The past decade has seen a radical shift from viewing banks as far-removed from social and environmental impacts, to recognizing banks as the fulcrum of financing, and thus a key lever for achieving sustainability. The 2003 launch of the Equator…
Monsanto, a global agricultural products company, has successfully implemented anti-child labour programmes in Gujarat, said a top company official here Thursday.“We have pledged over Rs.110 million for the programme from 2006 till date,” Monsanto India senior manager-public affairs Christopher Samuel…
Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president said Saturday.”We want to reduce our CO2 emissions by 40 percent between now and 2012,”…
Pour parer au problème de résistance aux ARV dont de plus en plus de patients camerounais font face, les laboratoires Msd (Merck Sharp and Dhome) ont mis sur pied une nouvelle classe d’Arv. Il s’agit du Raltegravir ou Isentress (nom…
Greenpeace, une organisation internationale britannique, vient de publier une nouvelle étude appelée " Arnaque au Congo ", dans laquelle elle dénonce des activités du groupe Suisse Danzer, à travers ses filiales Siforco (Rdc) et Ifo en République du Congo. En…
Insisting questioning of local impacts and benefits have made the Mining & Metals industry’s ethical reputation suffer last year, while Alcoa and Rio Tinto continued progressing, indicates a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Mining &…
A record number of industrial sites across Scotland have been named and shamed by the government's green watchdog for failing to curb pollution risks.The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has fingered 25 sites for their poor performances in 2007. They…
Im Abhà¶rskandal in Italien hat die Mailà¤nder Staatsanwaltschaft die Konzerne Telecom Italia und Pirelli offenbar wegen Korruption angeklagt. Insgesamt wà¼rden rund 30 Verdà¤chtige beschuldigt, in die 2006 aufgeflogene Affà¤re verwickelt zu sein, meldete die italienische Nachrichtenagentur Ansa.Im Zentrum des Skandals…
Resources giant Anglo American’s coal subsidiary, Anglo Coal, declares in its report, ‘Leading for sustainable coal’, which was released in June, that it recognises water as a critical resource that requires responsible management in both its use and in its…
Dear Covalence people, I just read about your admirable work on the csr-chicks list. I’m also glad that you include "The Ethics of Banking"! For financial institutions are a law unto themselves and the author of Honest Money gave a…
