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Law
New product liability and personal injury tort act will allow the Chinese to claim damages to companies
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French NGO Platform for CSR releases paper with proposals for the upcoming CSR reporting legal indicators (French)
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Justice
Liaoning mine accident, April 2010: 16 local officials get penalties after they tried to conceal the accident
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Prosecutor probes Swedish link in Sudan crimes – Refers to the possible complicity of Swedish firm Lundin Oil in human rights abuses
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Guidelines
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Business organisation CSR Europe along with other organisations releases CSR Guidelines for the Construction Sector – Part of a project funded y the European Commission
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Responsible Finance
China Banking Regulatory Commission asks banks to stop loans to ongoing projects that do not comply with environmental standards (French)
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Vigeo, European sustainability rating agency, will include corporate lobbying practices in its CSR rating model
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Diversity
UNAIDS/China survey: results show that 23% of 2,096 workers surveyed claimed they have been denied employment. China has ratified new ILO international labour standard on HIV and AIDS
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European Commission survey: Non-legislative initiatives for companies to promote gender equality in the workplace
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Calls for CSR
ACFTU, the Chinese Trade Union Confederation, has released a policy opinion committing itself to expand protection of workers’ rights, in the midst of strikes surge
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UK: Leading retailers and other firms call on the government for stronger waste policy that includes regulations. Refers to the European Union’s Eco-design Directive
Danish NGO DanWatch has found a computer from public company Post Denmark in a Ghanean dump
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CSR performance ranking
MOFCOM, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce which supervises foreign investment and trade, is currently evaluating CSR performance of exporting companies to ensure they comply with international standards
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FTSE launches its FTSE CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) Carbon Strategy Index – Unilever awarded the best carbon management performer
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