AT&T has donated millions to the cause of gay rights and was the first company to specifically prohibit discrimination on employees based on sexual preference. However, recently they have donated thousands of dollars to the campaign of an anti-gay politician in the US; Senator Marsha Blackburn, from Tennessee, who opposes marriage equality and supports President […]
With this conference, we wanted to remark on the ideas that Dahrendorf had, foretelling the EU decline. One main point of his ideas was the inconsistency with which the European project has been managed for thirty years. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? For Dahrendorf, the conflict regarding rules and citizens responses represents the soul of political […]
The claim “palm oil-free” aims to make the consumer believe that they are buying a more sustainable product. But is it true? To verify this, we analyzed several authoritative independent scientific studies commissioned by international bodies, governments, and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), to measure the sustainability of some of the vegetable oils most often used […]
The Institute of Advertising Self-Regulation has ordered the stop of the campaign “Calm, Calm, There is No Palm Oil” by an Italian Nocciolata company as it is considered disparaging. Advertising against palm oil is not only bad but it expensive for companies that engage in these unfair advertising practices. Chinese proverb: Sit down along the river bank […]
Sustainable agriculture is the best tool to defeat poverty and slow down immigration. Sustainable palm oil plantations help promote economic and social development and environmental sustainability. In the heart of Africa, more precisely in the Central African Republic, the Piedmontese priest Federico Trinchero leads a project that employs 500 young people, taking them away from armed groups, in the production […]
The number of sales of ‘free from products’ is in freefall. Figures from the Osservatorio Immagino confirm that the growth of + 2.3% in 2017 has fallen to almost 0 (+ 0.1% overall in 2018). Most of the “free from” products suffered a significant drop in sales: no preservatives (-4%), no dyes (-5.8%), no hydrogenated fats […]
The environment needs to be saved – but not at the cost of developing nations For those who can afford to have a smart thermostat, which regulates the temperature based on outside temperatures, it is a great convenience. But it has a cost. Environmental protection and development are undoubtedly just and noble causes but they […]
The new comparative study Free-from Palm Oil, but more saturates and less sustainable shows that the claim “Free-from palm oil” is highly deceiving for the consumer. READ THE SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH The label “Free-from Palm Oil” is used to convince the consumer that food products without palm oil not only have a healthier nutritional profile […]
How some companies manipulate the concept of sustainability for commercial purposes, damaging the environment and biodiversity. They spread Fake News and deceive free market rules. Sustainability. It is the variable on which both our future and that of our planet depends on. Governments really do little to promote it. The institutions that should protect our […]
The problem is not equality. We are for diversity, and we promote it in Europe. Said Ralph Dahrendorf, who we want to commemorate 10 years after his passing. JOIN the conference “In reforming the EU the problem is not inequality, but fostering individual diversity” the 24th of June at 5.00 pm at Sala del Cenacolo, Chamber […]