Thousands of South Africans who suffered under apartheid won the right yesterday to sue a number of companies, including BP, Citigroup and Ford, for allegedly helping to perpetrate human rights abuses. The US Supreme Court ruled that three class actions…
While just about all big computer makers are taking steps to make technology more environmentally friendly, Asustek is one of the first to unveil a bamboo-encased computer. Some niche companies geared toward eco-conscious consumers offer bamboo computer mice, keyboards and…
Hi, I'm an employee of HP, and I can understand why they did well in your survey. They're a fine company and treats customers & employees with respect. But I used to work for IBM and for the life of…
While electronic waste continues to pile up at an increasingly rapid pace, leading IT firms such as Hewlett-Packard are finding being green and promoting corporate social responsibility can actually increase operational efficiency in China. Rather than developing a program to…
Covalence has published its quarterly ethical reputation ranking (PDF), highlighting the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in the second quarter of 2007. Unilever took the top spot by having the best…
I just received a press release from Covalence alerting me that the Geneva-based ethical rankings company is "publishing today its quarterly ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress…
First we launched the project “Piloting solution for reversing brain drain into brain gain for Africa” together with UNESCO at the end of last year. Over the past decade, African countries have suffered from emigration of up to 70 percent…
