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<title><![CDATA[Case in Point : A Necessary Journey]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:30:13 GMT </pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A CEO's trip to Haiti and what it means for business ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tobacco companies set up smokescreen over lobbying]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:11:48 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guest Bloggers : Do social issues matter?   ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:38:32 GMT </pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Danish Institute for Human Rights has looked at investment decisions by institutional investors to see whether social impacts are figured in. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top British firms drag feet to reduce CO2 footprint]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:18:51 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Year Later, Satyam Shareholders Lick Scars]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:15:57 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China: A resumption of collective bargaining?]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:38:58 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The IMF links US bank lobbying to high risk lending]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:31:22 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big U.S. fund group divests over Sudan]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:09:13 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian investors get some say on pay]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:22:54 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High exec pay does not correlate to high returns]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:07:59 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investors Urge Companies to Distance from US Chamber]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:13:25 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/2043/2009/10/15/Investors_Urge_Companies_to_Distance_from_US_Chamber</link>
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<title><![CDATA[California agribusiness pressures school to nix speech]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:51:56 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shareholders Challenge Goldman Sachs Over Bonuses]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UAE's corporate governance law due in Q2 '10]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:04:56 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/2019/2009/10/15/UAEs_corporate_governance_law_due_in_Q2_10</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Indian CEOs overpay themselves?]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:19:06 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ChinaCoal Releases Its First CSR Report]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:14:41 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Social investors set out position on corporate reform]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:02:58 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/2000/2009/10/14/Social_investors_set_out_position_on_corporate_reform</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Malema attacks Nedbank BEE strategy]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:26:35 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two Years In, B Corps Gain Currency]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:27:58 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1988/2009/10/09/Two_Years_In_B_Corps_Gain_Currency</link>
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<title><![CDATA[BSR Report Shows Mainstream Investors Going Responsible]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:23:25 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1978/2009/10/09/BSR_Report_Shows_Mainstream_Investors_Going_Responsible</link>
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<title><![CDATA[The U.S. Chamberâ€™s climate blunders]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:47:03 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1967/2009/10/08/The_U-S-_Chamberrsquos_climate_blunders</link>
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<title><![CDATA[New Campaign for Responsible Investor Enfranchisement]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:44:29 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1966/2009/10/08/New_Campaign_for_Responsible_Investor_Enfranchisement</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Are These &quot;Green&quot; Companies Still in US Chamber?]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:17:18 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1961/2009/10/08/Why_Are_These_Green_Companies_Still_in_US_Chamber</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainability questions the media needs to answer]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:04:56 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1959/2009/10/08/Sustainability_questions_the_media_needs_to_answer</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Case in Point : SIGG's Legal Troubles    ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:07:59 GMT </pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When apologies aren't enough: Adding up the value of transparency, via a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of disgruntled stakeholders. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sovereign funds to boost ethical investing]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:33:01 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1952/2009/10/06/Sovereign_funds_to_boost_ethical_investing</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Is it time to give the consumer power in the boardroom?]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:12:53 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple: We're Coming Clean on the True Cost of Green]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:20:44 GMT </pubDate>
<link>http://www.apesphere.com/story/1927/2009/09/28/Apple_Were_Coming_Clean_on_the_True_Cost_of_Green</link>
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<title><![CDATA[UK: Miners top governance survey]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:22:18 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India: market regulator to seek business sustainability]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:59:45 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CDP Plans Enhanced Emissions Data Reporting System]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:52:15 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When human rights and climate change solutions collide]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:33:44 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable investment seen gaining momentum]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:50:43 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Lewis: Kinder capitalism through partnership?]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:41:07 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Norway's sovereign wealth fund: Â£259bn and growing]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:32:53 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by Guards]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:47:38 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Medical Editors Push for Crackdown on Ghostwriting]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:32:39 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: Emerging Market Banks Concerned by Climate Risk]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:55:23 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Should Bankers Repent for the Meltdown?]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:28:52 GMT </pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IFC Launches Review of Its Social and Environmental Std]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:14:54 GMT </pubDate>
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