Sanofi-aventis selects humanitarian sponsorship actions on the basis of 6 main criteria: Consistency: Prioritize thematic actions: health - solidarity - childhood in the field of prevention, education, training, hygiene, access to care, combating exclusion, disability, children's traumas... Usefulness: Respond to…
Ce sondage planétaire a été réalisé début 2008 par l'institut canadien GlobeScan (Global Public Opinion and Stakeholder Research), à la demande de la National Geographic Society. Les modes de vie, les comportements d'achat et la conscience environnementale de 14 000…
Les américaines Geovic et Hydromine dans l’exploitation du cobalt, de la bauxite, nickel et manganèse; l’australienne Sundance Ressources Ltd dans l’exploitation du fer; la Sud-coréenne C&K Mining et la sud-africaine Africa Aura dans l’exploitation de l’or. Le secteur des mines…
Parc informatique quasi-inexistant, connexion internet de très mauvaise qualité, Microsoft a du pain sur la planche au Congo. Le pays et Microsoft ont conclu pour ce mois de septembre à Brazzaville, un accord-cadre d'assistance technique qui a pour objet d'anticiper…
Compass Group North America is advancing its national partnership with Pura Vida, working towards Pura Vida's commitment to improving the communities that supply its coffee through a donation to Project Mercy, a non-profit group dedicated to alleviating hunger in Ethiopia…
OSLO - Norway's sovereign wealth fund has sold its $850-million stake in mining group Rio Tinto, blaming it for environmental damage in Indonesia, the government said yesterday. The finance ministry excluded the company from Norway's $375-billion fund, selling in the…
Le moteur de recherche sur internet Google, la première banque européenne HSBC et le cà¢blo-opérateur Liberty Global se sont associés dans un projet destiné à fournir un accès internet haut débit à faible coà»t à trois milliards de personnes vivant…
Increased attention on product human risk and smaller media coverage of drug donations have challenged Pharmaceuticals' ethical reputation last year, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Pharmaceutical Industry Report 2008. The pharmaceutical industry dropped…
Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi. The online auction operator is trying to change that perception with WorldofGood.com, a…
DYERSVILLE, Iowa - A former McDonald's employee filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission alleging he was unlawfully fired because he's a gay man with HIV. Daniel Carver, 46, alleges that what began as a lack of promotions…
