By Sonja Ryst, Financial Reporter Alexandre Anderson de Souza, president of the Brazilian fishermen’s organization Associação Homens e Mulheres do Mar (AHOMAR), has been waging a war against Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR.) When the company also known as Petrobras failed to prevent the rupture of an underwater pipeline to its refinery in January 2000, oil [...]
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Biweekly View: Petrobras Grapples With Oil Spill Prevention
January 3, 2013 in Corporate Governance, Daily Viewpoint, ESG Ratings & Research, Ratings Watch
Leaving Rio…. And Going Towards Corporate Sustainability
June 19, 2012 in Daily Viewpoint, Environmental Issues
By Erika Karp, Head of Global Sector Research, UBS Investment Bank In leaving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the largest private sector event ever held in conjunction with an inter-governmental conference, I am struck by both the complexity and simplicity of this week’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development also known as “Rio +20″. As the [...]