FTSE Group Develops Fossil Fuel Excluding Index , Ethical Performance,May 2

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FTSE Group develops fossil fuel excluding index
The FTSE Group claims that the move is ground-breaking and will pave the way to implementation of a total exclusion model for fossil fuel-linked stocks, so that excluded enterprises are removed entirely from the Index Series.

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GM appoints safety vp following vehicle recall
General Motors is investigating why it took a decade to recall cars found to have potentially lethal ignition switches.

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Activists detained after attempt to block Gazprom tanker delivery
A total of 44 activists, including crew members onboard the Rainbow Warrior and activists in inflatables have been detained after they attempted to block the tanker from docking on the quayside. 

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Apple faces protests over worker welfare in China
Protesters gathered to participate in a demonstration calling on the smartphone giant to stop the poisoning of workers who make iPhones and other Apple products. 

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Ben Goldsmith backs Air France protest
Sustainable investor Ben Goldsmith has said ‘Non!’ to Air France monkey shipments as part of a week of action organised by the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) during its annual Lab Animal Week, now in its 35th year.

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Unilever steps up sustainability plans
“Unilever is rightly taking a systems based approach to sustainable business thinking – this means influencing the nature of the systems in which it operates to create a context in which they can innovate for long-term success.”
Ben Kellard, head of sustainable business, Forum for the Future, on Paul Polman’s (pictured) announcement that Unilever is upping several of its sustainability commitments.

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Unethical behaviour taints Japan’s overseas aid efforts
The president of Japanese railway-consulting firm, Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc. has confessed that it paid over US$780,000 in kickbacks in Vietnam to win an order for a project funded by the Japanese ODA worth more than $41m.

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RBS’s 2013 Sustainability Review details the progress the company has made during 2013 towards becoming a more responsible and sustainable bank, which includes sustaining its position as the UK’s number one… Full story

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