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• 25/08/2010

  New Human Rights Quarterly Monitor offers critical value chain insights

  A new quarterly product drawing on Maplecroft’s expert analysis and risk indices will assess the key human rights risks for companies worldwide.
• 25/08/2010

  Maplecroft report highlights security and regional political tensions as key risks for companies operating in Israel

  Companies with operations and suppliers in Israel, or offshore projects in disputed waters in the region, face significant risks from terrorism, internal violence, regional instability and complicity in human rights violations by state security forces, according to a new in-depth country report by Maplecroft.
• 25/08/2010

  Shale gas exploration on the rise in France – Environmental risks, land rights and tourism pose challenges for investors – Maplecroft report

  Despite a reliance on nuclear energy for domestic consumption needs, shale gas exploration in France has risen in the wake of new extractive technologies coming out of the US and rising demand for energy, according to a new in-depth country report from Maplecroft.
• 24/08/2010

  Maplecroft CEO, Alyson Warhurst analyses diamond sales and the Kimberley Process in Zimbabwe for BBC radio

  BBC Radio's Rhod Sharp interviews Maplecroft's, Alyson Warhurst on the current situation in Zimbabwe in relation to diamond sales and the Kimberley Process.
• 19/08/2010

  African nations dominate Maplecroft's new Food Security Risk Index - China and Russia will face challenges

  With global wheat prices expected to spike following an export ban in Russia due to fires destroying millions of hectares of crop, a new study measuring global food security has identified the food supplies of Afghanistan and nine Africa states as the countries which are most at risk and vulnerable to rising costs.