When Dutch brewer Heineken and British drinks group Diageo teamed up with a non-profit organisation to help African farmers grow sorghum, little did they realise that their social experiment would turn into a sustainable business. Heineken and Diageo, which owns…
Press Release 27 November 2007. Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2007. Lack of regulations drives baby food industry to new depths of aggressive marketing, monitoring results show. IBFAN, the International Baby Food Action Network, has today released an illustrated…
En 2007, le laboratoire américain Merck a supplanté Sanofi Aventis à la tàªte du classement mondial des producteurs de vaccins. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), qui talonnait Sanofi, se retrouve donc numéro trois. Sur les neuf premiers mois de 2007, Merck a réalisé…
I predict that in 2008, green will become the new black. People are notoriously bad at predicting the future – witness the Iowa caucuses – but this is a safe guess because it's already happening. Green, of course, doesn't refer…
Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants have named the sustainability reports of 21 companies contenders for their seventh awards program. Companies such as Gap Inc., Nike, Dell, and Xerox were among the 21 companies that displayed "exemplary disclosure…
Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its third annual ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in 2007. An overview of emerging and decreasing topics is also given. The…
La société genevoise Covalence publie aujourd’hui son troisième ranking annuel de réputation éthique, qui classe les entreprises enregistrant le meilleur score et celles ayant le plus progressé au cours de l’année 2007. Les principaux résultats à travers les dix secteurs…
Une exploitation d’un secteur opaque aux mains de 3 majors notamment AngloGold(South Africa), Barrick Gold( Canada) et Newmont Mining( USA) qui détiennent 80% de plus gros gisements africains de l’or. Une exploitation de l’or qui serait un vecteur important de…
A report by Business Action for Africa titled Business and HIV/AIDS: What have we learnt? ( 1.2 MB) highlights the role that the private sector plays in tackling the impacts of HIV and AIDS in developing countries. It makes the…
India Inc has finally woken up to the idea of giving a 'fair' colour to its gender profile at the top. Even though the country's report card on women in top management has not been impressive, corporates are now moving…
