Country : Japan | Company : Nestlé Can Food Safety be Secured? Full Text; pls. see http://www.tcn.zaq.ne.jp/njlu/page222.html Can we expect that a food company that denies even legitimate rights of workers and their unions is keen on securing consumers' food…
Country : Democratic Republic of Congo | Company : Lundin, Gécamines, Sodimico, Sominki, Okimo, Miba, Malta Forrest, First Quantum minerals Informations envoyées � Covalence / Information sent to Covalence 08.01.2007. Correspondant : Jean Marie Bolika Lokumbo Coordinateur National (ILDI-ONGD) INITIATIVE…
La Chine connaà®t depuis la fin des années 70 une croissance économique fulgurante. La transition vers l’économie de marché a modifié beaucoup d’aspects de la société chinoise. Depuis les réformes lancées par Deng Xiaoping, la Chine a connu des bouleversements…
Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its second annual ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in 2006. Twenty multinational companies are analyzed in ten major sectors; the top…
Country : Democratic Republic of Congo | Company : Metalor, AngloGold Ashanti, Anglo American, Kumba Ressources, Katanga Mining, EMAK, First Quantum Minerals, TENKE FUNGURUME MINING , CHEMAF Informations envoyées � Covalence / Information sent to Covalence 27.12.2006. Correspondant : Jean…
The North American Agreement on Labour Conditions (NAALC) is the first of its kind: it is a parallel agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). For the first time, an economic convention is linked to a labour rights…
Pas un jour ne passe sans que les médias ne relatent une fermeture d’usine en Europe Occidentale. La concurrence acharnée à laquelle se livre les industriels, tous secteurs confondus, oblige les entreprises à se lancer dans des plans de restructurations…
Previous statements can be useful to understand women’s situation on the labour market. Since the beginning of mankind, division of labour was established: men go hunting while women collect fruits. Afterward, men had been supposed to bring money home, occupying…
In the current century where it is clear that almost everyone is aware of the important Environmental issues (i.e. Global Warming, Energy Resource Crisis) and Economical issues around the world especially the poorer regions, individuals and large corporations find themselves…
Characterized by a large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing and service sector, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets. Productivity gains - particularly in agriculture - contributed to the…
