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Ethical Insight Issue 84 | 14 Feb 2008 - 27 Feb 2008

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

US 14/02/2008
Tiffany, Helzberg, etc. sign Bristol Bay pledge against US$300bn Pebble Mine
UK 24/02/2008
Virgin, Airbus seek alternative fuels in coconut oil and gas-to-liquid
UK 25/02/2008
Greenpeace activists string anti-Heathrow-expansion banner from BA aircraft
Norway 26/02/2008
Svalbard seed vault has capacity to store 2bn seeds for "hundreds of years"
Global 27/02/2008
Natural hazards update - South Africa, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.
Map of issue 84 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

Germany 15/02/2008
Zumwinkel quits Deutsche Post, Telekom amid widening €3.4bn tax probe
Netherlands 19/02/2008
Amsterdam city/Trafigura charged over 2007 Ivory Coast toxic waste dumping
Russia 20/02/2008
PM: "barefaced" corruption at borders costs econ. US$"hundreds of millions"
Map of issue 84 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

US 18/02/2008
Texan farmers appeal in Canada against NAFTA ruling on Mexico water-hoarding
Pakistan 25/02/2008
Pakistan imposes temporary ban on YouTube, citing "blasphemous" content
Map of issue 84 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

US 14/02/2008
50 orgs. adopt sustainability Action Plan at Investor Summit on Climate Risk
Monaco 20/02/2008
UNEP: credit crunch stunts clean energy stocks but long term outlook positive
US 24/02/2008
IBM: 68% of business leaders focus on CSR to create new revenue streams
Map of issue 84 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

US 19/02/2008
HRW: inter-govt. agreement needed on business & human rights standards
India 21/02/2008
Ex-MD of HP BPO prosecuted over safety failings after employee murdered
South Africa 25/02/2008
Miners threaten to strike if Gold Fields cuts jobs due to Eskom power outages
China 27/02/2008
Shaanxi official: diverting water for Olympics puts rural livelihoods at risk
Map of issue 84 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Development

Paraguay 14/02/2008
Demonstrators say government ill-prepared as yellow fever cases reach 13
US 14/02/2008
Vodafone, WFP, UN Foundation invest US$6.1m in improving crisis telecoms
Bangladesh 19/02/2008
Credit Agricole contributes €50m to new Grameen microfinance foundation
US 25/02/2008
Dow sponsors 300,000 HydroAid water filters for International Aid distribution
Map of issue 84 articles in the Development category

  Science, technology and health

Germany 15/02/2008
DHL harnesses Skysail technology with potential 20% fuel efficiency gains
US 17/02/2008
Hallmark/Westland recalls 65k tonnes of beef over activist video safety fears
Italy 22/02/2008
Novartis Institute to focus research on vaccines for diseases in developing world
Switzerland 26/02/2008
WHO: multi-drug resistant TB hits record levels, but funding gap is US$2.5bn
Map of issue 84 articles in the Science, technology and health category

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