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BP innovates for the BoP

The invention of a tiny stove in India demonstrates the link between reduced carbon emissions and improved health — and how technology can contribute to slowing climate change. Global energy giant BP is producing and marketing Oorja, which means energy…

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Something new’s brewing at Starbucks

Pike Place Roastâ„¢ will be the first coffee to bear the new mark symbolizing Starbucks ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability through an expanded relationship with Conservation International (CI). Coffee bearing the new mark is purchased from C.A.F.E. Practices verified suppliers…

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EITI — Extracting transparency

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is determined to stamp out embezzlement, but has its work cut out. When it launched in 2002 the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative aimed high. A coalition of governments, companies, civil society groups and investors, it…

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Metalor Technologie SA et l’or ougandais

Le Groupe Metalor est situé à  Neuchà¢tel en Suisse et possède de nombreuses filiales à  travers le monde. Il est actif dans le domaines des métaux précieux dont l’or (Au) récolté par un réseau international d’opérateurs et de nombreuses plates-formes…

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Yahoo to aid Chinese dissidents

Yahoo Inc., under fire from civil-rights groups for its indirect role in human rights abuses in China, is answering critics by setting up a fund to give victims of government censorship legal and other assistance. The webco has been charged…

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Tibet’s Lithium

As of the end of 2005 there were something like 2 billion cell phones in service worldwide. Certainly there are more than that now. Without lithium batteries cell phones would be a completely different animal. Bigger and heavier, you wouldn’t…

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Free eye operations for 1,000 people in North Vietnam

The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and Spanish Pfizer Inc. will jointly carry out free operations on 1,000 trachoma patients in Hai Duong Province from March 10 to 20. Eight volunteer doctors from Pfizer Inc. will perform the surgery in cooperation…

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