December 12, 2012
Still too few women in boardroom, warns ABI; American Apparel ad ‘appeared to sexualise a child’; HSBC to spend $700m vetting clients; Northern Rock to refund £270m after blunder; DFID’s public-private partnerships under scrutiny Read more >
December 11, 2012
UK banks hit by record $2.6bn US fines; India to investigate Walmart lobbying claims; ‘Rarely has so little been achieved’ at Doha climate talks; Statkraft to build £70m Scottish wind farm; Big boost to US solar capacity in 2012 Read more >
December 10, 2012
RBS launches £200m Carbon Reduction Fund; US and UK agree safer banks plan; Government could buy up to £750m of green energy; Walmart blocked safety push in Bangladesh, says report Read more >
December 07, 2012
Banks fined $2.4bn for sanction breaches and money laundering; Starbucks pledges £20m tax ‘donation’; Rolls-Royce warns of bribery concerns; UK and Germany launch fund to help poor nations cut emissions; M&S takes “Shwopping Read more >
December 06, 2012
Unilever leads as companies increase climate transparency; H&M to launch global clothes collecting initiative; Starbucks considers £10m tax offer after sales slump; Waitrose urged to freeze links with Shell's Arctic drilling; Record €1.47bn fine for TV cartels Read more >
December 05, 2012
Unpaid internships could become illegal in the UK; Business leaders call for action at Doha; British Airways takes off with biofuels project; Google unveils $23 million Global Impact Awards Read more >
December 04, 2012
Developing nations must lead emission cuts, says climate expert; Solar site in Ghana to be 4th largest in the world; Starbucks cuts paid lunch breaks and sick leave; Trafigura accused of bribing Zambian minister; Norway legislates for sustainability reporting Read more >
December 03, 2012
Energy giants call for 2030 renewables target; Osborne to cut red tape on green tax; Amazon, Google and Starbucks attacked over tax avoidance; Environmental disasters hurt companies more than illegality; ‘60 day bread’ could help cut food waste Read more >
November 30, 2012
CEOs call to end HIV travel restrictions; Payday loan rates 'to be limited'; Supermarkets pledge fairer pricing, Asda holds back; European Parliament agrees €6bn for clean energy research; Burmese police break up copper mine protest Read more >
November 29, 2012
Energy Bill to create 'low carbon economy', says Davey; BP hit by temporary ban on US contracts; 5 staff sacked by Barclays following libor scandal; Concern at outsourced clinical trials in developing world; Ford says China should embrace electric cars Read more >
