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Ethical Insight Issue 126 | 05 Nov 2009 - 18 Nov 2009

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

UK 17/11/2009
Environmental and First Nations groups protest RBS involvement in oil sands
Global 17/11/2009
Natural hazards update - Canada, Mexico, China, Ireland, Australia, El Salvador...
Map of issue 126 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

US 11/11/2009
IRRC: 28% of global firms have labour and human rights supply chain policies
DR Congo 17/11/2009
NGO wants auditing to remove DRC conflict minerals from supply chains
Germany 17/11/2009
TI’s 2009 Index shows war zones most corrupt as Blackwater bribery scandal leaks
Map of issue 126 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

Sudan 11/11/2009
Gov't rejects UN experts report on continued Darfur violence, plans camp closure
Somalia 12/11/2009
Puntland judge is shot dead, underlining threat to officials opposing militancy
Map of issue 126 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

UK 17/11/2009
UK Prime Minister's proposals for 'Tobin Tax' given mixed reception
Map of issue 126 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

Uzbekistan 11/11/2009
Activist beaten after investigating child labour in Uzbek cotton industry
Bangladesh 12/11/2009
ITUC denounces police killings of workers outside Nippon garments factory
South Africa 13/11/2009
Shoot-to-kill policy defended by South African Deputy Police Minister
Brazil 13/11/2009
UNHCHR: Discrimination pervasive against Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian people
China 16/11/2009
Govt. detains dissidents and activists ahead of US Presidential visit
UK 17/11/2009
Suspected trafficking ring arrests made, highlighting ongoing risks to businesses
Map of issue 126 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Development

Ethiopia 10/11/2009
China agrees US$349m loan; Ethiopia first beneficiary of new China-Africa pledge
Brazil 11/11/2009
Blackout in Brazil sparks questions over infrastructure investment
US 12/11/2009
IFPRI: Global hunger can be overcome with investment and new technologies
Map of issue 126 articles in the Development category

  Science, technology and health

Switzerland 10/11/2009
GlaxoSmithKline agrees to donate 50m doses of H1N1 vaccine to WHO
Global 17/11/2009
Swine influenza update - France, Turkey, Poland, P.O.T, Tunisia, Taiwan...
Map of issue 126 articles in the Science, technology and health category

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