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Ethical Insight Issue 79 | 22 Nov 2007 - 05 Dec 2007

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

UK 26/11/2007
CBI report urges UK businesses to cut carbon dioxide pollution 60 percent by 2050
US 27/11/2007
Google to invest US$ 'hundreds of millions' in renewable energy development
Brazil 28/11/2007
Human Development Report: climate change puts 340m at risk of displacement
Singapore 03/12/2007
Neste Oil to invest US$814 million in palm oil biofuel plant in Singapore
Global 05/12/2007
Natural hazards update - US, Indonesia, Iran, Taiwan, Philippines, Algeria...
Map of issue 79 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

US 28/11/2007
BP to pay US$20m in penalties over March 2006 Prudhoe Bay oil spill
US 29/11/2007
SEC rejects proposal to increase shareholder involvement in setting board ballots
Australia 30/11/2007
BDO Kendalls: 40 percent of mid-cap companies fail to meet governance standards
Sweden 03/12/2007
Swedish state is first to require sustainability reporting by state-owned firms
Map of issue 79 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

Saudi Arabia 28/11/2007
Security forces disrupt terrorist attack on oil installations, 208 arrested
Kazakhstan 03/12/2007
Minister warns of tax review as KazMunaiGas seeks larger stake in Kashagan field
Map of issue 79 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

US 29/11/2007
IFC, Mercer launch study on ESG issues in emerging market investments
France 30/11/2007
Novethic and Amadeis survey French institutional investors on SRI strategies
US 30/11/2007
RiskMetrics study reviews sustainability performance of 1,700 large cap firms
Map of issue 79 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

Belgium 27/11/2007
EU to lift barriers to E. African imports - agreements with 73 countries planned
Tanzania 01/12/2007
Barrick completes health clinic for World AIDS Day amid labour/royalty disputes
China 03/12/2007
Human Rights Watch says public schools using child labour, breaching labour laws
South Africa 04/12/2007
270,000-strong National Union of Mine Workers holds strike over safety conditions
Map of issue 79 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Development

India 23/11/2007
Supreme Court delays Vedanta bauxite mine opening over sustainability concerns
US 26/11/2007
Gates Foundation/Rotary International grant $US200m to global polio eradication
Switzerland 29/11/2007
(Product)RED contributions to Global Fund reach US$50m for World AIDS Day 2007
Singapore 29/11/2007
ADB report: mismanagement of water resources likely to cause Asian water crisis
Map of issue 79 articles in the Development category

  Science, technology and health

Switzerland 23/11/2007
WHO deal on bird flu sample sharing fails, Indonesia asserts rights over vaccines
US 26/11/2007
Scotts fined US$500,000 for noncompliance in testing of GM grass variety
China 28/11/2007
National commission says IPR changes needed to promote clean energy in China
UK 29/11/2007
Stakeholders propose global best practice code for nanotechnology sector
Map of issue 79 articles in the Science, technology and health category

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