European natural stone importers acknowledge need for improvement of labour conditions. The import of granite and other natural stone products into the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and other European countries is increasing. Granite is much used for public infrastructural projects, like…
Chevron the US-based energy group, is to contribute $30m in cash over three years to the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, in a pioneering move to lend direct corporate support to international health programmes. Along…
At the time when China’s largest oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is showing a substantial increase in assets, its listed daughter company PetroChina [NYSE:PTR] is confronted by an uphill battle. The growing uneasy of institutional investors and pension…
European regulators raided some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies yesterday in an inquiry into whether they conspired to keep up the price of drugs after patents expired. Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Sanofi-Aventis were among those that confirmed they had…
MSN is looking to engage cause-minded individuals on a new site that seeks to connect users with brands, reports ClickZ (via MarketingVox). MSN is partnering with WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn.com to create a new co-branded site where people can get together and learn…
Jean Ziegler, le Rapporteur de l’ONU sur le droit à l’alimentation et le Fonds Monétaire International, ont plaidé pour un moratoire de l’ONU sur la production des biocarburants qu'ils qualifient de "crime contre l'humanité", et qui fait monter les cours…
Quel est l’impact écologique d’une campagne presse pour une marque de sacs à main ou d’un spot TV sur le yaourt ? EcoPublicité est le premier outil d’évaluation environnementale des campagnes de publicité, développé par PriceWaterhouseCoppers (PWC) et Havas Media…
Leading members of the corporate community have come together in a first-of-its-kind effort to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain. Availability of these patents will encourage researchers, entrepreneurs and companies of all…
La carte de conflits en RD Congo reproduit largement celle de l’or, de diamant et Uranium qui lui sont liées. Un pays qui réunit ces trois sources de richesse ou (au choix) de malédiction. Les conflits considérés comme un mode…
La province n'a produit, l'année dernière, que 160 Kg d'or, contre 2 tonnes et demie il y a 17 ans suite aux différentes tracasseries fiscales selon l' OGP " Observatoire Gouvernance et paix ", une ONG locale . Selon cette…
