British Gas (part of Centrica)
Member of UN Global Compact
Headquarters in United Kingdom
British Gas website: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/
British Gas split in 1997 into Centrica, which is primarily a gas utility operating in the UK, and BG Group, which was acquired by Shell in February 2016. The company now known as British Gas is part of Centrica.
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Companies see higher risks post-Brexit in UK's transition to clean energy
Author: Damian Carrington, Guardian (UK)
"Leave vote makes UK's transition to clean energy harder, say experts," 28 Jun 2016...
- Related stories: Brexit: Potential impacts on climate change & environment
- Related companies: British Gas (part of Centrica) Centrica EDF PricewaterhouseCoopers Vattenfall
UK: Top utility lobby group shifts stance from supporting fossil fuels to campaigning for renewable energy
Author: Terry Macalister, Guardian (UK)
"Top lobbying group in historic green energy U-turn", 28 Feb 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
- Related companies: British Gas (part of Centrica) Centrica
UK: Ikea commits to paying living wage to workers following campaign
Author: Rupert Jones, Guardian (UK)
"Ikea adopts the living wage for UK staff in 'massive breakthrough'", 20 Jul 2015...
- Related companies: British Gas (part of Centrica) Burberry Centrica IKEA Nationwide Building Society Nestlé Next Ocado Sainsbury's Tesco
Energy firms' profit from customers has risen 77% in a year, says Ofgem (UK)
Author: Jennifer Rankin, Guardian (UK)
The big six energy firms have been exposed to further accusations of profiteering after the industry regulator revealed that profits per customer last year rose by 77%. On the eve of a protest by anti-poverty campaigners against power suppliers, Ofgem...
- Related companies: British Gas (part of Centrica) Centrica E.ON EDF npower (part of RWE) RWE Scottish Power
Stress Awareness Day: Deloitte joins mental health awareness programme
Author: Owain Thomas, Workplace Savings & Benefits (UK)
Deloitte is joining the Time to Change programme which aims to end the stigma and discrimination against people with experience of mental health problems. The firm joins a wide range of organisations that have already signed-up to the pledge…Time to...
Women executives could wait 98 years for equal pay, says report [UK]
Author: Simon Goodley, Guardian [UK]
Women may have had equal voting rights since 1928, but they may have to wait another 98 years for parity in pay, research has found. While the salaries of female executives are increasing faster than those of their male counterparts, it will take until...
- Related companies: British Gas (part of Centrica) Centrica Marks & Spencer Royal Bank of Scotland
[PDF] Conflict, Economy, International Cooperation and Non-Renewable Natural Resources
Author: William Godnick & Diana Klein, International Alert; Camilo González-Posso, INDEPAZ; Ivan Mendoza, Socios Perú; Sebastián Meneses, PLASA
This paper seeks to deepen the understanding of the intersection between the management of non-renewable natural resources and diverse forms of conflict in three countries of the Andean region: Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Each of the three countries is...
UK Companies Unite to Help Fight Climate Change
Author: Reuters
Eight leading companies [Tesco, B&Q (part of Kingfisher), Royal & Sun Alliance, BSkyB, O2 (part of Telefónica), Marks & Spencer, British Gas (part of Centrica), Barclaycard] united to fight global warming...by offering British consumers...
Author: La Razon [Bolivia]
El Jefe de Estado hizo entrega al Vicepresidente de los 44 contratos suscritos con 12 multinacionales...el presidente Evo Morales Ayma aseguró que la participación del Estado boliviano por la producción de gas natural en los megacampos San Alberto, San...