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  The Social Responsibility of Business is Natural Resource Protection

  Source: Triple Pundit One cannot write about the ‘social responsibility of business’ without mentioning Milton Friedman who stated in 1970 that, “There is one and only one social responsibility of...

  0 comments | Sep.10.2012 | Get involved > Post

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  Jericho business park aims to inch Palestine towards sustainability

  Japan’s aid agency is investing heavily – and riskily – in a ‘corridor for peace and prosperity’ in the West Bank On a slab of dusty land near the city of Jericho, rows of solar p...

  5 comments | Jun.26.2012 | Get involved > Post

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  Posco, GE team up on power plants

  Posco and General Electric agreed yesterday to cooperate in developing steel products and building power plants in emerging markets. The two industrial giants said they will also join hands to deve...

  0 comments | Jun.7.2012 | The News > Korea

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  Kepco puts its house in order, secures uranium

  Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) is aiming to expand overseas business, reinforce its profitability and increase employment to rise as a global electricity company. As part of this strategy...

  0 comments | May.29.2012 | The News > Korea

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  Hyundai and Shell set up lubricants joint venture

  Hyundai Oilbank said yesterday it set up a joint venture, Hyundai Shell Base Oil, with U.K.-based refiner Shell Petroleum two months after Hyundai and Shell signed a contract to forge a partnership...

  0 comments | Apr.5.2012 | The News > Korea

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  SK pioneered exploring for oil by Korean firms

  Founder warned execs that success could take decades When Chey Jong-hyon, founder of SK Group, said in 1982 that his group would will jump into the oil exploration and refining businesses by findin...

  0 comments | Mar.28.2012 | The News > Korea

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  Going greener

  HanmiGlobal said yesterday it has acquired Ecosian, a consultancy that specializes in environmentally friendly businesses. Kim Jong-hoon, chairman of HanmiGlobal (seated right), and Eun Jong-hwan,...

  0 comments | Mar.5.2012 | The News > Korea

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  Refiners have record profits in 2011

  Korean oil refiners reaped record profits in 2011 on the back of strong exports and improved business performances at their nonrefining units, data showed yesterday. SK Innovation Co., Korea’s lead...

  0 comments | Feb.14.2012 | The News > Korea

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  Korea’s 30 largest businesses vow to ramp up investment to create jobs

  Korea’s 30 largest businesses vowed yesterday to increase their combined investment this year to a record high to help create more than 120,000 jobs and keep the country’s economy growing, the gove...

  0 comments | Feb.13.2012 | The News > Korea