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	<description>Covalence runs EthicalQuote, the ethical reputation scoring system and CSR news database tracking the world&#039;s largest companies. We offer reputation research and ESG ratings to corporates, investors, and non profits.</description>
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		<title>Bangladesh increases garment workers&#8217; minimum wage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangladesh will almost double the minimum wage for its garment workers, a wage board official says, following months of violent protests over pay. It will rise from 1,662 taka ($25; £16) per month to 3,000 taka. The labour ministry is to formally announce the deal on Thursday. Workers wanted the rate, last raised in 2006, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/07/27/bangladesh-increases-garment-workers-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<title>Pressured, Nike to Help Workers in Honduras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facing pressure from universities and student groups, the apparel maker Nike announced on Monday that it would pay $1.54 million to help 1,800  workers in Honduras who lost their jobs when two subcontractors closed their factories. Nike agreed to the payment after several universities and a nationwide  group, United Students Against Sweatshops, pressed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/07/26/pressured-nike-to-help-workers-in-honduras/</link>
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		<title>Minerais de sang, des entreprises européennes dans le collimateur de Global Witness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Witness dénonce les liens entre certaines entreprises et les    groupes armés au Kivu. Dans un communiqué publié mercredi 21 juillet,    cette ONG britannique cite des sociétés asiatiques, belges et    britanniques qu’elle accuse d’entretenir les conflits dans l’Est de la    RDC en finançant, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/07/22/minerais-de-sang-des-entreprises-europeennes-dans-le-collimateur-de-global-witness/</link>
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		<title>Working Conditions vs. Green Products &#8211; Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking Q2 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the last quarter many criticisms have been registered in the Working Conditions criteria group, which registers the poorer positive / negative ratio (0.6) – the most active criteria in this group were Labour Standards and Wages.
On the other side, the Impact of Product criteria group received the most compliments and the highest ratio (6.5) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/07/07/working-conditions-vs-green-products-covalence-ethicalquote-ranking-q2-2010/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Working Conditions Raised &#8230; Along With the Price of Gadgets?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The worker&#8217;s environment in Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has been a sticky issue for Apple&#8217;s PR department, but it&#8217;s also  highlighted one big fact: If Western firms stick with Chinese sources,  gadgets will get more expensive. This is the thrust of a piece at  the New  York Times, which starts by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/07/06/chinese-working-conditions-raised-along-with-the-price-of-gadgets/</link>
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		<title>Tuberculosis: Mining Plays Bigger Role in TB in Africa Than Had Been Realized, Study Finds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dust-choked mine shafts, crowded working conditions and stifling hostels  where up to 16 miners share a room — all conspire to make mining a more  important contributor to tuberculosis in Africa than had been realized,  a new study finds. Rates of the illness have doubled in Africa over the past two decades, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/06/21/tuberculosis-mining-plays-bigger-role-in-tb-in-africa-than-had-been-realized-study-finds/</link>
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		<title>European Companies Lead &#8220;Access to Medicine Index&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Independent Ranking Shows More Transparency, More Programs for Low-income Countries. European pharmaceutical companies outcompete their U.S. counterparts in making medicines available to people in developing countries, but their lead is shrinking, according to the second Access to Medicine Index, released today.Compared to 2008, when the first Index was published, pharma companies have given more insight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/06/21/european-companies-lead-access-to-medicine-index/</link>
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		<title>Business ethics: is a crisis necessary to implement change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is rare for two global crises to occur in such quick succession.  The banking and financial services industry, once heralded for its social responsibility and support of community issues, is under fire for seriously mishandling their financial responsibilities of late.  On the oil industry front, BP, once the darling of progressives for their “Beyond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/06/16/business-ethics-is-a-crisis-necessary-to-implement-change/</link>
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		<title>Gucci Aims to Reduce Packaging, CO2 Emissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the center of Gucci’s new eco program is the company’s ‘green’ packaging initiative that aims to reduce materials consumption, exclusively use paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and be 100 percent recyclable. The initiative will be launched at all of Gucci’s 284 directly operated global stores starting in June 2010. Through Gucci’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/06/14/gucci/</link>
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		<title>Oil groups distance themselves from BP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The chief executives of the world’s biggest international oil companies will testify on Tuesday that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “was preventable’’, publicly distancing themselves for the first time from the UK company, the Financial Times has learnt. Executives from ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips will say that by following current [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ethicalquote.com/index.php/2010/06/13/oil-groups-distance-themselves-from-bp/</link>
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