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A fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis

Issue 84, 14 Feb 2008 - 27 Feb 2008

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  Environment
Map of issue 84 articles in the Environment category
bullet point US 14 Feb
Tiffany, Helzberg, etc. sign Bristol Bay pledge against US$300bn Pebble Mine
bullet point UK 24 Feb
Virgin, Airbus seek alternative fuels in coconut oil and gas-to-liquid
bullet point UK 25 Feb
Greenpeace activists string anti-Heathrow-expansion banner from BA aircraft
bullet point Norway 26 Feb
Svalbard seed vault has capacity to store 2bn seeds for "hundreds of years"
bullet point Global 27 Feb
Natural hazards update - South Africa, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.
  Corporate governance
Map of issue 84 articles in the Corporate governance category
bullet point Germany 15 Feb
Zumwinkel quits Deutsche Post, Telekom amid widening €3.4bn tax probe
bullet point Netherlands 19 Feb
Amsterdam city/Trafigura charged over 2007 Ivory Coast toxic waste dumping
bullet point Russia 20 Feb
PM: "barefaced" corruption at borders costs econ. US$"hundreds of millions"
  Conflict and political risk
Map of issue 84 articles in the Conflict and political risk category
bullet point US 18 Feb
Texan farmers appeal in Canada against NAFTA ruling on Mexico water-hoarding
bullet point Pakistan 25 Feb
Pakistan imposes temporary ban on YouTube, citing "blasphemous" content
  SRI and finance
Map of issue 84 articles in the SRI and finance category
bullet point US 14 Feb
50 orgs. adopt sustainability Action Plan at Investor Summit on Climate Risk
bullet point Monaco 20 Feb
UNEP: credit crunch stunts clean energy stocks but long term outlook positive
bullet point US 24 Feb
IBM: 68% of business leaders focus on CSR to create new revenue streams
  Labour and human rights
Map of issue 84 articles in the Labour and human rights category
bullet point US 19 Feb
HRW: inter-govt. agreement needed on business & human rights standards
bullet point India 21 Feb
Ex-MD of HP BPO prosecuted over safety failings after employee murdered
bullet point South Africa 25 Feb
Miners threaten to strike if Gold Fields cuts jobs due to Eskom power outages
bullet point China 27 Feb
Shaanxi official: diverting water for Olympics puts rural livelihoods at risk
  Development
Map of issue 84 articles in the Development category
bullet point Paraguay 14 Feb
Demonstrators say government ill-prepared as yellow fever cases reach 13
bullet point US 14 Feb
Vodafone, WFP, UN Foundation invest US$6.1m in improving crisis telecoms
bullet point Bangladesh 19 Feb
Credit Agricole contributes €50m to new Grameen microfinance foundation
bullet point US 25 Feb
Dow sponsors 300,000 HydroAid water filters for International Aid distribution
  Science, technology and health
Map of issue 84 articles in the Science, technology and health category
bullet point Germany 15 Feb
DHL harnesses Skysail technology with potential 20% fuel efficiency gains
bullet point US 17 Feb
Hallmark/Westland recalls 65k tonnes of beef over activist video safety fears
bullet point Italy 22 Feb
Novartis Institute to focus research on vaccines for diseases in developing world
bullet point Switzerland 26 Feb
WHO: multi-drug resistant TB hits record levels, but funding gap is US$2.5bn
Sustainability and reporting
bullet point United Technologies Corporation - 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report
bullet point Massachusetts Mutual Financial Group - inaugural Corporate Responsibility Report
bullet point RBC Financial Group - 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement
bullet point BMO Financial Group - 2007 Performance Report
bullet point Royal Philips Electronics - 10th Annual Report on Sustainability
bullet point Novo Nordisk - 2007 Annual Report (including financial, social and environmental performance)

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