Pas question de relà¢cher la pression à l'issue du Grenelle de l'environnement. Des ONG environnementales ont décidé de relancer le débat sur les dérives publicitaires des marques, coupables à leurs yeux d'abuser des arguments écologiques et de pratiquer ainsi l'"écoblanchiment"…
At Frito-Lay's factory here, more than 500,000 pounds of potatoes arrive every day from New Mexico to be washed, sliced, fried, seasoned and portioned into bags of Lay's and Ruffles chips. The process devours enormous amounts of energy, and creates…
Peter Là¶scher, the new CEO of German electronics and engineering giant Siemens (SI), is desperately trying to dig his company out of the biggest bribery scandal in German corporate history. On Nov. 8, Siemens disclosed that its own internal investigation…
Siemens, a provider of electrical engineering and electronic solutions, in partnership with the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the creation of the first annual "Siemens Sustainability Award" at the BCLC Corporate Citizenship Awards…
AN ACCIDENT AT Harmony Gold’s Elandsrand mine — trapping 3 200 workers 2km underground for up to 30 hours early in October — was the tipping point for the South African government with regard to its mining industry’s safety performance…
While I am on the subject of plastic bags, I would like to name and shame Marks and Spencer. My mother is ill so when I visited last weekend I went to buy some flowers. The flowers were pre-wrapped in…
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today it will host a workshop at the Corporate Council on Africa's 2007 U.S.-Africa Business Summit to highlight its development of national employees and suppliers and strategic community investments in Africa. ExxonMobil is a corporate…
In our last post, Jewelry: the Troubles with Baubles, we explored the ocean of ethical, social and environmental troubles that are swamping conventional gold and diamond jewelry. In this post we turn our attention to the more sustainable solutions and…
The rush to palm oil and biofuels threatens to release 14 billion tonnes of carbon from Indonesia’s peatlands Many of the largest food and fuel companies risk climate change disaster by driving the demand for palm oil and biofuels grown…
Police detained 19 people Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a scheme to help large Brazilian companies evade taxes by laundering money through Swiss banks UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group and the U.S.-based American International Group Inc. The raids…
