In the wake of furore over terrorist links and money laundering controls failings that have cast a cloud over banking group HSBC, its chairman has vowed to change the way business is done by reducing complexity and implementing a more…
Prosecutors and the Polish Anti-Corruption Bureau are investigating reports that UK-based pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline allegedly bribed doctors in Poland to prescribe their drugs ahead of other manufacturers.“We believe that doctors took a form of bribes from representatives of the company…
Unilever has teamed up with Unicef and Domestos on a major charitable initiative that aims to help bring improved sanitation to hundreds of thousands of people in poorer countries. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming an increasingly heated battleground between…
Le géant américain des logiciels Microsoft, dont la filiale franà§aise a été l'objet d'un contrôle fiscal le 28 juin, est soupà§onné par le ministère des finances de fraude fiscale en France, selon Le Canard enchaà®né à paraà®tre mercredi 4 juillet…
Très attachés à la bonne gouvernance, le tandem Kabila et Matata met les bouchées double pour qu'à la prochaine validation des pays membres par l'ITIE Internationale, la RD-Congo obtienne le statut de « pays conforme » à l'ITIE au 1er…
Qui de Super Cell Sprl, opérant à Goma et Congo Chine Telecom a le droit de jouissance sur les 3 fréquences que se querellent ces deux firmes ? Le Tribunal du Commerce de Kinshasa-Gombe qui est appelée, sur requàªte de…
Last week General Mills CEO Ken Powell took a bold stand in support of equality, announcing the company opposed Minnesota’s proposed constitutional amendment which seeks to ban marriage equality for committed gay and lesbian couples. To show our support of…
The corporate sponsorship of the London Olympics has certainly not been without its critics. Amongst the sponsors, Coca-Cola, McDonalds and Cadbury in particular have been criticised for promoting high-sugar, high-caloric brands that seem far removed from the slim, trim world…
Au Brésil, le Sommet de la Terre de Rio sur le développement durable, ou Rio+20, s'ouvre officiellement ce mercredi 20 juin dans la grande ville brésilienne. 193 pays y participent, parmi lesquels une importante représentation africaine. Les négociations conduites sous…
The Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemical and Duke Energy are among 24 major companies that have agreed to develop a methodology to assign value to the world’s forests, freshwater and marine systems. The Corporate Eco Forum and The Nature Conservancy are…
