Le groupe pétrolier fait ses premiers pas dans le nucléaire. Non par crainte de la fin des hydrocarbures, mais plutôt par « volonté d'investir dans une énergie propre » qui soit bien plus rentable, selon lui, que les énergies renouvelables…
Unilever and Coca-Cola, two of the world's biggest companies, have launched a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the $1,000bn global consumer goods industry by changing the behaviour of customers and suppliers. Other multinationals, including PepsiCo, Kimberly Clark and…
Google has unveiled a tool that lets scientists and defenders of the environment use the internet to keep an eye on what is left of the Earth's forests. 'We hope this technology will help stop the destruction of the world's…
The Heinz Micronutrient Campaign (HMC), a groundbreaking program of the H.J. Heinz Company Foundation that is combating malnutrition in developing nations, today announced a partnership in Tanzania, bringing the program to Africa for the first time. The HMC has awarded…
Lakshmi Mittal, Britain’s richest man, stands to benefit from a European scheme to curb global warming . His company Arcelor-Mittal, the steel business where he is chairman and chief executive, will make gains of about £1 billion on “carbon credits”…
A major car manufacturer has aired a hard-hitting advert in the United States calling for the release of Burmese pro-democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi, opening a new front in the battle to improve the industry's battered social image among…
CONGO (RDC) - Depuis 1997, le Nord et le Sud-Kivu sont le théà¢tre de guerres incessantes, alimentées par la soif de l'or, de l'étain et du coltan, précieux composants de nos téléphones portables. Pire que le Far West! (....) La…
La compagnie pétrolière néerlandaise est poursuivie pour des fuites présumées sur ses oléoducs par des paysans nigérians et une association écologiste. Le géant pétrolier anglo-néerlandais Shell et sa filiale nigériane ont comparu jeudi devant un tribunal civil de La Haye,…
United States retailing giant Wal-Mart yesterday launched its own investigation into the findings of a New-York based human rights group, which levied serious labor abuse allegations against the company after inspecting five of its supplier factories in China. "We take…
The US oil company, Chevron, on the auspices of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/Chevron joint venture, on Thursday in Yenagoa in the Niger Delta donated internet facility and computer accessories to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The donation…
