All Risk News articles – Page 314
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CRE seeks employers' views
The Commission For Racial Equality is asking British employers to take part in a consultation on its revised code of practice in employment
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Hazards from EU Enlargement
A new study suggests that EU harmonisation could erode the cost advantages that newly-joined states currently enjoy, and could leave British importers liable if products sourced from these countries d
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Law cannot stop Spam
The Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam and Sybari Software recently announced the results of a European study into the law regulating unsolicited commercial communications (o
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Biodiversity Risks Ignored
eISIS Asset Management has published a report on how the world's major extractive companies approach the issue of biodiversity
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Government consults on chemicals
The UK government has published a consultation document seeking views on revising the UK chemicals strategy
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Corporate killing warning
eCity law firm Norton Rose has released research on the Government's proposals for a new corporate killing bill
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Ethical funds grow
The amount of funds under management in UK ethical retail funds has reached a new high according to Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRS) and the ethical fund market has grown faster than that o
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D&O Premiums still increasing
A report from Tillinghast, part of Towers Perrin, after research among 2,139 companies in the US and Canada, shows that Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance premiums increased by approxima
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Protecting IPR
In March MEPs voted by 330-151 (with 39 abstentions) to support a proposed directive protecting intellectual property rights and aimed at helping combat the increase in counterfeiting and piracy
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KYOTO CHALLENGED
A group of experts from International Policy Network (IPN), a London-based NGO, called upon ministers meeting in Milan last December for the 9th Conference of Parties to the UN's Framework Convention
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GUIDANCE
A new publication, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book by Deborah Leipziger, is a guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for a route toward
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PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES
eDraft legislation, tighter regulation and the persistent threat of terrorism are redefining the extent to which UK organisations are expected to plan for an emergency, according to a new report from
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IT EXPOSURE
Despite the heightened threat from global terrorism, research from Compass Management Consulting suggests that companies' security and disaster recovery plans are not up to scratch and that companies
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MANAGING MERGERS
The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a case study-based report on the management of international mergers and acquisitions
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MARITIME SECURITY
eControl Risks Group international maritime division has teamed up with Port Maritime Security International (PMSI) to offer a security solution throughout the logistics supply chain
