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Ethical Insight Issue 98 | 11 Sep 2008 - 24 Sep 2008

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

  Climate change and environment

US 12/09/2008
Investors urge SEC to require oil firms to calculate CO2 intensity of assets
US 16/09/2008
Nokia and Samsung top Greenpeace Greener Electronics Guide rankings
US 17/09/2008
Google/GE cooperate on overcoming grid limitations on US renewable energy
Global 24/09/2008
Natural hazards update - China, Thailand, Mexico, Iran, Bangladesh, Taiwan
Map of issue 98 articles in the Climate change and environment category

  Corporate governance

US 11/09/2008
Minerals Management Service staff accused of accepting gratuities from firms
US 15/09/2008
Report finds Fortune 50 could use internet to improve environmental reporting
US 22/09/2008
West coast agglomerations top SustainLane's 2008 city sustainability ranking
Map of issue 98 articles in the Corporate governance category

  Conflict and political risk

Somalia 11/09/2008
Korean cargo ship seized off Somali coast, amid worsening Horn of Africa piracy
Chad 11/09/2008
WB withdraws support for Chad-Cameroon pipeline over misspent oil revenues
Map of issue 98 articles in the Conflict and political risk category

  SRI and finance

Norway 11/09/2008
State fund sells US$850m stake in Rio Tinto citing poor envt. performance
US 12/09/2008
Bi-annual FTSE4Good index review adds 36 global companies and removes 12
UK 15/09/2008
Investors express concern over prospects for renewable energy project financing
UK 22/09/2008
Carbon Trust/McKinsey: energy intensive firms could lose 65% of their value
Map of issue 98 articles in the SRI and finance category

  Labour and human rights

Rwanda 17/09/2008
Women win majority of seats in parliamentary election, exceeding 30% target
Nepal 18/09/2008
Govt.: greater child protection is priority for communities displaced by floods
Venezuela 20/09/2008
Govt. expels local director of Human Rights Watch following critical report
Map of issue 98 articles in the Labour and human rights category

  Development

Belgium 11/09/2008
EP committee votes to limit the use of food-crops to reach 2020 biofuels target
Brazil 11/09/2008
President pledges to spend oil revenues on education and poverty eradication
Canada 11/09/2008
The Innovation Partnership calls for new approach to global intellectual property
Italy 17/09/2008
FAO: 2015 Millenium Development Goals on poverty reduction may not be met
Map of issue 98 articles in the Development category

  Science, technology and health

US 17/09/2008
FDA bans 30 generic drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy, citing poor quality
China 17/09/2008
Three babies die, 53,000 left ill from melamine contamination of milk powder
Switzerland 19/09/2008
WHO revises global malaria estimates down from 350-500 million to 247 million
Map of issue 98 articles in the Science, technology and health category

Sustainability and reporting

Autogrill Group: Sustainability Report 2007
Vodafone UK: CR Review 2007/08
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