Full Coverage: Corporations

28.03.2008 Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development.

24.03.2008 NEW YORK, Mar 24 (OneWorld) - A corporate watchdog group has started a nationwide voting campaign to name and shame companies that run afoul of economic and environmental laws.

13.03.2008 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Business and Community Foundation are jointly organising a Management Development Programme on April 22-23, 2008 in New Delhi, India. The course offers professionals an opportunity to develop their knowledge base and skills to envision, plan and implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

10.03.2008 WINDHOEK, Mar 10 (IPS) - The Namibian government plans to stay the course with an economic incentive program for corporations -- known as export processing zones (EPZ) -- despite one of the largest of the foreign investors deciding last week to close down its operations -- a move that will destroy 3,000 jobs.

10.03.2008 The real challenge confronting the non-profit sector today is sustainability of resources. At an event hosted by Times Foundation at New Delhi, leading development consultant and fundraising guru Mal Warwick shared some of the international best practices while stressing on local resource mobilisation.

05.03.2008 The newly-opened Global Seed Vault (GSV) at Svalbard in Norway is being criticised by Indian and other NGOs for excluding farmers from its institutional framework. Farmers being the first link in the food chain, should be involved in conserving genetic biodiversity, they argue.