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Info taken from the UN's Intranet/iSeek - 3 July 2008: The UN Global Compact Office announced on Wednesday, 25 June that 630 companies have been removed from its list of participants for failure to communicate progress. The delisting of companies is part of ongoing efforts by the Global Compact Office to enhance the accountability and credibility of the initiative. The Integrity Measures were introduced in 2004 following a comprehensive review of the governance of the UN Global Compact. In accordance with the Integrity Measures, companies are required to communicate annually to their stakeholders on progress made in implementing the ten principles of the Compact. Failure to meet the Communication on Progress (COP) deadline results in a company being listed as "non-communicating" on the Global Compact website. If a company misses two consecutive deadlines, it is listed as "inactive" on the website. Companies are removed from the list of participants if they hav...

This was posted on our Intranet/iSeek -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: Wednesday, 2 July 2008, New York | Author: DPI As of 1 July 2008, the United Nations introduced a new three-tier pricing policy for its publications sold in developing, least developed and developed countries. This novel marketing and sales effort will make over 4,000 United Nations publications more economical and readily accessible to educational institutions, students, teachers and researchers. While prices in developed countries will continue to be set based on prevailing market conditions in those countries, the sales price in developing and least developed countries will be reduced by 50 per cent and 75 per cent respectively. The new pricing policy will apply both to print publications as well as PDF versions sold online. For instance, the print edition of the UN Yearbook, which costs 175 USD, would be available at half and three-fourths the price de...

The full report will be available at http://sefi.unep.org/english/globaltrends , the executive summary will be available as well in French, Chinese and Japanese. Clean Energy Investments Charge Forward Despite Financial Market Turmoil With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency attracts fast-growing interest; New investment surpasses $148 billion in 2007, a 60% rise from 2006, growth continues in 2008, UNEP study says Check out the UNEP Finance Initiative Website