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Ethical Insight Issue 88 | 24 Apr 2008 - 07 May 2008

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

US 24/04/2008
Du Pont, Nissan top PERI Toxic 100 index of most polluting companies in the US
UK 30/04/2008
Shell to sell 33 percent stake in UK’s largest offshore wind farm project
Myanmar 02/05/2008
Cyclone Nargis kills over 22,000 people and makes 100,000 homeless
Global 07/05/2008
Natural hazards update - Indonesia, Chile, US, Iran, India, Mexico, Haiti
Map of issue 88 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

Germany 28/04/2008
TI: IOCs failing to disclose payments to governments and tackle corruption
UK 02/05/2008
Advertising "greenwash" complaints up 380% from 117 in 2006 to 561 in 2007
Netherlands 05/05/2008
GRI plans new IT tool to increase comparability of ESG performance data
UK 06/05/2008
Woolf report makes 23 recommendations to improve ethical performance at BAE
Map of issue 88 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

Myanmar 01/05/2008
US extends sanctions to three Burmese firms ahead of constitutional referendum
Turkey 07/05/2008
Court blocks access to YouTube, citing videos insulting founding father Ataturk
Map of issue 88 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

US 24/04/2008
Ceres report: mutual funds "schizophrenic" in climate change product offering
UK 28/04/2008
Carbon Disclosure Project releases report on supply chain risks and liabilities
Map of issue 88 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

Chile 24/04/2008
Codelco extends El Teniente US$10m/day mine closure amid strike violence
China 02/05/2008
Carrefour/CNN targeted in counter-protests amid Tibet/Olympics row
PNG 03/05/2008
Local tribes attack imported labour at two Harmony Gold construction sites
Bangladesh 05/05/2008
Garment manufacturers to sell rice to workers at 30% discount on market price
Map of issue 88 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Development

Italy 25/04/2008
IEA says biofuels critical for energy needs, amid global food price concerns
US 28/04/2008
DHL and Mercy Corps deliver US$9.6m of medical supplies to southern Iraq
US 30/04/2008
eBay Foundation/Oxfam launch Community Gives clean water campaign for Africa
India 01/05/2008
Standard Chartered/Accion call for greater microfinance access to capital markets
Map of issue 88 articles in the Development category

  Science, technology and health

Brazil 24/04/2008
BP announces US$560 million investment in Brazilian biofuel refineries by 2010
US 24/04/2008
FDA links contamination of Chinese-made heparin to 81 US patient deaths
UK 26/04/2008
Study: clinical examinations almost as reliable as blood tests in HIV diagnosis
France 29/04/2008
GeSI report outlines sustainable development potential of ICT industry
Map of issue 88 articles in the Science, technology and health category

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