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Ethical Insight Issue 121 | 27 Aug 2009 - 09 Sep 2009

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

US 01/09/2009
Gov't boosts recovery spending on green energy, Clean Cities project expanded
Belgium 08/09/2009
EU announces annual €15bn assistance for poor states to tackle climate change
Global 08/09/2009
Natural hazards update - Turkey, Philippines, USA, Cape Verde, India...
UK 09/09/2009
Maplecroft - New climate report: Australia overtakes USA as world's top polluter
Map of issue 121 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

Switzerland 31/08/2009
Ethical performance rankings show growing criticism against mining industry
Ecuador 04/09/2009
Judge in Chevron environmental lawsuit steps aside after corruption allegations
Map of issue 121 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

South Africa 04/09/2009
Govt. backs US court case on companies who supplied former apartheid regime
Sudan 07/09/2009
NGO: Unfair distribution of oil revenue threatens 2005 peace deal
Map of issue 121 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

Switzerland 03/09/2009
Dow Jones sustainability indices see re-shuffle of best performing companies
Zimbabwe 04/09/2009
IMF gives nod to improved relations with int'l community; provides US$409 loan
Map of issue 121 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

US 02/09/2009
US labour study shows widespread violations of employment and labour laws
Map of issue 121 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Science, technology and health

US 03/09/2009
New HIV antibodies find could reveal virus weakness and lead to AIDS vaccine
Global 09/09/2009
Swine influenza update - Argentina, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia...
Map of issue 121 articles in the Science, technology and health category

Sustainability and reporting

MTR Corporation Limited: Sustainability Report 2008
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