CSR
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Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 17 November 2018
For investors around the world, coal is no longer good press. It is difficult for banks, insurers and well-established pension funds to keep this global warming symbol in their portfolios. Should divestment now expand to other polluting energy sources or should dialogue with companies be...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 16 November 2018
Local communities, workers and unionists can be at risk of corporate retaliation when defending their land, union rights or working conditions. The growing power of multinationals makes these actors increasingly vulnerable. In addition to existing and developing international texts, new actions must...
Lithium is abundant on Earth. This is good news because the metal is essential for manufacturing the batteries found in electric vehicles. Nevertheless, the concentration of geological deposits and production tools in countries with uncertain economic policies poses a risk to lithium availability...
Sustainable chocolate and a traceability plan for hazelnuts. The Ferrero Group has announced its intention to achieve complete traceability of these raw materials for which it is the primary global consumer. The group also announced a sustainable certification plan for all of its cocoa.
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 15 November 2018
The investor-business dialogue is a lever for sustainable creation, according to the companies that attended Novethic’s Positive Investors Forum on 6 November. This was a heartfelt cry that came from both sustainable development directors and engaged CFOs. Today, however, conventional investors are...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 05 November 2018
How can companies better diffuse CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) internally and throughout its ecosystem? This is the question all committed companies are asking. Novethic has identified good, achievable, and proven practices that have been put in place by major economic leaders. This week,...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 04 November 2018
The binding international human rights treaty currently being negotiated at the United Nations (UN) could be detrimental to developing countries. This is one of the arguments put forward in a report by employers' representatives, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), and highlighted by...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 01 November 2018
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 30 October 2018
It is a manifesto for an ecological awakening. More than 18,000 students from top Paris-based universities such as École Polytechnique, École normale supérieure and HEC, have signed off on profound change, and this includes choosing their future employer. Diving head first in a polluting corporation...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 29 October 2018
D-Orbit is an Italian startup specialized in cleaning space. Considered by the experts as one of the 100 startups to be followed globally, it is one of the first Italian companies with a mission. A status that allows it to exert an additional attraction on talents and investors!
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 22 October 2018
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 20 October 2018
The European Union and US billionaire Bill Gates have launched a 100 million euro investment fund to support technological developments in the field of clean energy.
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 19 October 2018
ExxonMobil pledged on Tuesday to donate $1 million to support efforts to adopt a carbon tax in the United States; a surprising first for an oil giant accused for years of having financed climate-skeptic studies.
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 18 October 2018
How can companies better diffuse CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) internally and throughout its ecosystem? This is the question all committed companies are asking. Novethic has identified good, achievable, and proven practices that have been put in place by major economic leaders. The following...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 04 October 2018
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 03 October 2018
A memo from Business Europe, the European employers' organisation headed by former Medef president Pierre Gattaz, revealed the nature of climate lobbying in Brussels. Even if the organisation portrays an image in support of the EU's climate ambitions, it explicitly asks its members to avoid any...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 21 September 2018
Oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil have joined an industry initiative to fight climate change. These are the first American to join this 2014 initiative, of which Total is a founding member.
Europe is 86% dependent on imports for its lithium needs. However, vast reserves of the precious metal exist on European territory. In particular, two large mines exist in Portugal, which could start operating by 2020. Nevertheless, the country's lithium, often referred to as “white gold”, is 2.5...
“Zero carbon” or “Zero waste” … these are the new keywords for communities and companies in regard to the fight against climate change. If we hope to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives, carbon neutrality is a necessity before the end of the century. But what’s really behind this magic number...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 20 September 2018
The fight against climate change necessarily involves a pricing of greenhouse gases emitted, and therefore carbon, said Wednesday the Director General of the World Bank on the sidelines of a meeting of the G7 on the environment.
