Forty-nine babies have died in drug tests at one of India’s top hospitals, raising concerns that ethical standards are being compromised as the country becomes the world’s leading destination for clinical trials.The deaths occurred over a period of 30 months at the Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), an elite medical college [...]

Tunza en swahili qui signifie « Garder », Tunza for Children, Garder pour les enfants, est un programme initié au Kenya, Tanzanie, Ouganda, Zambie etc. par le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’Environnement (PNUE) en collaboration avec le secteur privé pour promouvoir les projets environnementaux. Avec la Firme Bayer, le PNUE, organise dans [...]

 - Quelque chose comme 40.000 tonnes de matériels chinois se trouvent déjà sur le sol congolais où les premiers coups de pioche des grands travaux d’infrastructure du programme devraient débuter, selon les autorités.
- Développement des infrastructures de bases sur l’ensemble du territoire national, permettant une meilleure circulation des biens et des personnes, de favoriser l’emploi, [...]

Toyota Motor Europe is one of the six companies to join CN Net today, a web-based network which impresses upon governments, local authorities, private companies and individuals to make large carbon cuts. “The participation of a major company like Toyota is a sign that private companies are increasingly playing their part on the road to [...]

Greenbang likes the odd tipple (not before lunchtime, mind) so it’s pleased to see that drinks giant Diageo, which makes the likes of Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Tanqueray, is to build a £65m state-of-the-art bioenergy facility at Cameronbridge in Fife – Scotland’s largest distillery.Not surprisingly Diageo is raising a toast to the new facility, [...]

Environmentally-conscious investors considering Brazilian property could be interested to hear state-oil firm Petrobras is calling on the general public to help it spend $309 million (£154 million) on the environment, it has been reported.The company wants to use the money for projects to strengthen environmental organisations and spread information about sustainable development, over the course [...]

Pesa qui signifie en swahili, la langue locale « argent » constitue désormais un service bancaire sur télephone portable de plus en plus utilisé par la majorité des familles kenyannes habitant dans les villages lointains, pour pallier à la sous bancarisation du pays. Dans le pays, la tendance se muliplie : la multiplication de paiement [...]

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is launching a pilot in Bangladesh to demonstrate how to improve productivity and quality of life in the country with the use of high-speed internet services through 3G/HSPA technology. The pioneering project, called Alokito Bangladesh (Enlightened Bangladesh), will demonstrate high-speed internet access and a range of advanced services – including mobile health [...]

Eh oui, il ne faut reculer devant rien pour effectuer la moindre petite économie d’énergie, ce qui, indirectement, limite la production de dioxyde de carbone. Comment, me direz-vous ? Et bien c’est beaucoup plus simple qu’il n’y parait et c’est ce qu’on voulu mettre en avant à la fois Microsoft et Verdiem en créant en [...]

Dell’s CSR report is a fascinating document. It looks at the entire business from the perspective of sustainability. This examination leads into four main areas of emphasis: Employee engagement, Community involvement, Corporate accountability, Environmental responsibility. So what does this mean? Here’s a cool example: Dell ships servers. Many companies buy more than one server at [...]