Responsible investment charity ShareAction welcomes the news that 29 of the FTSE 100 are now Living Wage employers. Consumer goods giant Unilever and banking group Lloyds...
Since the start of the recession the UK’s biggest companies have almost doubled their donations to charities, according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). However, research...
A new report warns that the wealth gap between top bosses and everyone else has rapidly widened in the last three decades, with executives now earning...
As shareholders and society continues to debate excessive remuneration packages, statistics from the Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey 2014 reveal that, on average, CEOs saw their...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), WPP, Hiscox, BG Group, Lloyds Banking Group, ITV, Standard Chartered, Reckitt Benckiser and Ocado. You might think there isn’t much...
The last all-male board in the FTSE 100 has appointed a female director, after enduring years of pressure to embrace equality and become more representative. Glencore,...
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Business secretary Vince Cable has warned the remuneration committees of FTSE 100 companies to curb excessive pay packages or risk further action. He argued that more...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Paying employees a decent wage is the right way forward for responsible business, according to Guy Stallard, head of facilities at tax auditing firm KPMG. Stallard...
The Church Investors Group (CIG) has said it supports investor engagement in order to improve practices and operations within companies. The comments follow Ownership Day, which...
The third annual review tracking the progress of increasing the number of women on the boards of top companies shows encouraging signs. However, the pace of...
A new study has suggested that female chief executives “significantly improve” the profitability of family-owned companies, particularly when there is a large number of women on...
The UK government is looking into the legality of all-female shortlists for board appointments at FTSE 100 companies, in a bid to improve gender diversity. Business...
In 2001, a new investment index caused controversy when it omitted some of the UK’s leading companies on ethical grounds. Tesco, Safeway and the Royal Bank...