All Environmental articles – Page 6
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Features
Does SRI Pay?
In future, it may not be so easy for companies claiming to be environmentally savvy just to tick a box and forget all about it, warns Fiona Dunlop.
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Climate Change
With the cost of climate change becoming clear, all companies can expect increasing environmental scrutiny, says Jessica McCallin
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When the inspector calls
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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Mobile alert
Electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones and their support infrastructure, look set to be a long-term thorn in the side of many risk managers and insurers. Jessica McCallin reports
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Who's the next target?
In early April, Morley Fund Management, which manages £100bn in assets, announced that from now on it will vote against the annual accounts of the FTSE 100 companies
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Reassessing longtail exposures
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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AIRMIC Portfolio
Halon replacement on course
Most British companies are on course with phasing halon in fire extinguishers, according to an AIRMIC survey.
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Effective environmental due diligence
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!
Richard Ford discusses the implications of the new regime on contaminated land.
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Containing a crisis
Any company can be hit by a crisis. The key to survival is managing your way out of it. And the first few hours can be vital.
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Analysis
Environmental liability paper
The deadline for submissions on the European Commission White Paper on Environmental Liability, adopted in February, is 1 July
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Analysis
Energy tax concerns
UK companies are anxious about likely damage to business arising from the Kyoto environmental protection measures.
