In a classic display of corporate cynicism, Toyota fights stronger emission standards in U.S. Just because Toyota, which overtook General Motors last year as the world’s biggest automaker, has been lobbying against higher U.S. standards doesn’t mean it intends to…
LONDON - Every business likes a bit of eco-friendliness to improve its public image, particularly if it comes with a celebrity endorsement. But British supermarket chain Tesco's public spat with ethical clothing designer Katharine Hamnett--famous for her 1980s sloganeering T-shirts…
Acheter du teck de Birmanie, c’est acheter des armes pour opprimer davantage le peuple birman. Le lien entre commerce du bois et le renforcement du pouvoir militaire est clair et parfaitement documenté. La violente répression des manifestations pacifistes doit pousser…
High Level Conference on Business & Biodiversity. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 12,13 November 2007. Lisbon Portugal.In 2000, in Lisbon, the EU Heads of State and Government agreed to make the EU "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy by 2010". In…
Responsabilité sociale et développement durable sont au coeur de l'activité des entreprises. Les chefs d'entreprise savent qu'aujourd'hui la réputation éthique n'est plus une valeur empirique mais un actif qui se mesure. > Continue. Conference: Contribution by Covalence | Country: Switzerland…
France's Total SA and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd., or Petronas, currently pump gas from fields off Myanmar's coast through a pipeline to Thailand, which takes 90 percent of Myanmar's gas output, according to Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC. But…
Dell Inc. will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday. Dell is the first major computer manufacturer to announce its intention to balance its carbon emissions with…
President Clinton today sought to highlight the efforts of Wal-Mart, a company long criticized by Democrats for its health and labor practices, to safeguard the environment and provide a template for growth in developing countries. Sharing the stage during the…
Enriched by high oil prices, Chevron Corp. will spend up to US$15 billion buying back its own stock _ a commitment that pleased shareholders and rankled critics clamouring for bigger investments in projects that might help lower energy costs. The…
Drugmaker Merck & Co. plans to donate enough doses of its cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, to inoculate 1 million women in some of the world's poorest countries. Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based Merck announced the gift today at the third annual Clinton…
