Dongfang Electric, one of the government-owned companies in China that suffered the most from Sichuan earthquake, has signed a power generation deal valued at about RMB4.5 billion with China Huaneng Group, one of the largest power suppliers in China. This is the largest deal that DE has obtained after the earthquake and it is expected to [...]

Zheng Jie, president and general manager of China Mobile's Shanghai subsidiary, completed a 200-meter relay of the Olympic torch on May 23 heralded by a cheering team made up of Shanghai Mobile's employees and members of Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club. To help cancer patients realize their dream of watching the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai Mobile [...]

Xu Luode, president of China UnionPay, says that China UnionPay will actively fulfill its mission and undertake its corporate social responsibilities by taking effective measures to help people in the earthquake area rebuild their homes. China UnionPay says it will help the disaster areas in five ways. First, it will install POS machines in all temporary [...]

IBM has launched a supply chain carbon analysis tool to help companies monitor and analyze their emissions and then adjust elements of their supply chain and see what impact that will have on their emissions. It is true that: One action causes unintended consequences. You have to weigh all of that and this tool helps measure [...]

A few friends have pointed to the dubious ethics displayed by investment banks regarding the Sichuan earthquake. In particular, equity research analysts were quick to apply BUY ratings to Chinese construction firms with exposure to Sichuan – Reconstruction, after all, is rumoured to take three years. Personally, I don't think a donation by a corporate social responsibility department means you have a blank cheque to profiteer from disasters. Surely it's no better than those people locally who h

The Hoi Tak Hotel, Xinjiang says its donation activity for earthquake relief began on May 14, 2008, and will continue to May 31, 2008. Staff started to donate on May 13 and the hotel set a donation box at the lobby, and from May 14 to May 31, the hotel will donate 5% of consumption [...]

Super 8 China has donated RMB100,000 and the staff from Super 8 China additionally donated over RMB20,000 for the Sichuan area impacted by the recent earthquake and aftershocks. Super 8 Hotel Zhenjiang Mai Sha, which is the first direct-owned hotel of Super 8 in the world, also claims it was the first hotel in the hospitality [...]

Hong Kong has published the "Air Pollution Control (Fuel Restriction) (Amendment) Regulations" to add restrictions on the use of liquid fuels to control the emission of sulphur dioxide, a major pollutant responsible for respiratory illness. This regulation mandates the use of ultra low sulphur diesel with sulphur content of no more than 0.005 % by weight, [...]

Boeing and Shenzhen Airlines launched a "Flight of Hope" on May 24 to deliver supplies to China's earthquake area. This is the first time that the two companies have joined hands in launching "Flight of Hope" to deliver supplies provided by American charities to China's earthquake area. Nearly three tons of medical supplies were carried to [...]

To help smokers successfully quit smoking, Yunnan Province will set up an outpatient program for smoking cessation. The outpatient program will be launched around May 31, the World No-Tobacco Day, and it will provide free services to all citizens who want to get rid of the bad habit of smoking. Since May 1, China's smoking cessation competition, [...]