Google is partnering with U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), a division of U.S. Bank; to create an $86 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund. According to a release issued today, the funding will be used towards the construction…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked the US Supreme Court to “throw out a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination”. The lawsuit was first filed by six women in federal court in 2001. They allege that female employees are less…
Peugeot announced that its 3008 HYbrid4, the world’s first diesel hybrid car, will be presented next month at Le Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris, and that it will be available in 2011. Many websites relay this announcement, commenting on the…
Fact: most electronics manufacturers bury their products in excessive amounts of packaging. For proof, look no further than Dell, which managed to eliminate 18.2 million pounds of packaging since 2008 and 8.7 million pounds in the last year alone. So…
A UNEP report says that Shell is only responsible for 10% of oil spills in the Niger delta over the last 40 years, “the rest has come from local people illegally stealing oil and sabotaging company pipelines”, reveals The Guardian…
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) — More than 600 workers have downed tools at diversified miner Exxaro’s KwaZulu-Natal Sands (KZN Sands) operation, while more than 1 700 employees at Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals operation planned to start industrial action later this week…
Impala Platinum and South Africa's National Union of Mine Workers (NUM) found a deal on wages and housing allowances on Saturday, according to a union official. This ends risks of strikes (see Daily Move 16.08.2010). The parties agreed on an…
Foxconn is holding rallies at its factories to improve the satisfaction of its employees. The Taiwanese company, a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry, announced wage increases and more break times during work to reduce stress and prevent suicides; safety…
67% of corporate sustainability professionals who responded to an Ethical Corporation survey said their company “measures social and/or economic impact of their business on the communities where they operate”. This positive response astounded the 100 corporate sustainability professionals who turned…
Today Google registered the largest amount of news items in Covalence EthicalQuote database, all negatives. This information flow is due to massive protests in Germany regarding Google Street View. Many Germans are not willing to have their house pictured by…
