Results for Sustainable Development
A new business model for improving access to healthcare in the world’s poorest countries
September 04, 2014 Andy Wright, Vice President Global Health Programmes at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), discusses the company’s pioneering business model whereby 20% of profits from Least Developed Countries are reinvested to provide better access to healthcare. Read more >
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September 03, 2014- Blue chips develop social impact assessment handbook
- Agricultural PPPs may be keeping African farmers in poverty, Fairtrade warns
- Corruption costs poor nations $1 trillion a year
- Halliburton agrees $1.1 billion Gulf of Mexico spill deal
- UK companies demand fair share of local growth cash
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September 01, 2014- Digital payments could help billions of people without access to banks
- Bank of America investing in further water-saving initiatives during California drought
- Financial literacy initiative pays off for domestic workers in Singapore
- Declare social background of your workforce, urges Milburn
- Dupont fined $1.275 million in West Virginia toxic pollution case
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August 18, 2014- Big business increasingly being held to account on climate from shareholders
- DNV GL and UNEP team up to advance green energy in developing countries
- Collecting discarded plastic for a better quality of life
- China finds Mercedes-Benz guilty of price fixing
- UK banks ‘abused’ loan guarantee for firms
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August 13, 2014- Just four companies reveal gender pay gap under UK government scheme
- Coca-Cola announces new $5 billion sustainable investments in Africa
- Tesco asks customers to choose which charity receives its carrier bag levy proceeds
- Free online sustainability resource for facilities management and services industry
- Green signal for 'Britain's first' battery-powered train
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August 08, 2014- Boeing to develop sustainable biofuel from tobacco plants
- Third-party quality assurance for sustainability reports on the rise
- US criticised over increased private sector investment in Africa
- World Bank pledges $5 billion to power Africa
- Panasonic ventures into farming in Singapore
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August 07, 2014- Businesses urged to help shape future of Europe’s CSR policies
- Samsung to continue using ‘child labour’ supplier
- IBM and Dow partner to improve sanitation in Ethiopia, engage employees
- Al Gore: 'Compelling' economic case for ditching coal assets
- AkzoNobel creates the world's first fully compostable and recyclable paper cup
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August 06, 2014- US-Africa Summit: US firms to invest $14 billion in Africa
- Singapore approves bill to fine domestic and overseas air polluters
- Six major shipping companies will slow down to protect whales
- BP payments in Angola show need for transparency, says Global Witness
- Asia Climate Partners promises to mobilise green private equity investment