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All manufacturing firms on the old continent are now wondering the same thing: how can we keep improving production rhythm and quality with experienced but ageing workers? Bavarian carmaker BMW...

11 February 2010

Deutsche Bank: banking group to increase the fixed wages of all its employees throughout the world

Administer the law while remaining competitive. Without confirming the figures given by the daily, a DB spokesman explained that the bank was currently revising its remuneration system and...

22 January 2010

EU: report points to energy EWCs’ poor participation in CSR policies

ed out by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the Social Development Agency (SDA) entitled “Learning and EWC practices in the European Energy Sector,” a study...

5 January 2010

United States: under pressure from American students, Russell Athletic reopens a factory in Honduras, closed because of the unionization of the workers

The US group Russell Athletic, a sports apparel maker, has decided to reopen its factory in Honduras following a several months’ boycott of its clothes, which was orchestrated by the students...

23 November 2009

Portugal: outsourcing sector signs code of conduct

Competence, transparency and better working conditions. The signatories accepted to only commit for service contracts for which they are directly competent. They also adopted a confidentiality...

14 October 2009

Daimler: official launching of Gl@d, the network of gay employees of the German carmaker

40 employees create GL@D against discrimination. Johanna Kosler and Jorg Sikorski, employees at Daimler, initiated the Gl@d network with the support of the Diversity Management department. In a...

29 September 2009

Business: is teleworking bad for productivity?

technologies, remote work and networks increasingly influence labor organization, Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented his...

7 July 2009

Google: search engine follows HR to fight against “brain drain”

or user of highly-skilled workers, brain hunt is a daily sport, sometimes dangerous for the businesses affected. To limit the risks of loosing in creativity and competitiveness in the long run...

2 July 2009

Metro Group: German giant assumes social responsibility for the employees of RL. Denim, Bengali subcontractor

eard of international coalition composed of NGOs and unions from Germany, the UK and the US, the Metro supply group decided to reintegrate the Bengali jean manufacturer which was excluded after a...

29 June 2009

Denmark: after revelations from the Danish TV, the Nordea bank promises a more ethical portfolio of investments

estments by pension funds (see our dispatch No. 080175), a program aired on June 2, 2009 denounces investments by three large Danish banks, notably in weapons. Nordea officially gave up...

24 June 2009

Danone: the group launches a fund with 100 million euros to stimulate the economic and social development of its “ecosystem”

Global policy to spread the group’s values to all its undertakings. Danone relies on a wide and structured range of initiatives, programs and projects at French level aimed at materializing this...

28 May 2009

Morocco: employers are advanced in terms of corporate social responsibility

Unions are hardly present. “In general, Moroccan unions are not well organized” confessed Mohamed Chaibi, Director General of Ciments Morocco, subsidiary of Italcementi. “Union membership is...

14 May 2009

Metro Group : the death of a worker in Bangladesh again raises the problem of the control of the respect of social standards by suppliers

The fartema Akter affair dates back to her death on December 7, 2008, but it was not until recently that on the initiative of the Clean Clothes Campaign that the circumstances were related in the...

13 May 2009

Siemens: the German multinational launches a real policy on diversity management

ng the Chinese Jill Lee to the post of “chief diversity officer,” Siemens announced the launching of several internal networks in charge of promoting women and young managers of high...

9 April 2009

China: entrepreneurs promise not to lay off

a handful of Chinese entrepreneurs promised not to lay off or reduce wages. The idea is simple: the Chinese economy has to move away from exports and produce for its internal market if it wants to...

26 February 2009

Finland: the new Code of Governance consolidates transparency and enforces equal gender representation within boards

rnance Code came into force on January 1, 2009, reinforcing transparency of companies quoted on the stock exchange and pressing firms to ensure representation of both genders of corporate boards...

9 February 2009

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