Corporate social responsibility
Michaela Bergman obituary
Other lives: Public servant who brought great energy to many projects round the world
Itziar Perkins
25, Jan, 2023 @6:15 PM
Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature
Environmental lawsuits are nothing new but now lawyers are turning their attention to cases that address the loss of biodiversity
Isabella Kaminski
16, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
Rights groups join forces to call for UK corporate accountability laws
Companies must have human rights and environmental obligations, say TUC and Amnesty International
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
04, Jul, 2021 @12:30 PM
Investors turn ire on firms whose executives are set to cash in
Firms, including some of those that drew heavily on furlough money, now face anger from shareholders over boardroom largesse
Phillip Inman Observer economics editor
26, Jun, 2021 @3:00 PM
Amazon shareholders to vote on revealing retailer’s plastic footprint
Move follows report saying online retailer generated 210,000 tonnes of packaging that ended up in oceans
Karen McVeigh
26, May, 2021 @5:00 AM
Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals
Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production
Sandra Laville
18, May, 2021 @12:00 AM
We’re all the poorer for shareholders’ loss of nerve on executive pay
AstraZeneca’s vaccine effort is remarkable, but investors should not have let it divert them from the job of moderating bonuses
16, May, 2021 @6:00 AM
14 major UK employers join socially focused Purposeful Company scheme
Bosses of FTSE 100 and accountancy firms promise new focus on wellbeing of staff and local communities
Phillip Inman
10, May, 2021 @4:31 PM
Grovelling apologies fail to get Rio Tinto out of a hole
The destruction of an ancient site, and the pay of a departed boss, will be hot topics with the miner’s investors this week
Jasper Jolly
03, Apr, 2021 @11:05 PM
Coles shuns coal: supermarket giant vows to source all its electricity from renewables by 2025
Australian climate campaigners hail decision: ‘An announcement like this changes the national story’
Graham Readfearn
19, Mar, 2021 @1:01 AM
HSBC tables company vote on phasing out financing of coal
Bank’s vote, binding if approved by 75% of shareholders, follows investor pressure to cut clients’ loans
Kalyeena Makortoff
11, Mar, 2021 @4:00 AM
MEPs back law to hold firms to account for environment and human rights abuses
Big majority in EU parliament vote for corporate due diligence along entire supply chains, which will include UK businesses
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
10, Mar, 2021 @8:32 PM
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