Earlier this month, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights and Business John Ruggie presented his third report to the Human Rights Council. In a significant development, the report sets forth a framework for states protecting against human…
Environmental organizations today condemned the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and four private banks’ June 16 decision to provide approximately 5.3 billion dollars in financing for the problematic Sakhalin II oil and gas project in the Russian Far East.[1]Â …
The buzz surrounding the newest project-Las Vegas City Center is that its going to be a green development project estimated to cost around $8 billion pumped in by MGM MIRAGE and Dubai World. The first building is scheduled to open…
Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and…
Chief executive officers (CEOs) in the Asia-Pacific region are ahead of their counterparts elsewhere when it comes to embracing corporate social responsibility, a survey report said on Monday. 'CEOs in the Americas are beginning to show more interest, but focus…
A giant in the booming "green" industry will be born next month when Paris-based utility Suez SA spins off its environment unit into a stand-alone company. The new company, to be called Suez Environment, will focus on the businesses of…
Panasonic announced mid- and long-term environmental management plans Tuesday, beginning with the designation of its Kusatsu manufacturing facility as a “Eco Ideas Factory.” The Kusatsu Factory of Matsushita Home Appliances Co. will serve as a testing ground for three of…
Banking giant HSBC has come under attack after proposing changes to its pension schemes which union leaders claim will leave staff in a "precarious" financial position. The bank maintained that the proposals involved an investment in pensions and would improve…
Greenpeace activists delivered 500 Philips television sets and 100 pieces of Philips electronic equipment to the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam. The e-waste was obtained from an e-waste trader; this very same e-waste would most probably have ended up on a…
HEWLETT-Packard is striving to have a workforce profile that reflects the diverse one billion people using HP products worldwide. This would see the Fortune 500 company embarking on retraining women or attracting more women to join it, said vice-president of…
