CSR Asia News Review: January–March 2007.

The article presents an assessment of several environmental issues that were published in the first quarter of 2007. It talks about the power shortages and the need to take energy conservation seriously in China and in India. The increasing interest in nuclear power, considered as one of the consequences of these power shortages, is discussed. The article also focuses on the risk faced by workers in using toxic chemicals in Asian factories and the regulations in China about the role of banks in corporate social responsibility.