Showing posts with label CSR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CSR. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2015

MIT Technology Review: How Corporations Buy Their Way to Green


How Corporations Buy Their Way to Green
MIT Technology Review

The renewable energy certificate system has gotten more transparent, but improvements are still needed. This week nine large corporations including Starbucks, Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson said they have joined the RE100, a registry of companies that have pledged to obtain 100 percent of the energy they consume from renewable sources. That brings to 36 the number of large companies that have joined the program, including the first Indian company, IT provider Infosys, and the Read the full story


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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

The Washington Post: Why it’s hard to legislate good corporate behavior


Why it's hard to legislate good corporate behavior
The Washington Post

Safeway worker MIchelle Flores. (Lydia DePillis/The Washington Post) By Lydia DePillis | September 25 at 8:24 AM San Francisco, the country's premier laboratory for new Internet services, is also used to innovating in municipal regulation. But in its latest experiment, it's starting to find that legislating good corporate behavior isn't as easy as pressing a button on your smartphone. In July, the city started implementing a first-in-the-nation law aimed at curtailing the trend towards " Read the full story


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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Article: Despite damage, state regulators rarely punish companies for oil wastewater spills


Despite damage, state regulators rarely punish companies for oil wastewater spills
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2015/09/08/despite-damage-state-regulators-rarely-punish-companies-for-oil-wastewater/

Related topics: Wastewater, Energy, Oklahoma City

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Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

Friday, September 25, 2015

El fraude en Volkswagen debe penalizarse


Nuestros hermanos en Motor Pasión nos han comentado la primera víctima del caso Volkswagen, la dimisión de su presidente. Hay que felicitarlo, aunque sólo sea porque no es normal que los jefes tomen responsabilidad de lo que pasa durante su mandato.

Como el máximo responsable de Volkswagen se marcha, supongo que muchos, incluyendo los reguladores, se sentirán satisfechos de que Volkswagen y sus responsables están tomando en serio la situación. Algunos pensamos que la dimisión del presidente de Volkswagen no es suficiente. ¡Se quedan muy cortos!

Ver artículo completo: http://www.elblogsalmon.com/empresas/el-fraude-en-volkswagen-debe-penalizarse

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct - OECD

3rd Global Foru‌‌m on Responsible Business Conduct 18-19 June 2015 - Paris, France See Details: Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct - OECD