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...It also highlights an uncomfortable question for supporters of the environmental, social and governance agenda: how much does a reputation for responsible business really matter to a company’s bottom line...
...So long as the contractor provides these verifications, “the statute does not prohibit a state agency from contracting” with one of the 10 financial groups, the state added....
...Often he has just hours to storm in and strip a building before the wrecking ball strikes....
...But in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro’s government is weakening its environmental agency, slashing funding for wildfire prevention by 23 per cent....
...The sale is expected to reduce American Media Inc’s debt to $355m....
...They eschew open competitive tenders favouring Chinese inputs for Chinese projects, and Chinese contractors and labour to undertake them....
...Wal King spent 23 years as chief executive of Leighton Holdings, building the Australian company into one of the world’s biggest mining contractors before retiring in 2010....
...However, the emergence of ESG as an investor issue has not enthused all of Russia Inc....
...As a Nato member whose defence is subsidised by the US, Norway should not be investing in enemy governments [such as Iran] while undermining allies and American defence contractors....
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...Shares in car companies rose after the meeting between Mr Trump and the chief executives from General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, where he is said to have promised to soften environmental regulations...
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...The environmental toll can also be great....
...Doug Parr, Greenpeace’s chief UK scientist, accused George Osborne of taking “a wrecking ball” to the clean energy sector....
...The attack combined revelations with a “wiper” hack, deleting documents and wrecking computers....
...Once in operation, the pipeline is forecast to create 35 permanent jobs, and 15 more temporary contractors....
...However, there has been a growing resentment towards “China Inc”; many large scale projects are negotiated on a government-to-government basis, mostly using Chinese credit, Chinese equipment contractors,...
...(However, many groups have questioned the environmental impact of commercial space travel.)...
...Rapid and accelerating digitization is likely to bring economic rather than environmental disruption, stemming from the fact that as computers get more powerful, companies have less need for some kinds of...
...The second is that a company such as Shell which prides itself (rightly) on its environmental performance is only as good as its weakest contractor....
...Lois Epstein, arctic programme director for the Wilderness Society, an environmental group, said the “troubling incident” proved Shell and its contractors were no match for Alaska’s weather and sea conditions...
...Chiquita has committed to identifying all the fuel suppliers for its own trucking fleet and dedicated fleets provided by contractors, so it can stop buying from any that it believes sell diesel made from...
...issues at some of its Asian contractors....
...Apple takes contractors’ behaviour seriously. Its most recent supplier responsibility report says it has audited 288 contractors’ facilities since 2007....
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