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Issue 81, 20 Dec 2007 - 16 Jan 2008

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  Environment
Map of issue 81 articles in the Environment category
bullet point Brazil 21 Dec
700 officers deployed to enforce ban on products from illegally deforested areas
bullet point US 10 Jan
Ceres evaluates 40 investment banks on progress in managing climate-related risk
bullet point Japan 10 Jan
Japan pledges US$10bn in aid to help developing countries tackle global warming
bullet point India 10 Jan
Tata Motors raises environmental fears by releasing £1,200 car to Indian market
bullet point Global 16 Jan
Natural hazards update - Sri Lanka, Iran, Mozambique, Indonesia, US...
  Corporate governance
Map of issue 81 articles in the Corporate governance category
bullet point US 9 Jan
NGOs Sierra Club/Environment Texas sue Shell for pollution from Houston refinery
bullet point Tanzania 10 Jan
Central Bank governor sacked as audit exposes US$120m in fraudulent payments
bullet point US 10 Jan
UN: internal investigation into record 250 cases of alleged fraud and abuse
  Conflict and political risk
Map of issue 81 articles in the Conflict and political risk category
bullet point Kenya 27 Dec
President Kibaki’s disputed re-election triggers violence leaving at least 700 dead
bullet point Sri Lanka 1 Jan
Government abandons ceasefire, reinforcing protracted conflict with Tamil Tigers
bullet point Philippines 1 Jan
Rebels attack Xstrata copper mine, threaten further action against mining firms
bullet point Sierra Leone 14 Jan
Sierra Leone bans export of timber after logging damages savannah ecosystem
  SRI and finance
Map of issue 81 articles in the SRI and finance category
bullet point US 26 Dec
Study linking employee satisfaction and equity prices wins 2007 Moskowitz Prize
bullet point UK 3 Jan
New Energy Finance: new investment in clean energy increased by 1/3 in 2007
bullet point Sudan 9 Jan
Trillium/Amnesty urge 40 banks to pressure oil companies on Darfur peacekeeping
bullet point Germany 11 Jan
Deutsche Bank: microfinance becoming SRI niche, to reach US$20 billion by 2015
  Labour and human rights
Map of issue 81 articles in the Labour and human rights category
bullet point Bangladesh 2 Jan
Garment workers protest in Dhaka streets over factory closure and wages
bullet point Gabon 10 Jan
Interior minister suspends up to 20 NGOs for criticism of state finances
bullet point China 11 Jan
State official sacked after security forces beat man to death for filming protest
bullet point China 13 Jan
Coal mine deaths fall 20% in 2007- 11,155 small mines closed over safety concerns
  Development
Map of issue 81 articles in the Development category
bullet point South Africa 3 Jan
WHO: prevention key to mitigating heightened malaria risk from La Niña rainfall
bullet point Indonesia 8 Jan
ADB: construction sector growth drives exponential increase in HIV transmission
bullet point US 10 Jan
Heinz pledges to supply free micronutrient packets to 10m children by 2010
bullet point DR Congo 10 Jan
World Bank pledges US$64m for sustainable development of DRC forestry sector
  Science, technology and health
Map of issue 81 articles in the Science, technology and health category
bullet point China 8 Jan
Arcadia/Chinese government to fund GM rice crops through sale of carbon credits
bullet point Zimbabwe 9 Jan
Roche expands technology transfers to antiretroviral drug manufacturers in LDCs
bullet point US 10 Jan
Scientists: switchgrass could be more efficient than corn/gasoline as biofuel
bullet point Belgium 11 Jan
EU food safety board endorses sale of meat/dairy products from cloned animals
Sustainability and reporting
bullet point PepsiCo
bullet point Smurfit-Stone
bullet point Heinz
bullet point Merck
bullet point IBM
bullet point OfficeMax

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