According to a new report released yesterday firms should be subject to "stronger frameworks of law and regulation", multinationals should use their political influence to demand more stringent legislation, and businesses should redefine success to include social, environmental and human…
Only 10% of US/UK consumers trust what companies and government tell them about global warming. Corporate and government efforts to inform consumers on climate change are falling on deaf ears, with barely one in ten people believing what they say…
A divestment campaign begins today [Tuesday] aimed at British firms and investors in the Sudanese oil industry, royalties from which are alleged to fund ethnic cleansing in Darfur. The Aegis Trust, a group focused on combating genocide around the world,…
Commercialisées sous la marque « blackQuelly », les crevettes mozambicaines d’Aquapesca, la ferme aquacole d’Océinde, le groupe d’Abdéali Goulamaly, visent le haut de gamme du marché franà§ais. « Aquapesca est un élevage quasi sauvage… On applique la méthode douce, sans…
Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and the GSM Association's Development Fund today announced that four mobile base stations powered by locally produced biofuels have extended Idea's commercial mobile network in rural India. All four locations in the state…
Le Congo semblerait en mesure d’honorer ses créances s’il était fait bon usage de ses ressources naturelles exploitées par TOTALÂ et AGIP en général, pétrolières en particulier. Mais celles-ci ont été, jusqu’à présent, plutôt source des malheurs du peuple congolais…
Le ministre des Mines, Martin Kabwelulu, a donné lundi, lors d'un point de presse, le coup d'envoi des travaux de la commission de la revisitation des contrats miniers en République Démocratique du Congo depuis 1996 à nos jours, débutés mardi…
General Motors is determined to “remove the car from the environment and energy debate” in the next 10 years by doing away with the internal combustion engine altogether. The world’s second largest car company now views hydrogen fuel cell power…
Electronics Giant Toshiba has confirmed it is keen to expand its recyclable toner technology right across its portfolio in a move it hopes will eradicate the hassle and environmental problems posed by disposing of waste toner. The company said it…
Last month Democrats wrote Gov. Sarah Palin requesting a special session to fix Alaska’s flawed oil tax law. When we did that, I hesitated at making the easy argument – that last year’s oil tax law is now clouded by…
