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Nearly 200 CEOs say their companies are committed to delivering value to all stakeholders, not just shareholders
On August 19, 2019, the Business Roundtable (BRT), a lobbying group composed of leading CEOs in the US, released an updated Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. This statement expresses a fundamental commitment to all stakeholders, including...
Author: Foro Ciudadano de Participación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos- FOCO (Argentina)
"Newsletter Bimensual del Observatorio de Empresas Transnacionales"- Agosto de 2019...
Investors launch five-year global initiative to engage largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters to act on climate change
USA: Corporate Equality Index scores record number of companies full marks for having inclusive policies for LGBT workers
USA: Georgia Power settles disability discrimination lawsuit for $1.6 million
Author: Kevin McGowan, Bloomberg (USA)
"Georgia Power, EEOC Settle Disabilities Lawsuit for $1.6M", 16 Nov 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Georgia Power (part of Southern Company) Southern Company
Shareholder resolutions increase pressure on companies to address climate change
Author: Benjamin Hulac, Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) (USA)
"Spurred by Paris, shareholder climate resolutions reach new high", 9 Mar 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Accountability: Loss & damage, litigation, shareholder activism Mitigation
- Related companies: AES Anadarko (now part of Occidental Petroleum) Chevron Devon Energy Equinor (formerly Statoil) ExxonMobil Hess Corporation Noble Energy Occidental Petroleum Shell Southern Company Suncor
A Climate Plan Businesses Can Like
Author: Jody Freeman & Kate Konschnik, New York Times (USA)
With the release of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, a flood of legal challenges will begin. Already, opponents have denounced the new rule limiting carbon pollution as unconstitutional. Behind the rattling sabers, however…[m]any big players in the...
- Related stories: USA: Obama announces major climate change plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Related companies: Calpine Exelon MidAmerican Energy (part of Berkshire Hathaway) PG&E Southern Company
Commentary: "Internal documents show fossil fuel industry has been aware of climate change for decades"
Author: Elliott Negin, Union of Concerned Scientists, (USA)
"Internal documents show fossil fuel industry has been aware of climate change for decades", 8 July 2015...
Subcritical coal top 20: Engaging energy companies on climate & human rights impacts
In March 2015, researchers at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University published "Stranded Assets and Subcritical Coal: The Risk to Companies and Investors". The report describes sub-critical coal as: "the least efficie...