Samir Bhatia, the managing director of Barclays India, is sitting on the floor of a community building in Marol, a slum district of Bombay. In front of him, some women are explaining how their savings and loans scheme works. It…
Innovative green and social products greatly contribute to the ethical reputation of technology hardware companies, while labour, legal, institutional and production-related challenges are rising, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Technology Hardware Industry Report…
The law firm Eversheds sent us this email: “It is reported today that BP is to drop its wind farm and other renewable schemes in Britain to concentrate its spending programme on the US. Michelle Thomas, head of the Clean…
« Tant qu'il y aura des acheteurs occidentaux pràªts à participer à ce commerce, directement ou indirectement, avec des groupes responsables de graves atteintes aux droits de l'homme, les groupes armés n'auront aucune raison de déposer les armes », commente…
Starbucks Corp. is trying to refocus in a tough economy as a company with a conscience, announcing a partnership with Bono's (RED) label on Wednesday as it attempts to recover from a slowdown in consumer spending. The partnership with (RED),…
Today, experts in sustainable and responsible investment are launching a new association, Sustainable Finance Geneva (SFG), created to promote financial solutions reconciling economic development with social and environmental challenges. SFG is an association created by fifteen professionals with a common…
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo and a group of human rights and public interest organizations plan to introduce Wednesday a global code of conduct that they say will better protect online free speech and privacy against government intrusion. The principles are…
Chevron is embarking today on a high stakes defense in U.S. federal court against charges that it helped orchestrate the killing of two Nigerian villagers at a time when its corporate legal department is under mounting pressure for disregarding human…
Congress enacted the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”) largely in response to disclosures in the early 1970s of widespread bribery of foreign officials by United States business interests. Congress resolved to prohibit such bribery, not just because it…
More evidence has emerged of the steamrollering effect of China’s tightening grip on the economic life of Burma. A watchdog report alleging land theft and intimidation of local people by a major Chinese corporation comes on top of a report…
