[avniR] LCA in business Conference 2011. 3-4 November 2011, Espace International, Lille, France, Two days of co-learning between business, local authorities, researchers and experts around life cycle assessment in order to: Learn the latest in LCA trends, Anticipate future evolutions…
Les nuages de nicotine ne s’arràªtent pas aux frontières. à€ mesure qu’elle s’estompe dans le ciel d’une Europe presque hypocondriaque, la fumée des cigarettes plane sur le continent africain. Si l’Afrique n’est traditionnellement pas grande consommatrice, elle fait aujourd’hui l’objet…
Last week, Wal-Mart announced the latest component of its relatively successful campaign to shift its image from corporate villain to socially responsible role model. The company promised that it would double its business with women-owned contractors and suppliers in the…
Tax avoidance is ‘as big an issue as sweatshops’, and could become the main target for CSR activity, a global charity has said. The international poverty NGO ActionAid has stated a ‘business case’ for good tax practices and recommendations for…
Le partenariat tripartite est un ralliement des acteurs du commerce électronique pour exploiter le potentiel d’un secteur en pleine croissance. Des millions de clients en Afrique peuvent maintenant se passer des méthodes de paiement traditionnelles et bénéficier d'une meilleure inclusion…
Democratic Republic of Congo's State-owned mining company Gecamines will invest $930-million in a bid to re-establish itself as a major copper and cobalt producer, and will launch audits of its existing joint ventures to help raise the cash, the company…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to promote sustainable agriculture projects and accelerate the development of the Chinese countryside. As part…
Siemens AG, Europe's largest engineering company, yesterday said that it would cease building nuclear power plants globally and focus on renewable energy after the German government decided to phase out nuclear power by 2022. After the Fukushima nuclear power plant…
Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), world’s fourth largest automobile manufacturer, has donated two units of hi-tech ultra modern mobile clinics to two of Nigeria’s foremost health institutions, the Abuja National Hospital and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. Receiving the donations on…
Tesco, BT and Unilever are among the first companies to sign up to use the 'Think, Act, Report' framework (11-page, 166KB PDF), which aims to "improve transparency" on equality issues in the private and voluntary sectors. The framework was developed…
