PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, announced that it will expand its existing efforts to help reduce obesity in the United States by joining the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) (see also Obesity). A…
Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 5 October 2009 Pharmaceutical companies involved in consumer health activities achieve the best ethical reputation, states Geneva-based Covalence in its latest Health Care Sector Report. Among the seven leaders of the Covalence ethical ranking in…
Coca-Cola, the world’s largest soft drinks company, says it is “ramping up” efforts to stress the importance of a healthy lifestyle in combating obesity, in response to a growing push by health advocates for a federal tax on sugared drinks…
A group of 500 global businesses, including dozens of Australian corporations, have called for "credible" action on climate change. The publication of the so-called Copenhagen Communique comes two months before the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, amid…
Environmental activists are taking to the Internet in a new bid to help save the world's rainforests with the help of major corporations including Starbucks Corp and Dell Inc. Campaigners plan to announce on Monday the formation of "Team Earth",…
The proposed takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft could be a setback for human rights campaigners according to Ethical Consumer magazine. Cadbury's has recently adopted the Fairtrade standard across its high profile Dairy Milk chocolate range. Kraft foods has however hitched…
Les nouvelles technologies créent des formes inédites de travail. La Société Txteagle en collaboration avec Nokia, a lancé au Kenya une initiative novatrice : des milliers de détenteurs des téléphones portables habitant dans les quartiers pauvres du pays, gagnent de…
Le groupe Peugeot, pionnier et 1er constructeur mondial de véhicules électriques, se prépare à un grand événement fin 2010. Le groupe compte, en effet, présenter en 1ère mondiale au salon automobile de Francfort, une nouvelle marque nommée " ion "…
A leading business analyst has branded the company socially irresponsible. This particular act of social irresponsibility is not about Kilmarnock and Port Dundas in Glasgow where a further 200 jobs are to go - but about Diageo’s UK tax avoidance…
A Swedish human rights organisation Ostgruppen has addressed the Industry Minister Maud Olofsson with such an appeal. Human rights activists call upon the minister to do everything possible to make Swedish business “not to contribute to repressions in Belarus”. The…
