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Hidden Voices: The CBI, corporate lobbying and sustainability49 European Union Environment Council press release, ‘Council meeting October 14 th 2004’.50 House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, Pre-Budget 2004 and Budget 2005: Tax,Appraisal, and the Environment, Seventh report of Session 2004-05, April 200551Millennium Ecosystem Assessment press release, ‘Experts say that attention to ecosystem servicesis needed to achieve global development goals’, Wednesday, March 30, 2005, London52 G8 summit focus: climate change. http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7757.asp June 2005.53 George Jones & Charles Clover, ‘Blair warns of climate catastrophe’, Daily Telegraph, 15 thSeptember 200454 Interview with Sir David King taken from www.theclimategroup.co.uk in June 200555 Association of British Insurers, A Changing Climate for Insurers: A summary for policy makers andchief executives, June 200456 CBI briefing, Global Social Responsibility: Is the business of business just business?, January 200057 CBI response to The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights consultation onbusiness and human rights on the adoption of the UN Norms taken from www.business-humanrights.org website posted 16th November 200458Low Pay Commission, The national minimum wage, first report, 199859 Bain, G. The national minimum wage: Further reflections, quoted in Minimum wages andemployment: The positive UK experience, by Damian Kyloh in Labour Education 2002/03, Number128 ILO60 Quoted in House of Commons debate, Hansard Col 229, 16 December 1997 taken from parliamentwebsite www.parliament.uk61 Robert Taylor, CBI and unions in minimum wage row, Financial Times 15 Oct 199762 Paul Kelso, Workers still losing out on minimum wage, Guardian 2 October 199963 Low Pay Commission, The National Minimum Wage: Making the Difference Third Report, Vol 1March 200164 Philip Thorton, Employers say £5 minimum wage would threaten jobs as TUC demands more,Independent 27 August 200465 ‘Firms worried about minimum wage’, taken from bbc website www.bbc.co.uk posted 13 thSeptember 200466 Email from CBI Enterprise directorate to smaller firms 16 th August 200467 Lord Marshall, Economic Instruments and the Business Use of Energy, Report to HM Treasury,London, November 199868 CBI briefing, Green Taxes: Rhetoric or reality?, April 200269 CBI and EEF briefing, The Climate Change Levy: First year assessment, November 200270 HM Treasury, Budget Report, 200357