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A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

Issue 53, 26 Oct 2006 - 08 Nov 2006

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  Environment
Map of issue 53 articles in the Environment category
bullet point US 26 Oct
Bunge North America agrees US$13.9m clean air deal at 12 oilseed plants
bullet point Australia 26 Oct
Solar Systems/Boeing to run giant solar plant under Australia’s climate strategy
bullet point Canada 30 Oct
Canadian investors/CDP urge companies to disclose GGEs and identify risks
bullet point UK 30 Oct
Stern report: climate change could cost world economy US$7tn, if no action taken
bullet point UK 6 Nov
Carbon Trust: 66 percent of UK consumers influenced by climate change action
  Corporate governance
Map of issue 53 articles in the Corporate governance category
bullet point UK 31 Oct
CIS ponders Misys share sale due to lack of response over governance
bullet point China 1 Nov
Microsoft reaffirms China commitment after human rights comments at internet forum
bullet point Taiwan 1 Nov
Taiwan finance commissioner Lin held on corruption charges amid wider scandals
bullet point UK 1 Nov
UK’s Financial Service Authority to cut regulations, take principles-based approach
bullet point UK 2 Nov
House of Lords passes Companies Bill despite supply chain disclosure concerns
  Conflict and political risk
Map of issue 53 articles in the Conflict and political risk category
bullet point Iraq 22 Oct
Kurdish govt.’s draft Petroleum Act requires compliance with Global Compact/EITI
bullet point Brazil 31 Oct
CVRD halts community aid after occupation of Carajas iron-ore mine
bullet point Côte d'Ivoire 1 Nov
UNSC passes Resolution 1721 in effort to boost prospect of peace in Cote d’Ivoire
bullet point Botswana 6 Nov
Diamond sector stakeholders review Kimberley Process amid calls for better enforcement
bullet point DR Congo 7 Nov
DR Congo’s future in the balance as election authorities start to release voting results
  SRI and finance
Map of issue 53 articles in the SRI and finance category
bullet point UK 24 Oct
Datamonitor predicts European SRI sector growth from current base of £727bn
bullet point US 25 Oct
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: Winslow Green Growth best socially screened fund
bullet point US 25 Oct
Oil and gas sector sustainability report: Shell top-rated and BP remains high
bullet point UK 30 Oct
EIRIS/UKSIF report focuses on ethical role of charities’ common investment funds
bullet point US 6 Nov
Northern Trust to launch SRI index strategy to emulate Domini 400 Social Index
  Labour and human rights
Map of issue 53 articles in the Labour and human rights category
bullet point US 26 Oct
Oxfam claims Starbucks blocked Ethiopia’s efforts to trademark coffee beans
bullet point China 29 Oct
Shanghai: improvements to family planning/social services for domestic migrants
bullet point Brazil 2 Nov
Reports of Brazilian ‘slave labour’ in steel supply chain of US/Japanese companies
bullet point UK 6 Nov
EU meeting on Working Time Directive results in pressure for UK to end opt out
bullet point UK 6 Nov
IDS report: FTSE 100 chief executives earning 98 times more than their employees
  Development
Map of issue 53 articles in the Development category
bullet point India 25 Oct
Gates’ Foundation: US$23m to fight AIDS in Indian high-risk groups
bullet point Canada 1 Nov
Microcredit Summit Campaign on target to reach 100m of world’s poorest
bullet point Guatemala 3 Nov
UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria approves US$847m in new grants
bullet point China 4 Nov
China pledges to double African loans and credits to US$5bn at Sino-African summit
bullet point Equatorial Guinea 5 Nov
Oil companies Marathon Oil and Noble Energy tackle malaria in Equatorial Guinea
  Science, technology and health
Map of issue 53 articles in the Science, technology and health category
bullet point Switzerland 30 Oct
WHO: anti-corruption drive to promote good governance in pharmaceutical sector
bullet point India 31 Oct
India's rice industry: contamination from GM trials could undermine export market
bullet point Spain 1 Nov
GM contamination decreases price of organic maize crops for Spanish farmers
Sustainability and reporting
bullet point BNFL
bullet point Nationwide
bullet point Enbridge
bullet point Xerox
bullet point Co-operative Financial Services
bullet point Severn Trent

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