The head of the Childhood Obesity Foundation says the association of corporations such as McDonald's and Coca-Cola with the Olympics sends an unhealthy message to children. Although Olympic organizers promote physical activity and positive health spinoffs from the games, increased…
C’est l’exploitation illégale et illicite des métaux utilisés dans la fabrication des téléphones mobiles, des ordinateurs et d’autres appareils électroniques dans l’Est de la RDC, qui finance les conflits dans cette partie du territoire congolais. L’ONG britannique Global Witness l’a…
Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts. As worries over Greece rattle world markets,…
Liberia has launched a corporate responsibility forum to help rebuild the war-shattered nation. The public private partnership said "sustainable and responsible business practices" should aid development. "We want to rebuild the entrepreneurial class in the country," Joseph Mathews, chief of…
Have you been to Times Square lately? You may have seen this Best Buy billboard. At first glance, it looks like just another billboard made out of funky bric-a-brac, but look a bit closer and you'll notice that it's made…
La société civile a exigé aux autorités de Bandundu la libération des 26 villageois arràªtés à Inongo après avoir été invités par la société forestière Sodefor pour chercher leurs biens selon la convention signée entre les deux parties. Le Réseau…
Covalence Ethical Snapshots are monthly profiles of companies for finance professionals who use extra-financial information in their decision-making. These one-pagers can be ordered on a single or subscription basis, for a company, a sector or the full universe (581 companies…
Vous vous triturez les méninges pour comprendre comment la compagnie Ryanair peut pratiquer des tarifs aussi bas ? Stop. Le syndicat CGT d’Air France lance une campagne nationale pour dévoiler les petits secrets de la compagnie low cost irlandaise. Vendredi,…
If you don't see any Pepsi commercials tomorrow on the Superbowl, I'm here to tell you where all that money is going instead: on making the world a better place. That's right. Pepsi is set to spend more than $20…
ExxonMobil will sponsor a key component of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs-supported project ‘empower women who reside outside Doha”. The project targets girls between the ages of 15 and 20 at the secondary and university level as well…
