Fair-trade advocates appeal to Starbucks
When many students stop by Starbucks on the way to class to pick up their daily double shots, they may not realize the signs they see around the store for different types of coffees are the focus of a rift…
UBS launches the KLD Dividend Achievers Social Investing Series 2007A
UBS AG today announced that it has launched the KLD Dividend Achievers Social Investing Series 2007A, a unique unit investment trust ("UIT") designed to meet the needs of UBS Wealth Management US clients who are seeking socially responsible investments with…
On The Trail Of A Cure: Reality And Rhetoric On Treating Malaria
New treatments for malaria were developed in response to a resurgence of the disease in the 1990s.
Coal mine, illegal evictions and worker’s rights in Colombia
Dear Covalence team, I am part of a Swiss-based working group that gathers and spreads information about various problems that challenge the civil population in Colombia. At the moment, I am working on a case involving a the largest open-pit…
BP attacked over ‘unsafe culture’
Oil company BP operated an unsafe culture at a Texas refinery where 15 died in an explosion and management should have spotted the warning signs years ago, according to a damning report being published today.The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB),…
Novartis Lobbies European Parliament on Patents
The Swiss firm has contacted all 785 members of the European Parliament over the past few weeks, urging them not to sign a written declaration opposing the Novartis stance on India's 2005 patents law. Novartis is taking legal action against…
International Aid Launches Global Safe Water Initiative, Unveils Portable BioSand Filter for Use in Developing World
Leading humanitarian health care agency, International Aid, today announced a major safe water initiative that will help address the growing health crisis caused by lack of access to clean water in developing countries worldwide. As the centerpiece of its safe…
RBS is accused of sponsoring global warming
THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS) is being threatened with a student boycott over its multi-billion-pound investments in climate-wrecking oil and gas projects around the world. The threat comes in the wake of a new report attacking RBS's record on…
B.P. included in new M+S Ethical Fund
Marks & Spencer has launched a new ethical investment fund which has troubled oil giant B.P. as one of its biggest holdings. BP has been criticised for safety and pollution failings, including the deaths of 15 workers at its Texas…
Impacts des multinationales du petrole sur l’economie du Nigeria
Selon les multinationales pétrolières, l’Afrique sera dans dix, vingt prochaines années « le champ de bataille le plus chaud, dans la répartition des nouveaux marchés pétroliers » parce que les coà»ts de production y sont bas et que les sociétés…
