A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Dow China recently received the 2013 China Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award. This award went to 47 companies that demonstrated responsible corporate citizenship best practices and high standards of corporate governance. The award ...
For the third consecutive year,Mohawk was honored as the most sustainable flooring manufacturer in the 2013 Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings,the only annual assessment of sustainability practices among the region's ...
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With the defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this vast blighted country is poised for a brighter future. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its poverty looks set to do just the opposite. ...
Tags: Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels, conflict minerals
PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors today announced further steps in their strategic Alliance. The Alliance remains structured around the main pillars of joint programs - purchasing and logistics, focused on Europe, and extends into ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, says that Dr Thomas Russell has decided to not stand for re-election to the board at the ...
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Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has purchased Insurance Solutions Division of Zywave, an insurance software technology provider, from Vista Equity Partners, for an undisclosed sum. Aurora's Software & ...
Tags: Aurora Capital, Zywave's Solutions Division, Purchases Insurance
Deal continues education and research partnership in water and sanitation. Suez Environnement and Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education have renewed their agreement to cooperation in education and research in water and sanitation for ...
Tags: sanitation, environnement
It's vital for the IT department to get executives on the company board to properly understand security threats if maximum possible security against cyber attacks is going to be achieved. That was the consensus between experts during a ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Indorama Ventures received both the prestigious Board of the Year and Audit Committee of the Year awards at the 2013 Institute of Directors Award night at the Shangri-La Hotel. on 27 November. The awards were organized by the Thai ...
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The UK's biggest companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, according to a new survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey, dubbed the cyber governance health check, was sent by the ...
Tags: UK, FTSE, cyber risks, Government
Seven Americans have been appointed to nine positions on commission at the international cycling union, UCI. The appointments include ASI's Karen Bliss, who was appointed as an industry representative to the UCI's newly formed Women's ...
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PPG Industries’ board of directors ranks first among the boards of more than 600 U.S. public companies, according to a study of governance capacity that was released today by JamesDruryPartners. The third annual "The Weight of ...
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IDC have released the results of a study which says that EMC’s backup and recovery solutions are measurably improving businesses. The whitepaper – “Generating Proven Business Value with EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions: ...
Deyu Agriculture Corp., a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial results for the ...