Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, announced today that it is directing the first $1 million from its World Hunger Relief global effort to provide food to families…
A Vietnamese labour group reports that low wages and inhumane treatment have lead 90,000 workers to strike at the Pou Yuen adidas suppler in Ho Chi Minh City. According to the Committee to Protect Vietnamese Workers, the six day strike…
Lufthansa is testing biosynthetic fuels on Airbus A321 flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt and, if the trial is successful, hopes to expand use of the fuel across its fleet. The airline aims to reduce carbon dioxide (C02) emissions fleet-wide, although…
Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions. Starting in September, KLM will begin more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam…
L'ONU lance en Indonésie et au Bangladesh un programme inédit pour éradiquer la malnutrition enfantine en faisant appel à la puissance financière et l'expertise de géants de l'agro-alimentaire, comme Unilever et Kraft. "Il s'agit de faire preuve d'efficacité. Nous obtenons…
The chairman of Samsung Electronics, Kun-Hee Lee, has voiced his concerns about the possible spread of corruption within the group's companies. Mr Lee said that corruption allegations had tarnished the company's image. His comments came after the chief executive of…
GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Merck & Co. agreed to lower prices for vaccines to protect children against potentially deadly diarrhea, supporting an international effort to help least-developed nations fight diseases. The GAVI Alliance, set up by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates…
Ministers from OECD and developing economies will today agree new guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct by multinational enterprises, and a second set of guidance to limit the use of conflict minerals. Forty-two countries will commit to new, tougher…
Falungong members are suing Cisco Systems for custom-building "Golden Shield" internet technology used by China to track down devotees of the spiritual movement. Cisco dismissed the case on Monday as being without basis and vowed to "vigorously defend" itself. A…
Companies have taken steps, but exploitation remains widespread. Big garment brands and retailers have their products made under exploitative and unhealthy conditions by girls in Tamil Nadu, South India. The girls, mostly younger than 18 and from a Dalit (‘outcaste’)…
