All Due Diligence articles – Page 2

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    Demonstrate Commitment

    13 January 2003

    Looking after society and the environment is part of the process of a business looking after itself.

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    Phasing Out Pops

    27 September 2002

    Persistent organic pollutants are a lawsuit waiting to happen

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    Focusing On Sustainable Investment

    24 July 2002

    Philippe Spicher describes what the SiRi Group is doing to research and evaluate companies' social and environmental records

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    Stormy Courtships

    24 July 2002

    Growing by merger or acquisition has been the preferred route for many businesses. David Smellie highlights some practical considerations

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    Mould Management

    15 July 2002

    Toxic mould may not emerge as the same threat in Europe as it is in the US, but risk managers need to be prepared warns Karl Nann

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    When the inspector calls

    11 January 2002

    The contaminated land regime is now heading into an important phase. Risk management principals are at the core of the new legislation, says Sue Cooley

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    Reassessing longtail exposures

    18 June 2001

    A recent court decision will cause some companies to reassess their liabilities where past operations have exposed their employees and others to asbestos.

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    FSOs go green

    14 June 2001

    Geoff Lane and Amy Clarke describe how UK financial services organisations (FSOs) are responding to the call for good environmental management.

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    Effective environmental due diligence

    12 June 2001

    Environmental risks present both practical and legal challenges, quite unlike other factors you have to consider in a merger or acquisition, say David Hockin, Tanya Lloyd Jones & William Butterworth.

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    The polluter pays not always!

    12 June 2001

    Richard Ford discusses the implications of the new regime on contaminated land.