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Ethical Insight

A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

Issue 52, 12 Oct 2006 - 25 Oct 2006

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Environment

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US 11 Oct

Top polluting states: new energy technology needed to mitigate climate change

UK 12 Oct

Shell-sponsored report: climate change opportunities may be worth £30bn to UK business

China 19 Oct

Dongguan city closes 43 cement factories over 2 years due to sulphur dioxide emissions

Kenya 21 Oct

Suppliers of flowers to UK supermarkets accused of causing water deficit in Kenyan rivers

UK 23 Oct

WWF/NEF call for windfall tax on N. Sea oil companies to boost sustainable energy

Corporate governance

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UK 17 Oct

43 percent pay increase for CEOs of UK’s 100 largest companies in 2005

UK 17 Oct

Companies Bill amended to introduce duty to disclose supplier details

Turkey 17 Oct

OECD says Turkish corporate governance improving, though challenges remain

Philippines 20 Oct

ADB says S. Asian economies could be ‘New Tigers’ with better governance

France 20 Oct

Total defends designated CEO following Iraq oil for food charges

Conflict and political risk

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North Korea 14 Oct

UN Security Council imposes sanctions on N. Korea following nuclear test

Sri Lanka 16 Oct

Suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack kills 100 and threatens nominal ceasefire with govt.

Austria 20 Oct

IAEA warns of lack of resources and potential acceleration in global nuclear proliferation

Sudan 22 Oct

UN envoy ordered out of Sudan at behest of army over ‘damaging’ Darfur comments

Somalia 23 Oct

Somali ICU declares jihad on Ethiopian forces as Addis Ababa pledges to defend govt.

SRI and finance

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US 12 Oct

Ethical Corporation: special report highlights growth in ethical role of global finance

Netherlands 19 Oct

Mixed results for venture capitalist investments in European clean technology firms

Switzerland 22 Oct

Pictet/Centre Info: investment tool to assess climate impact of 1,800 global companies

US 23 Oct

Support for social/environmental resolutions increasing, proxy support remains low

Labour and human rights

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India 10 Oct

India adopts new child labour law – critics demand better enforcement/support

Argentina 11 Oct

IFC report on Uruguay pulp mill project initiates protest by Argentinean residents

China 12 Oct

Proposed Chinese law to empower unions places emphasis on foreign-owned companies

Ghana 14 Oct

ActionAid accuses AngloGold Ashanti over pollution and social problems in Ghana

US 15 Oct

US Chemical Safety Board criticises BP over safety standards at its Texas City refinery

Development

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UK 11 Oct

Six European states to raise US$1bn in bonds for child vaccines in developing world

Norway 13 Oct

Nobel Peace Prize for Grameen Bank’s microfinance initiative in Bangladesh

South Africa 17 Oct

SA Gems/GlobalGiving use diamond revenues to help fund African Community Projects

US 18 Oct

Blacksmith Institute: world’s 10 worst polluted sites threaten the health of 10m people

Nigeria 18 Oct

UNICEF measles immunisation campaign targets 29 million Nigerian children

Science, technology and health

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UK 12 Oct

FDA petitioned for a moratorium on food produced from cloned animals

UK 20 Oct

NGOs say Defra’s approach “fundamentally flawed” as GM crop consultation concludes

Sustainability and reporting

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