Without their products chemical companies would be praised as ethical leaders. Chemical products are a space for complex and emotional debates where it is hard to register reputation gains. Companies rather manage to do so at the levels of working conditions, impact of production and institutional impact, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical [...]

Sans leurs produits, les entreprises chimiques seraient sans doute considérées comme des leaders éthiques. Les produits chimiques constituent un terrain de débats complexes et émotionnels où il est difficile d’enregistrer des gains de réputation. Les entreprises le font à d’autres niveaux, comme les conditions de travail, l’impact de la production et l’impact institutionnel, indique un [...]

Hollywood superstar George Clooney is putting pressure on one of the main Olympic sponsors to speak out over China’s foreign policy. Clooney – who is a critic of China’s role in the Darfur crisis in Sudan – advertises Omega Watches, one of the worldwide partners for Beijing 2008. “I have talked with Omega (about China) [...]

Leading aid agency CARE International and Allianz are offering a new type of community health insurance in an area of southern India badly hit by the 2004 tsunami. For the first time ever, poor people in India can buy comprehensive health insurance, through an innovative scheme put together by an aid agency and a private [...]

Des chartes éthiques de moins en mois respectées par les grandes marques d’habillement. Que contiennent les habits que nous portons ? Quelles histoires humaines sont tissées dans ces vêtements ? Toutes les grandes marques de l’habillement ont mis en place des chartes éthiques, des codes de conduite qui bannissent en principe tout travail d’enfants, tout [...]

Oil company giant BP said petrol and diesel could rise at least 7c a litre at the pump if new biofuel require ments came into force on July 1. Energy and Climate Change Minister David Parker admits introducing lower emission biofuels means there will be “unavoidable” costs for consumers – alongside other mounting consumer costs [...]

Corporations will need to start incorporating sustainable development into their business strategies in order to control future financial risk. JSE-listed fast moving consumer goods company Unilever South Africa released its Economic Footprint study yesterday, revealing the potential impact that companies have on their environments. The report showed that for each R100 of sales in the [...]