Aviva Investors, the asset management business of the insurance giant, has set up a €500m clean tech investment fund targeting biomass, biogas, geothermal, solar and wind projects across Europe. The company says the European Renewable Energy Fund aims to capitalise…
Global Witness is asking companies trading in minerals from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure that any minerals they buy neither finance armed groups or military units, nor contribute to human rights abuses at any point along the supply…
Les 5 cas ont été enregistrés entre Janvier et Septembre 2008. Selon un médecin gynécologue-obstétricien, il s'agit de l'absence totale ou partielle de la paroi abdominale antérieure. Autrement dit, les enfants naissent les intestins dehors. Les nouveaux nés n'ont d’ailleurs…
La société minière BHP Billiton vient de suspendre ses activités d’exploration du nickel dans le Nord Katanga, en République Démocratique du Congo, RDC. Des observateurs pensent déjà que le secteur minier du Congo commence à céder face à la crise…
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced a new PC alternative to make high-speed wireless Internet access more widely available and affordable in emerging markets. The Kayakâ„¢ PC alternative leverages the widespread availability of 3G wireless broadband to bring Internet connectivity…
Samir Bhatia, the managing director of Barclays India, is sitting on the floor of a community building in Marol, a slum district of Bombay. In front of him, some women are explaining how their savings and loans scheme works. It…
Innovative green and social products greatly contribute to the ethical reputation of technology hardware companies, while labour, legal, institutional and production-related challenges are rising, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Technology Hardware Industry Report…
The law firm Eversheds sent us this email: “It is reported today that BP is to drop its wind farm and other renewable schemes in Britain to concentrate its spending programme on the US. Michelle Thomas, head of the Clean…
« Tant qu'il y aura des acheteurs occidentaux pràªts à participer à ce commerce, directement ou indirectement, avec des groupes responsables de graves atteintes aux droits de l'homme, les groupes armés n'auront aucune raison de déposer les armes », commente…
Starbucks Corp. is trying to refocus in a tough economy as a company with a conscience, announcing a partnership with Bono's (RED) label on Wednesday as it attempts to recover from a slowdown in consumer spending. The partnership with (RED),…
