The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and Spanish Pfizer Inc. will jointly carry out free operations on 1,000 trachoma patients in Hai Duong Province from March 10 to 20. Eight volunteer doctors from Pfizer Inc. will perform the surgery in cooperation…
BANGKOK: Thai jewellers are buying highly coveted rubies and jade at an official auction this week in Myanmar, which supplies stones for the kingdom are booming, multi-billion-dollar jewellery industry. But once they cut and set the gems, they could face…
Lee Scott Jr. has earned a reputation as something of an environmental guru for actions he has taken over the past few years in getting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to green up its act. But this morning at the ECO:nomics conference…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc will meet with its thousands of Chinese suppliers this fall as part of a big push to reduce waste and emissions at factories that make its products, Chief Executive Lee Scott said on Thursday. "We started a…
Without their products chemical companies would be praised as ethical leaders. Chemical products are a space for complex and emotional debates where it is hard to register reputation gains. Companies rather manage to do so at the levels of working…
Sans leurs produits, les entreprises chimiques seraient sans doute considérées comme des leaders éthiques. Les produits chimiques constituent un terrain de débats complexes et émotionnels o๠il est difficile d’enregistrer des gains de réputation. Les entreprises le font à d’autres…
Hollywood superstar George Clooney is putting pressure on one of the main Olympic sponsors to speak out over China's foreign policy. Clooney - who is a critic of China's role in the Darfur crisis in Sudan - advertises Omega Watches,…
Leading aid agency CARE International and Allianz are offering a new type of community health insurance in an area of southern India badly hit by the 2004 tsunami. For the first time ever, poor people in India can buy comprehensive…
Oil company giant BP said petrol and diesel could rise at least 7c a litre at the pump if new biofuel require ments came into force on July 1. Energy and Climate Change Minister David Parker admits introducing lower emission…
Corporations will need to start incorporating sustainable development into their business strategies in order to control future financial risk. JSE-listed fast moving consumer goods company Unilever South Africa released its Economic Footprint study yesterday, revealing the potential impact that companies…
