It is hard to capture the myriad of emotions expressed by the Ogoni and their supporters following last week's agreement between Royal Dutch Shell and the families of some Ogoni leaders executed in 1995 by the military government of General…
Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group, defied the World Health Organisation and some of its corporate peers by ruling out a donation to the poor of vaccines to counter the latest flu pandemic, and saying developing nations or donor nations should…
Dear reader, Though this unique and interesting report has already been published mid- May I still would like to draw your attention to: ”’Erratum Annual Reports and Accounts: Adding Insecurity to Life”. This report on ”the other side” of Unilever’’s…
Microsoft Corp. late Monday said a Chinese rule that personal computers sold in the country include Web filtering software raises issues of freedom of expression, privacy, and security that "need to be properly addressed." The statement by the U.S. software…
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…
