Here is a list of today’s CSR related articles that came across our desks over the last 24 hours. Please let us know if there is an area you would like for us to add Environment China plants trees to hold back desertification Until giant sand dunes swallowed his home, Deng Baogui was a shepherd and wheat farmer in an Inner Mongolian village where his family had lived for three generations. Read More Toxic algae pose new health scare in China Two of China’s biggest lakes are under renewed attack from toxic algae that destroy plant and fish life and threaten humans in the country’s latest pollution scare, state media reported on Sunday. Read More Health & Safety Hong Kong Medical Service Providers Coming to Mainland China The China press is reporting that agreement has been reached giving the “green light” for wholly owned medical service providers from Hong Kong to set up clinics on the Chinese mainland. Read More Lonely path to abortion for women Nearly half of young women who called Shanghai’s first pregnancy hotline go to hospital for an abortion by themselves without parental support, said officials in charge of the hotline yesterday. Read More Expired zongzi repackaged and sold in Anhui A FAMOUS Anhui food company was found selling zongzi that were made in 2005 by repackaging them, Xinhua news agency reported today. Read More Labor Rural China faces labour shortage, government says Three-quarters of Chinese villages no longer have any surplus labourers who could migrate to the country’s rapidly developing cities, with some 200 million migrants already working in urban areas, state media Sunday quoted a government survey as saying. Read More China’s College Graduate Glut The mainland’s high-speed economy can’t easily absorb the nearly 5 million graduates streaming yearly into the workforce Read More 3m social workers needed: Expert At least 3 million professional social workers are needed in the public service, welfare and community sectors to help establish a civic society, experts have said. Read More Sustainable Development China should handle climate change issue for sustainable development China should handle the issue of climate change from a development point of view, the newly-elected President of the Pacific Science Association (PSA) and leading Chinese scientist on climate change, Fu Congbin said Sunday. Read More Governance Greenpeace: Supermarkets Adopt Double Standard In China Japanese food producer Glico and German retail chain Metro were found to be selling genetically engineered food products in China, according to a test by Greenpeace. Read More China fining banks for improper loans China’s top two commercial banks and six other institutions are being fined for lending money used by two state companies to buy stocks and real estate in defiance of official efforts to rein in speculation, the government announced Monday. Read More China punishes 8 banks for slack supervision The Chinese banking industry regulator said Monday it has punished the branches of eight local banks for failing to prevent their two clients from appropriating loans of 4.46 billion yuan. Read More China slave scandal brings resignation calls Chinese media demanded official resignations and repentance on Monday amid popular outrage over the virtual enslavement of workers in scorching brick kilns that reports said had operated with government complicity. Read More