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Insight/JP Morgan issue report on food companies' responses to obesity
United Kingdom 10/04/2008 Insight Investment Management and JP Morgan have released the results of a joint review of leading global ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 87
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ILO report: trafficking still major human rights issue for firms and governments
Switzerland 12/05/2009 The International Labour Organization ( ILO ) has released its latest report on forced labour, which updates its ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 113
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UK wants to be first western country to issue Sharia-compliant bonds
United Kingdom 23/04/2007 The UK wants to introduce Sharia-compliant government bonds to help make the UK a centre for Islamic ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 63
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Merril Lynch/WRI issue second joint automobile sector climate change report
USA 13/11/2006 Merrill Lynch and the World Resources Institute (WRI) issued their second joint automobile sector report in the Energy ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 54
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Iran says Total contract to be reviewed after France toughens tone on nuclear issue
Iran 17/09/2007 On 17 September 2007, Iran's acting oil minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said that the South Pars liquefied natural gas ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 74
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EIRIS survey of institutional investors identifies key areas of risk from ESG issues
United Kingdom 24/01/2007 EIRIS has published a global survey of more than 40 mainstream and socially responsible institutional investors’ views ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 58
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UN adopts landmark counter-terrorism strategy
USA 08/09/2006 The UN General Assembly has adopted a comprehensive global strategy for the combat of terrorism after months of ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 49
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GRI/KPMG study: companies focus on climate change opportunities not risks
USA 02/08/2007 A study by the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI ) and KPMG suggests that companies are focussing their ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 71
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Starbucks CEO and Ethiopian PM fail to reach decision over coffee trademarking rights
Ethiopia 29/11/2006 Starbucks CEO Jim Donald met with Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, in Ethiopia to discuss the trademark ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 55
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NGOs file lawsuit against government over 20,000-hectare sugarcane biofuel project
Kenya 18/07/2008 A group of environmental and community organisations, including Nature Kenya and the UK's Royal Society for the Protection ...
Global Risks Portfolio > Ethical Insight > Issue 94