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A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

Issue 56, 07 Dec 2006 - 20 Dec 2006

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  Environment
Map of issue 56 articles in the Environment category
bullet point UK 6 Dec
EA fines companies for non-compliance with EU emissions trading scheme
bullet point US 13 Dec
Dell reaches target for recycling of its computer products for consumers worldwide
bullet point Italy 14 Dec
Enel SpA invests €4.1bn in renewable energy to reduce annual CO2 emissions
bullet point Spain 15 Dec
MSP SA fined €170m by municipality for operating 11 year old opencast coal mine illegally
bullet point UK 18 Dec
UK government approves Shell/E.ON-led project to build world’s largest wind farm
  Corporate governance
Map of issue 56 articles in the Corporate governance category
bullet point Germany 12 Dec
Siemens finds €420m of suspicious payments and acts to improve internal controls
bullet point US 13 Dec
SEC proposes easing of internal control rules under Sect. 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
bullet point US 13 Dec
US Department of Justice eases rules on forced disclosure of corporate communications
bullet point UK 14 Dec
ABI publishes new guidelines urging directors’ remuneration to be linked to performance
bullet point UK 14 Dec
Global financial associations make pledge on ethical practices in relation to insider trading
  Conflict and political risk
Map of issue 56 articles in the Conflict and political risk category
bullet point US 6 Dec
UN General Assembly passes resolution for potential treaty on small arms
bullet point Russia 12 Dec
Shell close to agreement for sale of majority stake in Sakhalin-2 to Gazprom
bullet point UK 15 Dec
UK government halts BAE corruption probe under pressure from Saudi Arabia
bullet point Côte d'Ivoire 16 Dec
UN extends arms and diamond embargo on Cote d’Ivoire following experts’ report
bullet point P.O.T. 17 Dec
Clashes between Hamas and Fatah as President Abbas calls for early elections
  SRI and finance
Map of issue 56 articles in the SRI and finance category
bullet point US 6 Dec
Marriott adopts policy on sexual exploitation after GES/Boston Common dialogue
bullet point US 12 Dec
First Trust launch exchange traded fund to track cleaner energy companies on NASDAQ
bullet point UK 12 Dec
UK government proposes to include ethical funds in 2012 national pension reforms
bullet point France 14 Dec
UNEP urges global investors to apply environmental thinking to their property investments
  Labour and human rights
Map of issue 56 articles in the Labour and human rights category
bullet point Bangladesh 8 Dec
War on Want claims Tesco, Primark and Asda are exploiting workers in Bangladesh
bullet point UK 12 Dec
Lloyds TSB to save £125m on pension liabilities as result of anti-age discrimination law
bullet point Botswana 13 Dec
First People of the Kalahari win San resettlement case in Botswana’s High Court
bullet point Switzerland 13 Dec
UN unanimously adopts Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
bullet point China 16 Dec
Increasing demand for cashmere threatens lifestyle of nomadic goat herders in China
  Development
Map of issue 56 articles in the Development category
bullet point Ethiopia 8 Dec
WHO: flooding puts 1.8m people at risk of infectious diseases in the Horn of Africa
bullet point US 11 Dec
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges US$83.5m to augment fight against malaria
bullet point Switzerland 12 Dec
IFRC report decries effect of media coverage on aid distribution for natural disasters
bullet point Kenya 14 Dec
NIAID trial shows circumcision halves HIV risk, UN urges comprehensive prevention
bullet point Italy 15 Dec
FAO: globalisation of markets risks extinction of 20 percent of domestic livestock breeds
  Science, technology and health
Map of issue 56 articles in the Science, technology and health category
bullet point China 13 Dec
China aims to improve scientific literacy through media reporting
bullet point US 14 Dec
Entelos skin sensitisation model could reduce animal testing of pharmaceuticals
bullet point UK 15 Dec
LSHTM: many animal tests unreliable for predicting effects of medicines on humans
bullet point UK 16 Dec
AirNatech to establish headquarters for electricity-saving nanotechnology in the UK
Sustainability and reporting
bullet point Vancity
bullet point Insurance Australia Group
bullet point Westpac
bullet point ScottishPower
bullet point De Beers

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