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UK: Black workers face great pay gap, study shows
Author: James Moore, Independent (UK)
"Black workers 'face widening pay gap the more qualifications they earn'", 1 Feb 2016...
UK: HSBC commits to appoint women to 50% of its senior management roles
Author: Claire Hutchison, Evening Standard (UK)
"HSBC's UK business sets target to appoint women to 50% of senior management roles", 25 Nov 2015...
Michael Addo - Business and human rights indicators: Opportunities and challenges in measuring corporate respect for human rights
Author: Michael Addo (UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights) for Measuring Business & Human Rights
The relevance of business and human rights indicators cannot be overstated. Valid and reliable indicators could be useful to...track corporate progress over time and compare policies, process and impacts across corporations...Indicators may also...
[PDF] Towards a business and human rights index and accreditation and certification scheme for business enterprises: an introductory paper
Author: Priyanga Hettiarachi, RightsBusiness
RightsBusiness...[published this]...paper...to contribute to progress of a business and human rights index for business enterprises and to set out a draft index, which may be trialled or piloted. It is intended that detailed examination and analysis...
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- Related companies: S&P Dow Jones Indices (part of McGraw-Hill)
Press Release: Business should act as a catalyst for social change, says Aviva
Author: Aviva
The company's online 2012 corporate responsibility report…focuses on trust and transparency, attracting and retaining talent, environment and climate change, and community development…Through its Street to School programme Aviva...originally aimed to...
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Business Ethics Briefing: Tax Avoidance as an Ethical Issue for Business
Author: Institute of Business Ethics
This Briefing explores corporate taxation and specifically the issue of tax avoidance as a business ethics issue…The term ‘tax avoidance’ is used to refer to legitimate but maybe aggressive use of things such as financial instruments and other...
- Related stories: Briefing discusses tax avoidance as a business ethics issue
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on tax avoidance
- Related companies: Amazon.com Centrica Dell Google (part of Alphabet) IBM L'Oreal Old Mutual Rolls-Royce plc Vodafone
[PDF] Children's Righs and Business Principles - Summary report: Global Release Event
Author: UNICEF, Save the Children, UN Global Compact
This report summarizes the key themes and discussions from the global release event. Following the opening and introductions, the event was structured around four main panels. The first panel focused on Principle 1 and the management processes...
- Related in-depth areas: Children Latest news on Children Launch
- Related companies: H&M IKEA Marks & Spencer Novo Group Novo Nordisk (part of Novo Group) Telenor Unilever
Taking stock of your company's social impact
Author: Alison Braybrooks, Guardian Blog [UK]
If you gave a…CEO two minutes to tell you about their company's…impact on society and you'll probably…get their donations budget and the number of employees who volunteer...not the…the difference they've made to their local communities, or how they've...
- Related companies: Barclays Co-operative Group SABMiller Unilever
Corporate reports: Investors push to know more about non-financial risks
Author: Jane Bird, Financial Times
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has shown that an environmental disaster can be as financially devastating for a company as a downturn in business – let alone the reputational damage...Investors increasingly want companies to include...
- Related companies: BP Microsoft Mitsubishi Electric (part of Mitsubishi Group) Mitsubishi Group
Author: Comunicación de Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa [Argentina]
FTSE Group anunció este jueves 9 de setiembre que trece compañías fueron añadidas y ocho eliminadas de la serie de índices de sustentabilidad Ftse4good Global tras la revisión realizada en septiembre. British Petroleum, Bridgestone y Du Pont están...