The tire maker vowed to ensure that none of its workers would struggle to make ends meet.
Tag: Corporate Social Responsibility
‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’
From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.
Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules
For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally compelled them to make major shifts to their products and businesses.
Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking.
The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the environment in their operations.
Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Surges Across the Internet
Fueled by the conflict between Israel and Gaza and stoked by extremists, hate speech has spiked on social media platforms such as X, Facebook and Instagram, researchers said.
U.N. Chief’s Test: Shaming Without Naming the World’s Climate Delinquents
António Guterres told world leaders gathered in New York that their efforts to address the climate crisis had come up “abysmally short.”
In France, ‘Climate Fresk’ Global Warming Workshops Are a Hit
More than a million people in France have attended a “Climate Fresk” class to understand the process of global warming. The project is now spreading abroad.
She’s on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages
A lawyer started small with a creative tactic. It grew into an effort that could force fossil fuel companies to pay hundreds of billions in damages.
Your Tuesday Briefing: A U.S. Banking Crisis
Also, Russia is set to face war crimes charges and China’s new premier seeks to reassure investors.
Leave Russia? A Year Later Many Companies Can’t, or Won’t.
Not all Western companies packed up and left Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Some say Moscow has tied their hands, while others choose to stay put.