En vue de réduire la mortalité néonatale et infantile au Congo, le ministère de la santé, des affaires sociales et de la famille, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF) et la société de téléphonie mobile Warid Congo viennent…
Shell today agreed to settle a court case in New York related to allegations in connection with the Nigerian military government's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others in 1995, making a humanitarian gesture to set up a trust fund to…
Survival International today called on all oil companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon to suspend operations as the country comes to terms with the worst political violence since the Shining Path insurgency in the 1980s. The companies include Anglo-French Perenco…
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the operational launch of the first alternative energy laboratory and pilot site in the world dedicated to the telecoms sector. Located on its Bell Labs research site in Villarceaux, France, this station forms part of an Alternative…
A new film about human excess and its impact on Earth's fragile ecosystem debuts Friday, marking an unusual risk for its financial backer, one of the planet's biggest retailing conglomerates, France's PPR SA. PPR, the maker of Gucci leather handbags…
Here is a story about a Kinross Gold employee who works at our Fort Knox gold mine in Alaska. The story notes her different experiences working in the mine, and her winning a company-wide award. The “Living Our Vales” awards…
IBM, Sun and Dell are the leaders, while Sony, Sharp and Toshiba are the losers in a ranking by the environmental group — but everybody fails the test. The environmental group Greenpeace criticizes the IT industry, calling its leadership in…
The extent to which shareholders can pressurize firms into improving their sustainability policies was underlined once again this week as two of the biggest names in corporate America, Chevron and Home Depot, faced shareholder resolutions demanding that they improve their…
Quatorze ans après l'exécution de l'activiste et écrivain nigérian Ken Saro-Wiwa, la compagnie pétrolière Shell va àªtre amenée à répondre devant un tribunal de New York, mercredi 27 mai, d'accusations de crimes contre l'humanité liées à une éventuelle implication auprès…
Fast food giant McDonald’s is trying to show consumers its “greener” side with a new institutional marketing effort, “Global Best of Green.”The full report details about 80 McDonald’s initiatives around the world, such as: About 80 percent of packaging used…
