The Hershey Company,a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products,has launched the Mexico Cocoa Project in collaboration with cocoa supplier Agroindustrias Unidas de Cacao,a member of the Ecom Cocoa ...
Tags: cocoa, GAPs, productivity, farmer
The British high-street retail giant Marks & Spencer, also known as M&S, has launched its first outfit made entirely with the old unwanted clothes of shoppers. The product, which is a limited-edition ladies wool coat, is a result of the ...
Tags: recycled outfit, ladies wool coat, clothing
Hot beverage solutions provider LBP Manufacturing and Henkel adhesive have teamed up to manufacture a new hot-cup EarthSleeve for the Starbucks Coffee Company in the US. The new EarthSleeve, which is currently being introduced into ...
Building upon more than ten years of advocacy by Cividep-India, Fair Labor Association (FLA) commissioned this study into the provision and quality of legally mandated childcare in Bangalore's garment factories. The study was ...
Tags: garment factories, childcare, workforce
Vedanta Foundation, the corporate social responsibility wing of the aluminium major, entered into an MoU with the Odisha government for implementation of E-Sikshya project in 1,000 schools to provide quality e-content in various subjects to ...
Tags: aluminium major, E Sikshya project, uality e content, Vedanta Inks
Royal Philips Electronics and the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) have announced a new three year partnership which will be built around the creation of 90 so called solar 'light centers' across the African & South American ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, WorldCoaches, lighting
Business Line reported that the Union Government has accorded approval for extending navaratna status to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd for a year that is till November 2013. The company's performance, investment of huge amounts in expansion ...
Tags: Rinl Navratna, approval, steel market, iron
ET reported that state owned aluminium producer Nalco has funded many educational institutions as part of its corporate social responsibility but no financial assistance has been given to any private university. Mr Dinsha Patel mines ...
Tags: Nalco, Private Universities
Realizing that its member companies would benefit greatly from a simple and effective way to donate excess inventory to worthwhile charities,the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry(INDA),has partnered with Good360,the nonprofit ...
Tags: nonwovens industry, partnership, INDA, Good360
Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Inc.,a global consumer goods company with more than a century of history and a portfolio of leading apparel essentials,will invest$1.6 million in its Patrick County operation.The company will upgrade ...
Tags: HanesBrands, consumer goods, apparel, fabric
KNVB's corporate social responsibility WorldCoaches program to be expanded in rural areas by lighting up soccer pitches using innovative Philips solar powered LED lighting. Amsterdam, The Netherlands- Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, ...
Tags: LED Lighting
The 21st edition of the international apparel and textile fair Baltic Textile + Leather, held at the largest Baltic state of Lithuania's capital Vilnius, was attended by around 200 participants from more than 21countries. The trade ...
Tags: textile fair, Baltic Textile, casual wear
Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the second PET plant of the Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Limited having a capacity of 2, 10,000 TPA at Haldia; West Bengal. The said plant together with the First PET plant of ...
Tags: PET plant, Oerlikon Barmag, Dhunseri, textile
Mr. Richard Howitt MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur, on Corporate Social Responsibility took an overview of Government sponsored programme- DISHA, run by Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). Driving Industry towards Sustainable Human ...
Tags: India, Apparel, Eu Parliament Rapporteur, AEPC's Disha Programme
In partnership with the World Green Building Council, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is enabling the development of more 'Green Buildings' by turning innovative and intelligent lighting solutions into people benefits in ...
Tags: LED Lighting