US sporting goods giant Nike said it was investigating claims by labour activists that its manufacturers in Indonesia were trying to evade paying its workers the minimum wage. “Nike takes these claims seriously and company representatives are investigating the claims,”…
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea this week has been met with sharp criticism and low expectations, but the global Internet search giant indirectly is helping to make history by revealing one of the reclusive country's darkest…
UBS AG (UBSN) is in the process of rooting out “negative elements” of its corporate culture after Switzerland’s largest bank was fined $1.5 billion by regulators for trying to rig global interest rates, said Andrea Orcel, chief executive officer of…
Après une tablette en 2011, l'entrepreneur congolais Vérone Mankou met sur le marché un smartphone 100% africain. Bien que fabriqué en Chine, l'Elikia a été totalement développé en local pour moins de 100 000 euros. Il est vendu 130 euros…
The humbling of two global banks in recent weeks has been greeted very differently on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Still, from the perspective of either side, large fines for interest rate rigging by Swiss bank UBS, and money-laundering by…
Sustainability reporting is becoming more popular among publicly-traded companies, according to an analysis from New York-based Governance & Accountability Institute. In 2011, 53% of S&P 500 companies reported on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts, up from just 19%…
Novembre a été marqué par un léger relà¢chement de la pression sur la réputation éthique des entreprises suisses: elles affichaient en effet un ratio de 43% d’informations positives (57% de négatives), contre 41% en octobre. Cela demeure toutefois inférieur au…
Despite an uptick in business activity -- which might be expected to result in higher emissions -- some of the world's top-earning companies are managing to reduce their carbon footprints, according to a new report. Five of the six highest-ranked…
Google and Microsoft each unveiled new charitable initiatives Tuesday, in separate efforts which channel millions of dollars to innovators tackling social ills. Google launched its Global Impact Awards program with a first round of funding allocating a total of $23…
Roche and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) partner to strengthen laboratories medicine training and knowledge on the African continent. Today Roche Diagnostics and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a public-private partnership…
