Buscador: Empreses

30/10/2006 from Carbon Footprints blog:
Business and government should take unilateral action to arrest climate change instead of waiting for a consensus to emerge on the issue, says senior bank executive.

25/10/2006 YK:n mukaan keskeinen syy Itä-Kongon (DRC) viimeaikaisille levottomuuksille on mm. kännyköissä, digikameroissa, kannettavissa tietokoneissa ja pelikonsoleissa käytettävä mineraali, nimeltään tantaali (coltan). Se on ollut merkittävä tulonlähde erilaisille aseellisille ryhmille, jotka ovat samalla terrorisoineet paikallisia ihmisiä syyllistyen mittaviin ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin.

16/10/2006 from ecotivity:
Companies are jumping on the alternative energy bandwagon and some pushy solar energy salesmen are giving renewable energy a bad name.

11/10/2006 WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (OneWorld) - Allies of dispossessed African Bushmen assailed Botswana's diamond industry as the Southern African country's president told a U.S. audience Tuesday the gem is an economic lifeline.

06/10/2006 Monet suuryritykset eivät edelleenkään kunnioita lahjonnan kieltäviä lakeja toimiessaan kehitysmaissa, todetaan Transparency Internationalin tuoreessa raportissa. Esimerkiksi Maailmanpankki on nostanut viime aikoina korruption kitkemisen keskeiseksi edellytykseksi kehitykselle ja köyhyyden vähentämiselle.

04/10/2006 SAN SALVADOR, Oct 4 (IPS) - El Salvador is studying the Kyoto Protocol carefully, not because it has to cut its emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, but because this international agreement opens a way to earn profits and encourages investment for development.

04/10/2006 from Hugg:
The world would have to give up only one year's economic growth over the next four decades to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to stave off the threat of global warming, claims a new report.

04/10/2006 WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 3 (OneWorld) - Call them the Religious Left: Church leaders are seeking to rally ''values voters'' ahead of next month's elections in a nationwide crusade to raise the minimum wage.

01/10/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 30 (OneWorld) - Health groups are rejoicing this week after a federal judge in New York gave the go-ahead to the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. Smokers of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes are suing tobacco companies, accusing them of fraud, and are seeking up to $200 billion in damages.