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UPDATE: Supermarkets under fire
After MPs recommended the government clamp down on supermarket expansion, the Office of Fair Trading says the sector is likely to face a full Competition Commission probe.
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News round-up (Dec/Jan
04-05)
Coors and Scottish & Newcastle have announced plans to phase in 'responsibility tag lines' on bottles and cans of beer whilstWalkershas launched a £3m marketing campaign to show that it is helping to fight obesity by giving away five million branded pedometers to members of the public.
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Fair Trade
Some multinational companies dismiss 'fair trade' as a narrow concept, whereas their own approaches to ethical trade are more broadly based. But fair trade as a brand is becoming larger and cannot be ignored.
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Financial exclusion
UK banks are taking aim at the problem of financial exclusion with a myriad of innovative programmes, since figures have revealed that 12% of the UK's population manage without a bank account.
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Do labels help consumers?
Labels can help when planning to empower the consumer to make the right choice. But do they work? Labels on cigarette packs certainly haven't deterred smokers and mandatory APR disclosure hasn't saved people from wracking up huge debts on their credit cards.
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Who has responsibility
for health?
There are still complexities surround the issue of who has responsiblity for health. Whilst the social reports of BP, ExxonMobil and Shell reveal that only 6 employers lost their lives in 2004, 48 contractors died on their premises. You have to condlude that this is a case of different standards.
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Consumer health and
product placement
Product placement is not a new concept in the world of entertainment but in light of the obesity problem in the US, shouldn't McDonald's start doing more about being a responsible advertiser?
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Driving health news
round-up (Oct/Nov)
Legal and General have launched a programme to create a healthier workforce whilst Tesco is encouraging young people to play sport. But who should take responsibility for health- government, business or consumers?
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News round-up (Apr/May)
Lloyds TSB had launched an Islamic current account whilst the Co-op has launched a new website to coincide with fairtrade fortnight. Meanwhile, Scottish Power and EDF Energy are leaders in helping consumers acoide fuel debt.
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Ed Mayo: Briefing
interview
Briefing speaks with Ed Mayo, new head of the National Consumer Council, who argues that the future of CSR lies in tapping the creative talents of the “ethical minnows”
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Disability: CSR’s
elephant in the bedroom?
2003 is the European Year of Disabled People, but who?s noticing? Susan Scott-Parker examines why so few companies seem to be truly engaging with this key CSR issue, despite the clear business case for doing so.
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