The Niger Delta is one of the world's 10 most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems and is home to about 31 million people. Its huge oil deposits have been extracted for years by the Nigerian govenment and multinational oil…
The fight to weed out hunger across the Corn Belt has officially begun. Weeding out Hunger, a new campaign sponsored by Halex GT corn herbicide and Syngenta Crop Protection, made a stop at the National Farm Machinery Show, held Feb…
Ford Motor Co. said today that it will expand its global vehicle electrification program to Europe in 2011, starting with the battery-powered Transit Connect. In all, Ford will offer five electric or hybrid vehicles in Europe across its C, C/D…
Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple. The company did…
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is investing £100m in offshore wind turbine research in Britain and will create up to 200 jobs by 2014. The plan is one of several boosts to Britain's wind industry in recent weeks, raising hopes…
The Church of Scotland has branded the decision by Lloyds Banking Group to halt funding to it charitable arm as "unacceptable and shameful". Cutting cash to the Lloyds TSB Foundation in Scotland will bring to an end a 25-year-relationship that…
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…
