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…
Stung by concerns that using Google is bad for the planet, the Internet search giant has revealed exactly how much electricity the company uses and how much greenhouse gases it produces in an effort to show its business model is…
Swedish furniture giant's pledge to Dadaab refugee camp is praiseworthy - but the company should seek to provide regional employment as well as emergency food supplies. As Ikea makes a historic pledge to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the…
