A group of US investment institutions have filed shareholder resolutions at 40 companies calling on them to report on their spending on direct lobbying and lobbying via trade associations. The group wants greater transparency on how companies influence regulation and law-making. Backers of the initiative include investors such as the $134bn (€104bn) [...]

The chief executives of the world’s biggest international oil companies will testify on Tuesday that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “was preventable’’, publicly distancing themselves for the first time from the UK company, the Financial Times has learnt. Executives from ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips will say that by following current [...]

In a move bound to be interpreted in some quarters as symbolic of the company’s evolving low carbon energy strategy, oil giant Chevron announced yesterday that it is to use one of its former refineries in California to host a major new research project to assess the effectiveness of competing next generation solar technologies. The [...]

The US oil company, Chevron, on the auspices of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/Chevron joint venture, on Thursday in Yenagoa in the Niger Delta donated internet facility and computer accessories to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The donation was made in line with Chevron’s commitment to developing mutually beneficial partnerships and to improve [...]

Après des années de revendications, un village de pêcheurs près de Muanda, dans la province du Bas-Congo, bénéficie enfin des retombées du pétrole produit au large de la côte Atlantique.Danses, cris de joie…, la fête était au rendez-vous en juin dernier à Nsianfumu, petit village de pêcheurs, situé tout près de Muanda, la cité côtière [...]

The extent to which shareholders can pressurize firms into improving their sustainability policies was underlined once again this week as two of the biggest names in corporate America, Chevron and Home Depot, faced shareholder resolutions demanding that they improve their environmental performance. Image source businessgreen.com > Continue.
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Chevron is embarking today on a high stakes defense in U.S. federal court against charges that it helped orchestrate the killing of two Nigerian villagers at a time when its corporate legal department is [...]

Le directeur général de la “Chevron” en Angola, Alan Kleier, a reaffirmé samedi, à Cabinda, l’engagement de son entreprise dans les lois sur la protection du milieu ambiant et des écosystèmes, notamment les marins et leur flore dans les activités ‘exploration de gaz dans le offshore de la région Selon Alan Kleier, qui a tenu [...]

Overseas aid and its effect on the development of a country have long been debated by politicians and citizens alike. While the results have differed on a case-by-case basis, due to its subjective nature, there has been a growing trend of resentment towards the US, UK and EU (or the ‘West’) foreign policy in developing [...]

In a move to speed the development of alternative fuels that don’t consume food crops, oil giant Chevron and timber behemoth Weyerhaeuser are setting up a joint venture called Catchlight Energy.  The companies said Friday the venture will pursue new technologies for converting cellulose and lignin – the compounds plants are made of – into [...]