Though market leadership is a critical element in L’Oréal India’s strategy, the firm also excels in sustainability and social responsibility.

Robert Tarazi, managing director of Qatar’s leading ready-mix concrete company Beton WLL, talks to Gay Sutton about preparing the company for significant growth.

 British American Tobacco’s Nigerian subsidiary has a near-monopoly, commanding 80 per cent of the market—but this position has not been achieved without hard work and a positive strategy towards health and economic development.

Swiss onboard products and services provider gategroup has won a contract with Virgin Atlantic Airways to provide end-to-end catering services for the airline's long-haul operations from the UK.

The agreement, worth CHF40 million to CHF50 million per annum, is for services on Virgin’s flights from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow. The contract will take effect from June 1 this year for three years, with an option to extend for a further two years.

There are five key areas organisations must address to ensure sustainability is at the heart of their business, says Jean Cox-Kearns, director of Compliance for Dell Global Take Back.

The Coca-Cola Company’s 300 worldwide bottling partners are the powerhouse behind the global brand, as Becky Done finds out in discussion with Coca-Cola Bottling Egypt.

UK infrastructure developer Aeternum has revealed plans to develop an energy park near Blackburn in Lancashire, as well as new residential housing.

The company has acquired the 118-acre site of the former Sappi Paper Mill in Feniscowles to the south-west of Blackburn, which it will develop alongside sites at Castleford and Bromborough for mixed use (using the existing attributes of its power station, reservoirs and brownfield land where the mills were situated), together with new homes within the borough.

Osisko Mining Corporation has released a preview of Canadian Malartic operational results for the quarter ended 31 December, 2011.

Fourth quarter operating highlights include gold production of 79,718 ounces, total gold production of 200,137 ounces for first partial year 2011, and an increase in grade mined in the fourth quarter averaging 0.96 g/t Au.

The company also said recoveries continue to be higher than feasibility modeling at 88.3 percent for the fourth quarter. Crusher construction is 60 percent complete as of 31 December, and on schedule.