Forced labour in European universities’ servers and IT equipment Western European universities spend billions on IT equipment produced by young Chinese students who are forced to work on production lines during so-called internships. This constitutes a gross violation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention on forced labour. The report… Read More »
Mapfre Creates A Studies Service And Appoints Manuel Aguilera As Their General Manager The creation of the new MAPFRE Studies Service was approved by the MAPFRE Board of Directors, and will be headed by Manuel Aguilera Verduzco, who from 1998 to August of this year was the Chairman of the… Read More »
Essilor awarded a Silmo d’Or for Eyezen™, its lenses for a connected life at Paris World Optical Show At the SILMO World Optical Show in Paris (25 to 28 September), Essilor received a gold award -Silmo d’Or- for Eyezen™, a new lens category meeting new visual needs linked to increased… Read More »
IKEA Switzerland is the First Company Worldwide to Reach Highest Level of Gender Equality Certification From EDGE EDGE is the leading global standard for gender equality and has assessed IKEA Switzerland’s policies, practices and numbers in five different areas: equal pay for equivalent work, recruitment and promotion, leadership development training… Read More »
AnaCap have reached an agreement with UniCredit for the acquisition of €1.2bn UniCredit NPL claims AnaCap (“AnaCap”), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition by its third credit fund AnaCap Credit Opportunities III LP (the “AnaCap Fund”) of €1.2 billion of… Read More »
Prime Minister of Bangladesh, National Geographic Society, Unilever CEO, Brazilian Cosmetics Firm and South African Anti-Poaching Unit All Lauded Five inspirational environmental leaders from the worlds of government, business, research and grassroots activism on Sunday received the UN’s highest environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth Award, at a ceremony… Read More »
UNEP Executive Director Hails Adoption of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner issued the following statement following the historic adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and 17 Global Goals by 193 UN Member States, designed to put the world on a pathway to sustainability. “Every so… Read More »
Teller signs reseller agreement with Powa Technologies, giving merchants easy access to Powa’s transformational purchasing technology. Powa Technologies has announced a partnership with Teller, a leading international card payments acquirer in the Nordics, to give merchants easy access to the innovative mobile commerce platform PowaTag. The two front-runner companies have… Read More »
First Russian Company to Exhibit at Munich’s Expo Real Ulmart, Russia’s leading e-commerce company, plans to take its story on the road again. Having exhibited its unique suburban fulfillment centers at MIPIM this past spring and then at The St. Petersburg International Forum, next on the list of the real-estate… Read More »
For the first Generali Global Graduate Program the Generali Group has selected 20 talented young adults for a global career International profile, excellent CV and broad-ranging skills are the qualities of the 20 young adults chosen by Generali for the first “Generali Global Graduate Program”, the elite international programme aimed… Read More »
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