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A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

Issue 59, 01 Feb 2007 - 14 Feb 2007

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  Environment
Map of issue 59 articles in the Environment category
bullet point US 1 Feb
Wal-Mart’s new sustainability plan aims to reduce cost of greener products
bullet point France 2 Feb
UN IPCC scientific report confirms that humans likely cause of climate change
bullet point China 6 Feb
Arcelor Mittal supports US$1.7bn project to establish Chinese carbon exchange
bullet point Belgium 7 Feb
EU proposes fleet average CO2 emissions cap of 130 g/km for new cars from 2012
bullet point Japan 12 Feb
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society activists in violent clashes with Japanese whalers
  Corporate governance
Map of issue 59 articles in the Corporate governance category
bullet point US 4 Feb
Bush concern on executive pay as survey highlights challenge of controlling it
bullet point South Korea 5 Feb
Hyundai chairman given three year prison sentence for embezzling US$100m
bullet point UK 7 Feb
SFO continuing probe into BAE activities in Europe, Africa and Latin America
  Conflict and political risk
Map of issue 59 articles in the Conflict and political risk category
bullet point Iraq 31 Jan
Contractors face scrutiny as investigation into US spending in Iraq begins
bullet point Nigeria 7 Feb
Government agency lists 135 politicians allegedly ‘too corrupt’ to fight election
bullet point Guinea 13 Feb
General strike resumes in Guinea – president declares “state of siege”
bullet point Turkmenistan 14 Feb
Berdymukhamedov wins first multi-candidate presidential election in gas-rich Turkmenistan
  SRI and finance
Map of issue 59 articles in the SRI and finance category
bullet point UK 7 Feb
FTSE4Good adds requirements on climate change, including emissions cuts
bullet point UK 9 Feb
Co-operative Insurance Sustainable Leaders Trust outperforms other UK funds
  Labour and human rights
Map of issue 59 articles in the Labour and human rights category
bullet point US 6 Feb
Wal-Mart faces class action on sexual discrimination by as many as 1.6m women
bullet point US 8 Feb
Imperial Nurseries and contractor Pro Tree Forestry Services sued over human trafficking
bullet point US 8 Feb
‘No Dirty Gold’ campaign gains further support from top US jewellers
bullet point China 9 Feb
China reported to have executed Uighur activist over alleged links to separatist movement
  Development
Map of issue 59 articles in the Development category
bullet point Indonesia 4 Feb
Flooding in Jakarta displaces 400,000 and leaves nearly 200,000 sick
bullet point Sudan 12 Feb
China’s president completes 8-nation African tour, promises further cooperation with Sudan
bullet point Mozambique 12 Feb
Zambezi flooding – Mozambique suffers worst floods in six years, 60,000 evacuated
  Science, technology and health
Map of issue 59 articles in the Science, technology and health category
bullet point UK 1 Feb
Virgin and Merlin Biosciences launch public/private stem cell storage bank
bullet point Indonesia 7 Feb
Baxter agrees to develop vaccine for Indonesian bird flu on condition of rights to samples
bullet point South Africa 7 Feb
Clinical trial of gel designed to prevent spread of HIV halted after increase in infection rate
bullet point UK 12 Feb
Avian flu found at Bernard Matthews turkey farm, investigations continue into source
Sustainability and reporting
bullet point ANZ
bullet point Danske Bank A/S
bullet point Deutsche Telekom
bullet point Ergon Energy
bullet point Novartis
bullet point Teckcominco

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