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Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 25 June 2018
After the announcement of a Monoprix-Amazon alliance and an Alibaba-Auchan partnership, Carrefour has now announced plans to partner with Google. Supermarkets have no choice but to team up with the world’s digital and e-commerce giants or risk becoming mere subcontractors for these colossal...
The share of companies in the industrialized countries with good and very good ratings is just slightly higher than in the previous year, says ISS-Oekom, in its annual survey. Moreover, the group of companies with a medium sustainability performance is larger than the proportion of companies with...
Will the barely reformed European carbon market soon have to reinvent itself? Whatever the case, European institutions will have to think about next steps very quickly because if reform is more ambitious than expected, it will not necessarily be sufficient enough to turn the carbon market into a...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 22 June 2018
The introduction of the oil giant Saudi Aramco IPO onto the stock exchange is causing quite a stir amongst financial institutions. To attract this major player, with a capital estimated at $2 trillion, the London Stock Exchange decided to relax its governance and transparency obligations for...
The green economy is far from being a niche market for small companies specialising in Greentech. 6% of the global capitalisation of listed companies is dedicated to this market, according to index provider FTSE Russel. Among them are Tesla and its electric cars, Microsoft and its datacentres...and...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 11 June 2018
Soon the town of Mana, French Guiana, is expected to host the most powerful storage system in the world. It will store production from a 55 Megawatt (MW) solar plant that is to be built concurrently. Behind this project is the French company, HDF Energy.
Beyond cryptocurrency, today blockchain is at the heart of many business projects to better trace flows and ensure decentralised transactions. Among the leading sectors using this tool: energy, finance and retail. However, after the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 07 June 2018
The strategy of the world’s major oil & gas companies is far from aligned with the Paris Agreement objective of limiting global warming to below 2°C. Yet the mindsets, and the transparency, of major companies concern climate strategy. For example, Shell is committed to a 50% reduction in its carbon...
As announced during his campaign, Donald Trump kept his promise. A few months after arriving to the White House, the US President announced American departure from the Paris Agreement. A decision that did not have a snowball effect. On the contrary, his decision has even mobilised actors within the...
Tables have turned... Six months after Larry Fink, CEO of the largest asset manager in the world, released a letter urging companies to better account for the common good in their business strategy, three NGOs have noted BlackRock's own lack of excellence in this area. Among the negative points...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 28 May 2018
The electric car manufacturer, Tesla, wants to massively reduce the use of cobalt in its cars. This objective would reduce the brand’s exposure to market risks, which is currently under heightened tension due to exponential demand, and would also make its supply chain more responsible. As an...
Responsible agriculture could have many benefits for the environment, but it could also have serious consequences for employment, warned the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a study published on 14 May. According to their estimates, 120 million jobs would be eliminated in agricultural...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 24 May 2018
The highly anticipated Annual Shareholders' Meeting did not lead to Shell’s adoption of a demanding climate resolution. But beyond the numbers, several observers see a signal sent to the oil industry while the issue of warming was at the heart of the discussions.
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 22 May 2018
Water management has become non-negotiable for businesses. Between the global increase in droughts, floods and groundwater pollution, taking greater care of this resource must be at the heart of corporate environmental actions. EpE (Entreprises pour l’environnement) offers some tips to achieve this...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 14 May 2018
The insurance leader, Allianz, will no longer insure coal-fired power plants and mines and wants to completely divest from the sector by 2040, the German group announced on 4 May. The insurer will also take immediate action to no longer invest in companies building "large coal plants".
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 11 May 2018
Danone will begin to involve the Group's 100,000 employees with its long-term governance by implementing the “One Person, One Voice, One Action” principle, inspired by a cooperative business model. This decision was announced by CEO Emmanuel Faber at the company’s Shareholders’ Meeting on 25 April.
The American business coalition "We Are Still In", which began mobilising for the climate after Donald Trump announced American withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, just launched a new campaign entitled, "We Are Taking Action". But some companies are not waiting for a collective effort in order to...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 09 May 2018
Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement, more and more countries have introduced taxes or markets designed to price CO² to push companies into investing more in energy transition. However, these efforts must be continued, according to the think tank I4CE, which recently published a panorama...
Corporate Social Responsibility - Published on 26 April 2018
After acquiring the electricity supplier, Lampiris, and launching its own gas and electricity supply, Total continues its growth with the acquisition of Direct Energie, one of the main clean energy suppliers on the French market. With this win, the oil & gas company more than doubles its production...
By refusing to publish the source of palm oil used in their products, multinationals like PepsiCo and Kellogg are not keeping their promise to fight against deforestation, according to a report by Greenpeace. Increasingly under pressure, large companies are becoming increasingly more transparent....
