Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 1 September 2010
French version
The ethical reputation of banks shows a smaller progress than other sectors, according to the Covalence Banking Sector Report 2010 released today. The reasons are a low volume of positive news regarding products, as well as criticisms related to remunerations and gender discriminations.
After two years of sharp [...]

Communiqué de presse | Genève (Suisse), 1 Septembre 2010
English version
La réputation éthique des banques progresse moins que celle des autres secteurs, observe la société genevoise Covalence dans son Banking Sector Report 2010. En cause, un faible volume d’informations positives sur les produits, ainsi que des critiques sur les rémunérations et sur le statut des femmes [...]

Google is partnering with U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), a division of U.S. Bank; to create an $86 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund. According to a release issued today, the funding will be used towards the construction and operation of 480 affordable rental housing units for low income families [...]

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MasterCard and Hotel de la Paix are teaming up again to train young rural Khmer women as seamstresses, so they can earn a living and support themselves and their families. As part of a MasterCard Purchase with Purpose™ initiative, MasterCard will donate US$50 towards the reconstruction of Hotel de la Paix’s [...]

Nokia Siemens Networks is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it sold equipment to Iran that was subsequently used by the government to monitor opposition activists. Iranian journalist and activist, Isa Saharkhiz and his son, Mehdi Saharkhiz have filled the lawsuit in a U.S. Federal Court against Nokia Siemens Networks and [...]

Amnesty International Suisse veut un code de conduite pour les entreprises actives dans la transplantation d’organes en Chine, un pays qui utilise des condamnés à mort. Novartis répond favorablement. Roche se tait. Ils seront plus de 4000 experts à participer dès dimanche à Vancouver au 23e congrès interna­tional de la Société de transplantation: [...]

At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand and tangles of sea grass are dumped. Though workers in the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history wear protective gloves and coveralls as they labor across the Gulf Coast clearing beaches [...]