Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is investing £100m in offshore wind turbine research in Britain and will create up to 200 jobs by 2014. The plan is one of several boosts to Britain's wind industry in recent weeks, raising hopes…
The Church of Scotland has branded the decision by Lloyds Banking Group to halt funding to it charitable arm as "unacceptable and shameful". Cutting cash to the Lloyds TSB Foundation in Scotland will bring to an end a 25-year-relationship that…
The head of the Childhood Obesity Foundation says the association of corporations such as McDonald's and Coca-Cola with the Olympics sends an unhealthy message to children. Although Olympic organizers promote physical activity and positive health spinoffs from the games, increased…
Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts. As worries over Greece rattle world markets,…
Liberia has launched a corporate responsibility forum to help rebuild the war-shattered nation. The public private partnership said "sustainable and responsible business practices" should aid development. "We want to rebuild the entrepreneurial class in the country," Joseph Mathews, chief of…
Have you been to Times Square lately? You may have seen this Best Buy billboard. At first glance, it looks like just another billboard made out of funky bric-a-brac, but look a bit closer and you'll notice that it's made…
Covalence Ethical Snapshots are monthly profiles of companies for finance professionals who use extra-financial information in their decision-making. These one-pagers can be ordered on a single or subscription basis, for a company, a sector or the full universe (581 companies…
Vous vous triturez les méninges pour comprendre comment la compagnie Ryanair peut pratiquer des tarifs aussi bas ? Stop. Le syndicat CGT d’Air France lance une campagne nationale pour dévoiler les petits secrets de la compagnie low cost irlandaise. Vendredi,…
If you don't see any Pepsi commercials tomorrow on the Superbowl, I'm here to tell you where all that money is going instead: on making the world a better place. That's right. Pepsi is set to spend more than $20…
ExxonMobil will sponsor a key component of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs-supported project ‘empower women who reside outside Doha”. The project targets girls between the ages of 15 and 20 at the secondary and university level as well…
