GlaxoSmithKline is at the top of ethical-monitoring firm Covalence's ranking list, followed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. The quarterly report, which ranks the top 10 highest-ranking pharmas, reveals that the amount of revenue a company earns does not…
In these ethically challenging times, which drugmaker has its act together? Covalence, a research group based in Geneva that tracks ethical reputations, recently released its quarterly update in which various industrial sectors were examined. The firm compiles its rankings and…
Nowadays the problem of the water is becoming more important than ever before. After the World Water Day on 22th March 2007 many international organisations such as United Nations, WWF and others launched an alarm for the scarcity of water…
The latest ethical reputations of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have been revealed, with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) emerging as big pharma's Mother Theresa, according to a recently-released compilation by Geneva-based ethical-monitoring firm Covalence. Interestingly, earning power and ethical nature do not…
Late last week a Swiss organisation called Covalence announced the latest results of its ethical reputation ranking. There are loads of these kinds of things available, but I think this one is of particular interest. The rankings are developed by…
After naming and shaming, and the media and blogs as watchdogs, we are seeing a multiplication of the social responsibility, sustainable development and ethical rankings. The Swiss ethical quotation company Covalence, has just published its first quarter ranking, and the…
Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its quarterly ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in the first quarter of 2007. An overview of hot issues across sectors is…
Recently the demand for fuels made from plants has increased considerably. This is due to the United States’ desire to become independent of oil-exporting countries that are perceived as a threat, but also to European legislation increasing the amount of…
Selon les multinationales pétrolières, l’Afrique sera dans dix, vingt prochaines années « le champ de bataille le plus chaud, dans la répartition des nouveaux marchés pétroliers » parce que les coà»ts de production y sont bas et que les sociétés…
