“Cobalt, Congo and Child Labor” – ESG Risk Alert – Solaron – January 28, 2016
The analytics and research firm Solaron published on January 28, 2016 an ESG Risk Alert entitled, “Cobalt, Congo and Child Labor.” The document analyzes the prevalence of child and slave labor in the cobalt mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cobalt is not classified a conflict mineral. You may read the alert […]
“Competitive collaboration behind new mobile banking model in Peru” – Devex – January 27, 2016
On January 27, 2016 an article in Devex described the launch of a new, multi-stakeholder mobile banking system in Peru. “BIM — an abbreviation for “mobile wallet” in Spanish — is a project that has brought together three of Peru’s main telecommunication companies and 32 of the country’s largest banks. Whereas mobile money platforms in […]