Candy Group è entrato nella elite di aziende impegnate con Quattroruote a ridurre del 10% le emissioni di CO2 della flotta di veicoli aziendali. Il programma di Quattroruote (il mensile della Domus che è il riferimento base del mercato automobilistico in Italia dal 195x) è denominato 10×10 in quanto inizialmente previsto per 10 sole aziende. [...]

Biotechnology is a key component of a public-private partnership that could save millions of lives by developing drought-tolerant maize for small-scale farming operations in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 300 million Africans depend on maize as their main food source. The partnership — known as Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) — was formed because crop [...]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s new leadership (WMT.N) plans to expand efforts to reduce waste, use renewable energy and push suppliers to clean up their act, the company’s incoming chief executive officer said on Monday. “We want to accelerate our efforts in sustainability. We want to broaden our efforts,” said Mike Duke, who will become Wal-Mart’s CEO [...]

Vallée du rift, au centre du Kenya. A 2 300 mètres d’altitude, des gigantesques serres se côtoient le long d’une route défoncée qui encercle le lac Naivasha. A 80 kilomètres au sud de l’équateur, la région abrite l’une des plus vastes zones de production de roses au monde. La floriculture est le nouvel eldorado du [...]

Here are two stories that appeared in local publications in Washington State, U.S. regarding Kinross Gold’s Buckhorn mine, which opened in October, 2008. Both articles highlight the jobs created by the mine and the positive impact it will have on the local economy. Both articles also highlight the environmental agreement Kinross reached with local groups [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 20 January 2009

Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its annual ethical ranking covering an enlarged universe of 541 multinationals within 18 sectors and based on a renovated calculation methodology combining popularity and diversified performance.

The main results across sectors are:

> The following companies enter the top 10: Xerox (5th), General Electric [...]

A Detroit, le Salon de l’automobile, qui a ouvert ses portes à la presse dimanche 11 janvier, fait grise mine. Oubliés les soirées paillettes, le champagne et les mises en scène hollywoodiennes… Crise économique oblige, les constructeurs ont serré les budgets marketing et opté pour la sobriété. (…) Dans leurs discours, les patrons des Big [...]

Des personnes bloquent l’accès à la zone minière de Mandena. Elles ne sont pas satisfaites de la solution proposée par QMM. Les habitants du fokontany d’Amparihy ont de nouveau érigé un barrage sur la route de Mandena. C’est le deuxième signal d’alarme lancé aux responsables du groupe QMM exploitant l’ilménite. Ils comptent ne s’arrêter que [...]

Samsung has rolled out a corporate social responsibility campaign titled Timecheck showcasing ways the electronic giant can help social programmes and products globally. The campaign leads with an ad featuring a well-known korean pianist, Kim Yeji, who is able to fulfil her dream with the support from a Guide Dogs School and voice device on [...]

Over the past few weeks, a series of fascinating full-page ads from IBM Corp. got the better of me. The company launched a series of “Smarter Planet” ads in November, running Mondays in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. They portrayed an image of IBM as a purveyor of solutions to [...]