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…
Hollywood superstar George Clooney is putting pressure on one of the main Olympic sponsors to speak out over China's foreign policy. Clooney - who is a critic of China's role in the Darfur crisis in Sudan - advertises Omega Watches,…
Leading aid agency CARE International and Allianz are offering a new type of community health insurance in an area of southern India badly hit by the 2004 tsunami. For the first time ever, poor people in India can buy comprehensive…
Des chartes éthiques de moins en mois respectées par les grandes marques d’habillement. Que contiennent les habits que nous portons ? Quelles histoires humaines sont tissées dans ces vàªtements ? Toutes les grandes marques de l’habillement ont mis en place…
Oil company giant BP said petrol and diesel could rise at least 7c a litre at the pump if new biofuel require ments came into force on July 1. Energy and Climate Change Minister David Parker admits introducing lower emission…
Corporations will need to start incorporating sustainable development into their business strategies in order to control future financial risk. JSE-listed fast moving consumer goods company Unilever South Africa released its Economic Footprint study yesterday, revealing the potential impact that companies…
Mazda Motor Corp announced Monday that it had been honored with the Human Rights Merit Award by Japan's Ministry of Justice and the National Federation of Consultative Assemblies of Civil Liberties Commissioners. The award was established in fiscal year 2006…
Dear Covalence: I am surprised that Honda ranks so high in your ethical quotation system given that it has recently been caught systematically over reporting horsepower, designing odometers that over report mileage, and had the dealership kickback scandal documented in…
