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    The working capital report

    Economics and Trade Branch,, 2007
    This report traces the key developments that have accelerated the evaluation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues within mainstream finance, investment and the capital markets. Through perspectives from a number of contributors, the report sheds light on recent achievements in this field, the challenges ahead, and what might be needed to fully embed ESG in the market place.
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    Gold Mining companies in Africa: Workers' experiences

    African Labour Research Network, 2007
    This paper examines the behavior of three leading gold producers in Africa; Gold Fields, Anglo-gold Ashanti, and Metorex. It discusses labour relations and working conditions, company restructuring, HIV/AIDS policies and practices; health and safety and environmental issues and social responsibility programmes.
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    Business - as usual? governing the supply chain in clothing post MFA phase out

    Global Union Research Network, 2008
    This working paper seeks to critically assess the operation of ‘Better Factories Cambodia’, a International Labour Organisation monitoring project.
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    Recommendations to reduce the risk of human rights violations and improve access to justice

    International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, 2008
    Business activities are central to the well-being of national economies and the global economy at large.This paper examines the function of states in regulating the role of transnational corporations and other businesses. It recommends actions to protect people from human rights violations committed by enterprises. 
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    Mind the gap: benchmarking credit policies of international banks

    BankTrack, 2008
    The objective of this project was to stimulate the banking sector to develop and implement credit policies that achieve a socially and environmentally sustainable and just society. BankTrack studied 45 large internationally operating banks. The report analyses policies on the environment including: agriculture, dams, fishery, forestry, military industry, mining, oil and gas.
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    New financiers and the environment. Ten perspectives on how financial institutions can protect the environment.

    International Rivers Network, 2008
    The ten following perspectives on how financial institutions can protect the environment are based on the growing economic south-south cooperation:
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    Taxing solutions: How tighter tax rules for big business could help end poverty?

    ActionAid International, 2008
    The MDG Business Call to Action raises a vital development issue: how can companies, particularly large multinationals, best contribute to the fight against global poverty? One way is by ensuring that they pay the full amount of tax on profits intended by the relevant laws of each country in which they have substantial operations.
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    Why firms should not always maximise profits

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006
    This article examines the dilemmas that face corporate executives when it comes to weighing up corporate social responsibility (CSR) and profit maximisation. Through the eyes of specialists such as Friedman, it establishes whether any of the viewpoints on this subject can stand up to close scrutiny and whether a compromise between the two is possible.
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    FairPensions

    FairPensions is a charity calling for responsible investment by UK pension funds.
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    UK pension scheme transparency survey on environmental, social and governance issues

    FairPensions, 2007
    There is, this report argues, increasing UK public interest in the accountability of investors. The 20 occupational pension funds examined in this report are of particular public interest because they together own over £292 billion, or approximately one-third of all UK occupational pension fund capital, and have a membership of over 3.9 million people.

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