Ikea is switching its entire UK company-car fleet to hybrid vehicles as a prelude to a possible company-wide shift to greener vehicles. The Swedish retailer said it would trade in its Skoda company cars for Honda Civic hybrids by next…
Investments by Dutch banks cause more than three times the CO2 emissions that the Netherlands emits annually. The banks invest over twenty times more in projects that harm the climate such as oil extraction and coal-fired plants, than in projects…
Environment and employment are currently the major concerns regarding the Mining & Metals industry’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) record, states a report released today by Geneva-based reputation research firm Covalence, Covalence Mining & Metals Industry Report 2007. For 2006 to…
Mining giant Xstrata has outlined plans to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from its coal mines within three years. The company is the world's largest thermal coal producer and has several mines in the New South Wales Hunter Valley and…
Chevron Corp. can be sued in a U.S. court for a subsidiary's alleged collusion with the Nigerian government in attacks that killed and wounded villagers protesting the oil company's practices, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. U.S. District…
6e édition: deux jours de concerts, débats, interventions artistiques et animations en tous genres pour porter un regard neuf sur notre quotidien. Un décor inédit pour une formule revisitée… c’est ce que propose cette nouvelle édition de la Fàªte du…
Le ministre de l’Environnement confirme que le pétrole s'est échappé d'une des réserves de la société Perenco Rep pour souiller les eaux de cette rivière avec des conséquences environnementales. Didace Pembe se dit indigné et a màªme décidé de se…
Les nouveaux investisseurs miniers empochent des millions d’euros au Congo... sans avoir produit un seul gramme de cuivre ou de cobalt ! Ou se préparent à àªtre repris par un des grands groupes miniers qui s’affrontent à couteaux tirés. Le…
In the business world these days, it appears that just about everything is for sale. Multi-billion-dollar deals are commonplace, and even venerable institutions such as the Wall Street Journal find themselves put into play. Yet companies are not the only…
