It wasn't for aesthetics alone that Nike this week introduced a running shoe here with a lacework upper that looks more sandal than trainer. The dirty secret of shoe manufacturing is that it creates waste. A lot of waste. Some…
How “green” is your smartphone? AT&T’s new program will rate the environmental impact of devices in its portfolio. The Eco-Rating program will launch later this year, and the rating will be noted on the packaging of each AT&T device. In…
Apple has told prominent environmental activists in the U.S. and China that it will soon allow independent environmental reviews of at least two suppliers' factories in China, the activists said. The reviews come as Apple (AAPL) faces rising criticism about…
Nokia recently raised its voice on the issue of conflict minerals by publishing a policy that spells out its stand. The Finnish phone maker joins other consumer electronics companies in the corporate responsibility of avoiding conflict minerals in their supply…
A group of nearly 100 leading pension funds, asset managers, banks and other institutional investors have today written to the chief executives of the world's largest 415 public companies urging them to accelerate efforts to deploy cost-effective emission reduction measures…
Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest China-based contractors, has boosted its workers’ wages by around 25% after been subjected to inspections by a US labour rights group. Foxconn, which is owned by a Taiwanese group, reported that it has boosted wages…
La quasi totalité du gotha minier mondial était-là les 6-7-8-9 février 2012. Dans ce Davos minier, difficile d’imaginer que les décideurs réunis au Cap, comme chaque année depuis 18 ans, étaient en guerre. Une guerre économique feutrée. Car au-delà des…
L'organisme chargé de réguler le commerce des diamants dans le monde a autorisé une nouvelle société zimbabwéenne à vendre des pierres de mines de Marange, un site de l'est du Zimbabwe o๠de graves atteintes aux droits de l'homme avaient…
Le numéro 1 du négoce de matière première, Glencore, est aussi le premier fournisseur de blé du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM). Oubliées les bonnes intentions du PAM de se fournir sur les marchés locaux et auprès de petits paysans. The…
Today, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases…
