«Rainforest Alliance Certified ». Cousue sur les combinaisons des fermiers, la grenouille verte de l’ONG environnementale américaine certifie que les producteurs de café éthiopien, respectent l’environnement et apportent l’espoir d’une vie meilleure. La mana éthiopienne vend son café à un…
La Société sri-lankaise, spécialisée dans la confection des habits et sous-traitant de la multinationale américaine Wal-Mart en Ouganda, fait objet des plaintes d’employés déposées devant l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT). Tri-star, précise la Confédération internationale des syndicats libres (CISL), est…
The latest ethical reputations of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have been revealed, with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) emerging as big pharma's Mother Theresa, according to a recently-released compilation by Geneva-based ethical-monitoring firm Covalence. Interestingly, earning power and ethical nature do not…
Everything we buy could have "carbon footprint" labels to tell us how green the product is under a government plan unveiled today. Just as food carries warnings on salt, sugar and fat, the new labels would carry a sign or…
Five years ago, General Motors Corp. gave the world the Hummer H2, a vehicle so fuel-thirsty that GM took advantage of a federal loophole that allowed the company not to publish its estimated mileage. Today, the No. 1 U.S. auto…
Pius Sawa writes about solar mobile phone chargers in Uganda: “Motorola company has introduced a new innovative technology of phone charging called Motorpower Kiosk.The project was launched on May 10th 2007 in Kampala. Each Motorpower kiosk is charged by a…
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it would participate in a third term for the 21st Century Greater Beijing Reforestation Model, a Sino-Japanese afforestation initiative aimed at combating desertification in China. The China-Japan Scientific Technology & Economic Exchange Association…
Sisters and Brothers: Starbucks barista Christina Rosevear and her 19 month-old daughter need your help now. Christina recently learned that she was pregnant with her second child and she promptly informed the store manager at the Northern California Starbucks where…
Thailand may revoke the compulsory license issued for a generic version of Merck’s Efavirenz AIDS drugs after upbeat talks with the drugmaker. Thailand’s Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla says Merck reps proposed several options that could lead to a…
Four of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are proposing to launch a television station to tell the public about their drugs, amid strenuous lobbying across Europe by the industry for an end to restrictions aimed at protecting patients. Pharma TV…
