Public revolt in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere makes it clear that many yearn for rights and liberties. But states are not the only institutions obligated to respect human rights. Companies also have human rights responsibilities and can be complicit…
The legal battles between Pfizer Inc. and all the plaintiffs in the cases related to the 1996 Trovan clinical study were yesterday laid to rest with the release of a joint statement by the parties involved.Part of the statement which…
Chevron, America's second biggest oil company, has been ordered to pay an $8.2bn (£5.1bn) fine it has described as “fraudulent”, after losing a 20-year lawsuit in Ecuador. Chevron is charged with causing environmental damage in the Amazon River basin more…
Silicon Valley high tech firms are on the hot seat over accusations that they're not hiring enough minorities. Three non-profit groups targeted Google for a protest because it wouldn't provide a breakdown of its workforce by race or ethnicity. "The…
IBM, Intel and PepsiCo have topped rankings of companies with the most ethical reputations. The EthicalQuote rankings by Swiss company Covalence score 581 companies in 18 sectors, through the quantities of positive and negative news stories about each company. Covalence…
Over the Christmas and New Year, whilst people on the east and south of Australia were suffering floods and their consequences, one farmer, much further west, discovered a far more insidious flood was occurring on his property. He is also…
Milk, cream, proteins, syrups and pieces of fruit—all are are part of the waste stream of ice-cream factories, and soon, at a Ben and Jerry’s factory in the Netherlands, they’ll all help to produce green power. How? Via billions of…
Group of 54 Companies Makes Historic Commitment to Adopt Ambitious Sustainability Roadmap and Demonstrate Leadership in Tackling Global Challenges. Underscoring the role of business in addressing global threats - from climate change to widespread poverty or humanitarian emergencies - a…
Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD), which asks international companies to reveal their impact on forests around the world, has released their second review. From biofuels to travel to media, FFD named corporate leaders in 19 categories, including Kimberly Clark for Personal-Household…
BHP Billiton has increased its donation to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal to $11 million. The mining giant tipped in a further $10 million yesterday, on top of the $1 million announced by the company earlier this month. It…
