Japan’s government stepped in to give Boeing Co’s now-grounded 787 Dreamliner and its made-in-Japan technology a boost in 2008 by easing safety regulations,  to fast-track the rollout of the groundbreaking jet for Japan’s biggest airlines. Today’s graphic shoes a timeline of 787 Dreamliner orders as well as recent safety issues.

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30 May 2012Katharine Ramsden

At Thomson Reuters, we all have a shared responsibility to do business in ways that respect, protect and benefit our customers, our employees, our communities, and our environment. This responsibility informs everything we do, both as a company and as individuals.

We are pleased to publish the Thomson Reuters 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report, an important milestone on our Corporate Responsibility journey. It is the first time we have communicated company-wide performance and progress in a single, all-inclusive report.

The report looks back over 2011, highlighting our achievements and setting out aims for the coming year in several areas: (more…)

If compliance within the construction industry is your thing, you might be interested to know that Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has signed agreements with various construction and safety standards publishers to distribute standards, manuals and codes online. This move can only promote industry compliance by providing a central location for engineers, technicians and contractors to easily access critical information. Techstreet’s online library gives contractors the tools needed to integrate sustainable construction and safety practices into their operations.  They cover all the major standards including ASTM, ISO, ASME, ASHRAE, AWS, ASSE (Safety), NFPA, and IEEE. Find out more about the new standards in the press release.

06 Jul 2011Thomson Reuters