Schizo Enviro

(Image from European Space Agency via ScienceDaily)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been thoroughly confused by Mother Nature and the havoc she hath wrought in China. First the floods. Then the desertification. Then some more floods. Then back to deserts. To me, these simultaneous catastrophes operate in a way that seems very counter-intuitive. [...]

July 24, 2007: Responsible Round-Up

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Chinese local government ignoring national green agenda
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange
By David Gibbs

While Beijing strives to appear to balance the economic and environmental needs of China, it’s business as usual for many officials working in the provinces.

China vows funding to support green production
Reuters

China’s finance ministry will beef up its fiscal support for [...]

Save the Date: CSR symposium in China

Verité, an independent, non-profit social auditing and research organization, just announced its 2007 Symposium.

“Worker Engagement and Social Responsibility in China: Ways Forward”
October 15, 2007
Shenzhen, China
Here’s a PDF of the event announcement.
[tags]China, corporate social responsibility, Verite[/tags]

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Case of the Missing Milk Crates

(Photo via Toddcamm.com)
Stolen Milk Crates Feed Black Market
By Raquel Maria Dillon
The Associated Press, via Forbes
July 22, 2007
A new breed of crate rustler is cashing in by swiping thousands of the containers from loading docks and selling them to shady recyclers.
The containers are chopped into bits and shipped to booming factories in China to be made [...]

Analyzing China’s ‘bad blood’

HIV-infected blood products for hemophiliacs.
Baby-killing milk powder.
Catfish laced with antibiotics.
Thomas the Tank Engine toys coated with lead paint.
Children-choking chewing gum
Cancer-causing egg yolks.
They sound like props out of a sci-fi horror flick, but in reality, they represent the most recent food and drug scandals to hit China.
Geoff Dyer analyzes the lack of accountability and transparency in [...]