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The Panasonic brand is owned by Panasonic Corp., which was known as Matsushita Electric Industrial until October 2008.
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Author: Nicolas Garrett & Harrison Mitchell, Financial Times (texte original en anglais traduit par Maguy M., Mouvement d’action pour la démocratie et la paix - R.D. du Congo)
...[De] l’étain provenant d’une mine contrôlée par les soldats rebelles dans la République Démocratique de Congo atteint les marchés internationaux... Une enquête par le Financial Times a trouvé que le minerai d’étain provenant de la mine arrive à des...
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- Related companies: Hitachi Malaysia Smelting Matsushita (now Panasonic) Microsoft Nihon Superior Panasonic Pioneer Samsung Sony
Sony phone & laptop are greenest IT products, but latest Greenpeace electronics survey says industry has far to go
Nokia Launches Recycling Initiative in East Africa
Author: Michael Malakata, CIO
Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa that offers consumers a structured way to dispose of old mobile phones and accessories. The move comes amid fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing risk of hazardous toxic...
Toxic Factories Take Toll On China's Labor Force
Author: Jane Spencer & Juliet Ye, Wall Street Journal
In southern China, Wang Fengping worked for years in plants that produced cadmium batteries for the likes of Mattel Inc., Toys "R" Us Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Like hundreds of her colleagues, Ms. Wang regularly inhaled the toxic red cadmium dust...
Electronics Industry May Be Cleaning Up Its Act [USA]
Author: SustainableBusiness.com News
For years environmentalists have criticized the electronics industry for the amount of waste and toxic materials it introduces into he environment... [3] major electronic manufacturers have announced the formation of a recycling company created to meet...
- Related companies: Matsushita (now Panasonic) Panasonic Sharp Sony Toshiba
Dream for Darfur progress on getting Olympic sponsors, Chinese Govt. to address Darfur crisis (NY Times magazine article)
Response by Panasonic: Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Panasonic, to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt.
- Related in-depth areas: Dream for Darfur - Company responses
- This is a response from the following companies: Panasonic
Olympic Corporate Sponsor Darfur Report Card &company responses
Author: compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
In November 2007, Olympic Dream for Darfur published a "Report Card" on the responses of Olympic corporate sponsors "to China’s support of the genocide in Darfur". The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the 19 companies named in the...
- Related stories: 19 Olympic sponsors graded on their pressure on Chinese Govt. over Darfur - GE, McDonald's, Adidas rate highest, 13 get failing grade Dream for Darfur progress on getting Olympic sponsors, Chinese Govt. to address Darfur crisis (NY Times magazine article) Sudan, the Beijing Olympics and its corporate sponsors (scroll to pg. 11) Show moreShow less
- Related in-depth areas: Dream for Darfur - Company responses
- Related companies: adidas Anheuser-Busch (part of Anheuser-Busch InBev) Atos (formerly Atos Origin) BHP Billiton Coca-Cola Eastman Kodak General Electric Johnson & Johnson Lenovo Manulife Financial Matsushita (now Panasonic) McDonald's Microsoft Panasonic Samsung Staples Swatch UPS Visa Inc. Volkswagen