Milk, cream, proteins, syrups and pieces of fruit—all are are part of the waste stream of ice-cream factories, and soon, at a Ben and Jerry’s factory in the Netherlands, they’ll all help to produce green power. How? Via billions of…
Group of 54 Companies Makes Historic Commitment to Adopt Ambitious Sustainability Roadmap and Demonstrate Leadership in Tackling Global Challenges. Underscoring the role of business in addressing global threats - from climate change to widespread poverty or humanitarian emergencies - a…
Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD), which asks international companies to reveal their impact on forests around the world, has released their second review. From biofuels to travel to media, FFD named corporate leaders in 19 categories, including Kimberly Clark for Personal-Household…
BHP Billiton has increased its donation to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal to $11 million. The mining giant tipped in a further $10 million yesterday, on top of the $1 million announced by the company earlier this month. It…
Plusieurs grands groupes s'appràªtent à annoncer des plans anti-corruption dans les prochains jours. Une réponse à une loi anglaise, prévue pour avril prochain, qui durcit les poursuites à l’encontre des maisons-mères n’ayant pas de dispositif de prévention adéquat. En France,…
Activist investor Boston Common Asset Management LLC said that it has sold most of the 167,000 shares it held in Cisco Systems Inc, capping a lengthy dispute with the company over its human rights record. Cisco is among a number…
Credit Suisse has become the first bank to force its staff to make compulsory charitable donations, with several hundred US managing directors directed to give 2.5 per cent of their 2010 bonuses to good causes. The Swiss bank, which estimated…
