The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of ...
‘‘As a five-time honoree, Hasbro´s commitment to leading with integrity is evidenced by its continuing commitment to corporate social responsibility initiatives and a robust risk based compliance and ethics programme." ...
The China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally established Friday. Expectations are high for the new global multilateral financial institution, which will operate in an open, fair and efficient manner, AIIB's ...
Herbert Hainer, Adidas Group CEO, said for the first time that Adidas may explore “alternatives” to its long sponsorship of FIFA if soccer's world governing body does not reform itself. "If FIFA succeeds in reforming itself -- ...
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Dark chocolate energy supplement Energems has been accepted into membership with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The recognition marks a major accomplishment for the retail product, which began a branded product launch ...
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The world-renowned journal Nature Thursday released its annual list of ten people who mattered in science in 2015, which includes one Chinese scientist whose work in human embryo gene editing has caused repeated debate in the academic ...
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In a strongly worded statement late Wednesday, Visa called on the world's premier soccer organization to "take swift and immediate steps" to clean up its act. Adidas (ADDDF) called on FIFA to raise its standards. The Adidas Group is fully ...
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Brazilian food company BRF has been recognized for its sustainability efforts by including it in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, which was launched in June 2014. The ESG index was launched by Euronext which is a ...
"I was told to be prepared for the audience to leave, but no one left - no one ever made a sound." Zhu Xiaomei, the pianist who left China in disappointment more than 30 years ago, said she gained a lot of confidence in the country after ...
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AkzoNobel’s contribution to fusing modern technology with classic painting techniques were celebrated in Amsterdam during a special viewing of Vincent Van Gogh’s newly-restored Field with Irises near Arles. As part of the ...
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Sustainability - we often hear about this, but what does it really mean? It means changing the way we think about how we use our resources and make small changes that have a big impact on nature and community. To this cause and with a ...
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Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster killed over 1000 garment factory workers in Bangladesh, the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, has launched a master’s degree in fashion ethics to answer a wider international industry ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has released its 2014 Sustainability Report, a voluntary non-financial public document that addresses the firm's commitment to sustainable ...
A survey by MasterCard has revealed that consumers in emerging markets across Asia/Pacific are more likely to choose a product based on whether it is perceived as more socially responsible than those in developed markets. Overall, products ...
Zurich, Switzerland, March 18, 2015 – ABB, the power and automation technology group, has been named by the Ethisphere Institute, an independent research center promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance, to its 2015 ...
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