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…
A community water project inaugurated in Rwanda’s eastern district of Kirehe, offers a new model of cooperation between religious communities and public and private sectors in pursuit of human development and peace. “This is a historic milestone for interfaith cooperation…
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…
BANGKOK: Thai jewellers are buying highly coveted rubies and jade at an official auction this week in Myanmar, which supplies stones for the kingdom are booming, multi-billion-dollar jewellery industry. But once they cut and set the gems, they could face…
Cette cargaison provenait de la RDC, plus précisément de la province de l’Equateur à destination d’Anvers et de Caen. Il est marqué par "Greenpeace" sur le cargo chinois « bois pillé » . C’est depuis le 9 mars que la…
La «prime fixe», instaurée par l’opérateur d’électricité AES-SONEL filiale du groupe américain, AES-Corporation, et qui alourdissait les factures des ménages de l’ordre de 16 pour cent, va àªtre supprimée dans les prochains jours au Cameroun… Cette décision est intervenue jeudi…
Lee Scott Jr. has earned a reputation as something of an environmental guru for actions he has taken over the past few years in getting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to green up its act. But this morning at the ECO:nomics conference…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc will meet with its thousands of Chinese suppliers this fall as part of a big push to reduce waste and emissions at factories that make its products, Chief Executive Lee Scott said on Thursday. "We started a…
Without their products chemical companies would be praised as ethical leaders. Chemical products are a space for complex and emotional debates where it is hard to register reputation gains. Companies rather manage to do so at the levels of working…
Sans leurs produits, les entreprises chimiques seraient sans doute considérées comme des leaders éthiques. Les produits chimiques constituent un terrain de débats complexes et émotionnels o๠il est difficile d’enregistrer des gains de réputation. Les entreprises le font à d’autres…
