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…
Le Burkina Faso compte étendre ses cultures de coton transgénique pour la saison 2009-2010. L'annonce inquiète certaines ONG, qui craignent notamment que les agriculteurs deviennent dépendants du producteur de semences Monsanto. Le Burkina Faso compte ensemencer en 2009-2010 plus de…
In a textbook illustration of the perils of downsizing, a group of female executives has filed suit against beleaguered banking giant Citigroup, charging the bank’s layoffs hit women executives harder than men. That, attorney Douglas Wigdor told Forbes.com, is “recessionary…
FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious and highly competitive "2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Award for Sustainability" in the Global Tourism Business category by the World Travel and…
