At Frito-Lay's factory here, more than 500,000 pounds of potatoes arrive every day from New Mexico to be washed, sliced, fried, seasoned and portioned into bags of Lay's and Ruffles chips. The process devours enormous amounts of energy, and creates…
Peter Là¶scher, the new CEO of German electronics and engineering giant Siemens (SI), is desperately trying to dig his company out of the biggest bribery scandal in German corporate history. On Nov. 8, Siemens disclosed that its own internal investigation…
Les industries de biocarburant n’ont jamais été aussi actives en Ethiopie et le Gouvernement actuel fait tout son possible pour attirer le plus grand nombre de ces multinationales occidentales de production de biocarburant. Et le produit le plus concerné est…
Siemens, a provider of electrical engineering and electronic solutions, in partnership with the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the creation of the first annual "Siemens Sustainability Award" at the BCLC Corporate Citizenship Awards…
AN ACCIDENT AT Harmony Gold’s Elandsrand mine — trapping 3 200 workers 2km underground for up to 30 hours early in October — was the tipping point for the South African government with regard to its mining industry’s safety performance…
While I am on the subject of plastic bags, I would like to name and shame Marks and Spencer. My mother is ill so when I visited last weekend I went to buy some flowers. The flowers were pre-wrapped in…
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today it will host a workshop at the Corporate Council on Africa's 2007 U.S.-Africa Business Summit to highlight its development of national employees and suppliers and strategic community investments in Africa. ExxonMobil is a corporate…
Le développement de biofuel appelé aussi biocarburant, carburant végétal ou agrocarburant au Bénin relève d’une réalité considérant que le pays doit augmenter sa capacité productive pour l’exportation et la rentabilité de groupes opérant sur son territoire. L’absence des politiques de…
En matière de réchauffement climatique, l’industrie pétrolière est sans surprise la première montrée du doigt. Le produit final et le processus de production sont jugés polluants par un grand nombre d’observateurs. Leader du secteur, l’américain ExxonMobil est la principale cible…
In our last post, Jewelry: the Troubles with Baubles, we explored the ocean of ethical, social and environmental troubles that are swamping conventional gold and diamond jewelry. In this post we turn our attention to the more sustainable solutions and…
