FARM chemical giants and environmental lobby groups are frequently at loggerheads about agriculture's impact on farmland, farm communities and ecological issues, but Syngenta's ambitious "good growth plan" vows have drawn keen support from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). As previously…
JPMorgan Chase was the most criticized company last week, as it has agreed to pay about $920m in penalties to US and UK regulators for "unsafe and unsound practices" including last year's "London whale" trading losses and dissimulations. Shell also…
L’actualité Environnement, Social, Gouvernance (ESG) a été chahutée le mois dernier, pour les entreprises suisses (31% d’informations positives, 69% de négatives) ainsi qu’au plan international (34% de positives). Parmi les firmes du pays ayant vu leur score ESG progresser le…
Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz has an opinion on many hot topics, including gay marriage, but Schulz has avoided taking sides in the national gun debate, until now. Schulz’s non-stance on the issue was praised by pro-gun activists, who staged a…
Yahoo! was the most praised company last week, as it published a first aggregate summary of U.S. governmental information requests. Together with Google, Microsoft and Facebook, the company filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for the right to reveal…
For the third week in a row Tokyo Electric Power Co. was the most criticized company, as a result of recent increases in radiation from the Fukushima plant. Wal-Mart also received criticism after protesters calling for higher wages were arrested…
Nestlé is one of the first signatories of a new pledge drawn up by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) that commits businesses to upholding the human right to water and sanitation within their operations. The pledge for…
Wal-Mart has been the most praised company last week as it opened-up healthcare benefits to employees’ same-sex partners, which The Newsweek/Daily Beast’s Daniel Gross describes as a "corporate shift". Nissan and Ford also received positive coverage for creating jobs in…
Staples Inc. was the most praised company last week after announcing that it recycled 350 million ink and toner cartridges since 2005. Another retailer, Wal-Mart, also received mostly positive coverage for its "made-in-America" campaign promoting the creation of more manufacturing…
Durant le mois de juillet, la réputation des entreprises suisses en Environnement, Social, Gouvernance (ESG) a bénéficié d’opinions majoritairement favorables en provenance d’Espagne et de France, alors que les USA, l’Australie, l’Allemagne et la Belgique se montraient plus critiques. Parmi…
