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 même décidé de se rendre sur les lieux ce lundi pour faire une évaluation, rapporte radiookapi.net. Le ministre est [...]

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 être repris par un des grands groupes miniers qui s’affrontent à couteaux tirés. Le Katanga est-il révélateur des enjeux miniers portés par la hausse des matières premières ? Assistons-nous [...]

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 things being acquired. This may turn out to be the year that big business bought [...]

Beijing, China – The Coca-Cola Company has launched a multi-year partnership with WWF to conserve and protect freshwater resources, including seven of the world’s most important freshwater river basins. “We are focusing on water because this is where The Coca-Cola Company can have a real and positive impact,” E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of [...]

Principal client pour l’instant d’EcoAct, General Electric a conclu un partenariat de deux ans qui consiste à impliquer les salariés du groupe dans des actions éco-citoyennes. A l’occasion de la journée mondiale de l’environnement, les salariés procèderont, en collaboration avec une association de réinsertion sociale, au nettoyage des berges de la Seine. Objectif : réhabiliter [...]

A decade ago the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice accused Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab of a “reckless, if not willful, disregard” for the welfare of 46 patients, 5 of whom died in his care or shortly afterward. The board suspended his license for seven months and restricted it for two years after that. But Dr. Abuzzahab, [...]

Environmentalists — some in hazmat suits, some in tank tops — protested outside of Target at the Atlantic Terminal Mall on May 24, decrying the discount chain’s refusal to phase out the sale of some vinyl products, which are believed to release dangerous toxins into the environment. The protestors, from Wetlands Activism Collection, a New [...]

A report on the ethical reputations of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies which gives UK-based multinational GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) the top score, has been heavily criticised for ignoring one of the most contentious ethical issues around, animal testing. Ethically ranking animal-testing companies without considering animal suffering is deeply misleading, says non-animal research charity, the Dr Hadwen [...]

BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has warned that it might prove “dangerous” for brands and their reputations not to take action against climate change, in an exclusive interview with Marketing Week. Murdoch says: “Our customers will care about this issue perhaps more than any other over the next decade and it’s right for us to [...]

Coup de pub ou signe des temps ? Le géant financier britannique HSBC a annoncé, mercredi 30 mai, 100 millions de dollars d’investissements (74,5 millions d’euros) au cours des cinq ans à venir pour combattre le réchauffement climatique. Cette somme sera répartie entre quatre ONG écologiques internationales (WWF, Climate Group, Earthwath Institute et Smithsonian Tropical [...]