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  Can a financial instrument improve the management of natural ecosystems?

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This report highlights the opportunities presented by the 2000 Amendment to the 1995 Pensions Act in the UK to improve companies’ management of natural capital, including ecosystems, the services they deliver and the millions of animal and plant species that constitute biological diversity.Highlights of the report include:the Amendment can play a role in improving the management of natu
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  Greasy palms – palm oil, the environment and big business

  Friends of the Earth, 2003

  This report summarises two separate Friends of the Earth reports on, respectively, the increasing demand for palm oil in developed countries, and the social and environmental impacts of palm oil cultivation in Southeast Asia - focussing particularly on Indonesia.
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  A critique of QMM’s social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA) for the Fort Dauphin titanium project

  Friends of the Earth, 2001

  This article provides a critique of the social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA) conducted by QMM as part of its proposal to initiate titanium mining in Madagascar.
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  Review of an ilmenite mining project in southeast Madagascar

  Conservation International, 2001

  At the request of QIT-Fer Madagascar Minerals (QMM), this paper reviews the company’s social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA) in order to assess how responsible the proposed project is in relation to a wide range of environmental and social issuesThe paper commends a number of QMM policies and activities as hallmarks of responsible large-scale mining, including:conducting a th
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  General comments on the social and environmental impact assessment of QMM’s proposed titanium project in Madagascar

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001

  In response to the social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA) conducted by QIT-Fer Madagascar Minerals (QMM), this article assesses whether it is possible for the mining company to live up to its claims of being able to provide environmentally sustainable and socially responsible mining in Madagascar.The article finds that overall the SEIA:
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  Corporate governance and climate change: making the connection (2003)

  Investor Responsibility Research Center, 2003

  This report examines how 20 of the world’s biggest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases are factoring climate change into their business strategies and governance practices.All of the companies profiled in this report are taking some governance actions to respond to climate change.
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  Ecolabeling: opportunities for progress toward sustainability

  Digital Research Center, 2002

  This report assesses the value in ecolabelling. It offers definitions and classifications of ecolabelling, a World Bank perspective and a Green Procurement Action Plan.
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  Corporate accountability in South Africa: the petrochemical industry and air pollution

  Groundwork, 2002

  This report seeks to describe the present state of governance for corporate accountability in the South African context.
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  Working nine to five on climate change : an office guide

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002

  This is a practical guide for offices that want to reduce their CO2 emissions and consequent impact on climate change.
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  A shifting tide: environmental challenges and cruise industry responses

  Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Washington, 2003

  This document is offered as a starting point for effective collaboration between the cruise industry and others interested in helping the industry further reduce its environmental footprint and contribute to the conservation of the ecologically important areas that cruise ships visit.

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