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Monday, August 9th, 2010
At first glance, it seems that the answer is a plain yes : every actor of the manufacturing industry, every importer has to deal with hundreds, even thousands of suppliers and sub-contractors from all over the world on a daily basis.
The latter, understandably reluctant to communicate too much information to ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Jean Louis Borloo, Chris Huhne and Norbert Röttgen, respectively the French, the British and the German minister in charge with the environment have agreed on the necessity to set more ambitious GHG-emission reduction targets. Here is a brief summary of their case.
This crisis and the economic turmoil downturn that the ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
I know this is going to sound nerdy, but hey, I don't care : I am a huge fan of Tolkien's novels and I was thrilled to hear they were about to start shooting a pair of epic fantasy movies based on “The Hobbit”. To be even more accurate, these ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The concerns brought about by phenomena such as global warming and depletion of natural resources are starting to be genuinely taken into account by governments. This results in the adoption of various regulations and so called green legislations aiming at achieving GHG emissions cuts. Recently, public pressure has prompted more ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
American International Group, already the recipient of over $170 billion from the US government, has come under fire in recent days for paying out $165 million in bonuses. Without government intervention AIG would have failed, and now the taxpayer money that is supposed to be used to save it, is ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
We speak to many small & medium business owners who come and ask us: why should my company execute a sustainability strategy? Isn't sustainability a waste of time & money in these difficult economic times?
Our answer is usually the following: SMEs who are not committed to expanding sustainably will die. ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
A point of view more and more difficult to defend! What can Lehman Brothers CEO, Richard Fuld answer when Henry Arnold Waxman asks him if it's fair that he got paid $480 millions when the company is bankrupt? "Almost nothing", he says!
It's not possible to anticipate about new regulations that this ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Thanks to Thomas Blard, the founder of decideurs.tv, I've been for about a month now the interviewer in a series of podcasts dedicated to putting green best practices in the spotlight in corporate circles. You may find all related podcasts of the weekly program Gérants Verts by clicking on the ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Ante scriptum for those companies without a VP of Sustainability yet (those who already do may pass this paragraph): If you don't have an in-house VP of Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility Manager yet, then start thinking about it. True, the most socially responsible corporations are probably those in which ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
The increased globalization of the world economy and the growth of powerful multinational corporations present a novel challenge to social and environmental regulation. While the current shift away from national regulation and towards global trade standards and international law certainly facilitates trade, is it really the best option for protecting ...
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