The article presents a case study which provides an analysis of how BP PLC is responding to the challenges of sustainable development in the oil and gas industry. The June 2010 Datamonitor's Green Consumer survey shows that only 17% of the respondents believe that the company have sustainable ...
As firms across the City of London consider clamping down on working from home, Schroders Plc is sticking to its policy of letting workers decide how much time they spend in the office. “Flexible working provides a strong link to enabling women to successfully fulfil their career ambitions,”...
Let us for an instance try and reflect on how much pollution is acceptable and how to evaluate efforts to environmental sustainability: How much CO2 emission is acceptable, how many square miles of new forests would be needed if we kept emissions too high,6 how many cases of skin cancer mig...
They spent more than $20 billion on the trades last week, according to Cboe Global Markets data, based on what is known as options premium. The artificial-intelligence mania has also a driven a frenzy in trades tied to Super Micro Computer, a much smaller company. Traders spent more money...
Yet the need for new capital is chipping away at this mentality now. After EPRA's sharp criticism earlier this year about the lack of German po- litical support for a woefully small listed property sector – very much on the mark – out comes a large-ish listed real estate firm GSW, ...
A single stock in a company like Shell, Unilever, or AstraZeneca can be quite expensive, while a share in a FTSE 100 ETF is much more affordable. Many UK companies operate around the world. FTSE 100 companies are some of the largest in the world and many of them generate much of their...
It takes at least 10 million years for fossilized remains to become crude oil, and people use oil much faster than it is created. Eventually oil production will peak, and we will begin to run out. Some estimate that this peak has already occurred; others see it taking place in the near...
The drive for volunteers to help with the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is focusing almost exclusively on local residents. They need the work (which is sometimes paid) and housing people from other parts of the country is complicated and expensive for relief groups.Sasser, Bill...
BP oil spill: How to save wetlands? Set them on fire, maybe.(USA)(British Petroleum Company PLC)The BP oil spill is moving into Louisiana's wetlands - a worst-case scenario for wildlife and...By SpottsPete