In addition, OHCHR held extensive discussions with Member States and was in regular contact with Israeli, Palestinian and international civil society, think tanks, academics, employer organizations, and other interested parties. a b Does not include companies that contacted OHCHR proactively (see para. 21 above). Reflects the number of companies screened from the initial list plus the number of additional companies screened after further research (see para. 18 above). 7