The modern consumers seem to care more and more about issues of business ethics and environmental stability and many mainstream companies are increasingly addressing the modern ethical buyer.

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Uzbekistan is in ongoing collaboration with the UN in addressing the challenges that threaten peace and stability, prevention of environmental problems, issues of socio-economic development.

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Talk of a model is made all the harder by the stability-threatening problems that breakneck growth engenders, from environmental destruction to rampant corruption and a growing gap between rich and poor.

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Brazil's central challenge, Mr Eakin argues, is to build a political consensus which will maintain stability and economic growth, while addressing its terrible social and environmental problems.

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