Detailed evidence has emerged of Israel’s extensive use of US-made weaponry during its war in Gaza last month, including white phosphorus artillery shells, 500lb bombs and Hellfire missiles. In a report released today, Amnesty International detailed the weapons used and called for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and all Palestinian armed groups. It called [...]

Con el objetivo de favorecer la inserción social y laboral de mujeres de bajos recursos, Procter & Gamble Argentina se unió a la Fundación Mediapila para hacer realidad un nuevo micro-emprendimiento textil que comenzará a funcionar en la ciudad de José C. Paz, provincia de Buenos Aires. “Mediapila ofrece una oportunidad laboral ayuda a madres [...]

Novartis et Medecines for malaria venture (Mmv) ont procédé hier au lancement de Coartem Dispersible, un médicament destiné à éradiquer le paludisme chez les enfants. Lors de cette cérémonie, les représentants de ces deux structures ont appelé les gouvernements africains à s’impliquer davantage dans la lutte contre le paludisme qui fait de plus en plus [...]

En août 2008, Greenpeace avait montré du doigt l’exploitation de l’Afrique comme un dépotoir pour les déchets électroniques du reste du monde. Aujourd’hui, HP et Microsoft se penchent sur un continent oublié par le « green IT ». L’Afrique reste encore et surtout la poubelle électronique du reste du monde, comme l’a montré Greenpeace dans [...]

Now this is the kind of business model we love and want to see a whole lot more of – companies taking back their junked products and using the materials to make their new products. Canon is doing just that, turning their old recycled copiers into new calculators. While it of course isn’t a 100% [...]

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes Mr. Witty’s recognition that patents act as a barrier to research and development and that patent pools offer new ways to stimulate research into neglected diseases. Promises now need to be turned into action. The terms of any licenses attached to the patent pool will be critical and [...]

As the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona on 16 February, Global Witness is calling on mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There is a direct causal link between the metals trade in eastern DRC and [...]

Giant global discount retailers like Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Carrefour, and Walmart try to lure consumers into their shops with low, low prices. A man’s suit for £25 at Tesco, a woman’s dress for $9 at Walmart, or jeans for €8 at Carrefour. How do they do it? … … If you’re a worker in the [...]

Danone, the producer of Evian and Volvic, is tackling critics from environmental groups, as well as falling sales, with a plan to recycle as many plastic water bottles as it uses in the UK, The Times has learnt. The French company, whose bottles are made with 25 per cent recycled plastic from France and [...]

Halliburton and its former subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), pleaded guilty Wednesday to five-counts of violating federal bribery laws and will pay the federal government $579 million to settle a half decade-long criminal investigation into claims the company paid off intermediaries of the notoriously corrupt Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and some of his subordinates [...]