Of all the challenges posed by globalization, regulating abusive corporate practices has long been particularly difficult. From Asian sweatshops supplying brands like Nike and Apple, to the oil giant Shell polluting and abetting violence in Nigeria, recent decades have been…
Alors que Benoà®t Hamon, ministre délégué à la Consommation, s'est engagé à lutter contre l'obsolescence programmée, le sénateur vert Jean-Vincent Placé vient de déposer, le 18 mars, une proposition de loi visant à lutter contre l'obsolescence et à augmenter la…
Using Integrated Reporting as a catalyst for integrated thinking. That's how Peter Graf, SAP's Chief Sustainability Officer expressed the firm's decision to replace two reports — the annual report mandated by the law and submitted to the SEC indicating the…
Les indices BBGI-EthicalQuote enregistrent tous trois des performances supérieures à celles des indices traditionnels: l’indice 20 affiche +3.63%, l’indice 40 +4.27% et l’indice composé de 60 titres augmente de +3.53%. C’est cette capacité à participer pleinement à la hausse des…
Cadbury Plc, now part of Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ.O), used a nonexistent factory in India to avoid about $46 million in taxes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a report by the Indian tax authorities. Cadbury's Indian unit…
Les pressions sur les entreprises exportatrices suisses restent présentes en janvier, comme en témoigne le nouveau recul du baromètre conjoncturel du KOF,qui a cédé 0,24 point à 1.05. Mais la situation serait désormais nettement plus favorable qu’il y a trois…
(Reuters) - India is aggressively pursuing tax claims against multinational firms operating in the country as the government seeks to rein in its budget deficit, taking particular aim at IT and back-office functions, tax officials say. It has targeted several…
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled a bespoke Windows-run smartphone exclusively available in Africa. The customised device is being launched today in partnership with Microsoft as part of its new 4Afrika Initiative. This includes plans to develop cheap wireless broadband…
Global giants including Apple and Google will be forced to reveal how much tax they pay the federal government, under a plan to name and shame firms seen to be dodging their responsibilities by using tax havens. The proposed crackdown,…
Google wants you to know you're being watched. Or rather, the company wants you to know how and when the police get to watch what you do online. For the first time, the company has posted its policies for when…
