An email newsletter with news and discussion focusing on CSR globally, looking at the companies in the news and the emerging issues. In this issue, we look at whether the main oil businesses are as far behind on global warming as the new leader of the free world. In the news, Nicaraguan union leaders win a major court victory against their company. Nike are in trouble for their sponsorship of the Brazilian football team. BP announces moves forward on its investment in solar energy.
Japanese firms take a lead in environmental business practice.
Warnings are sounded about the impact of environmental degradation in Africa on the economy. Monsanto get firebombed in Italy. And the FDA in the US criticises companies there for widespread failures to label potentially lethal allergens in food. Copyright 2001 Mallen Baker. All rights reserved.