Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, refers to the policies established and efforts taken by businesses to affect a positive impact on their local communities and the...
Noble Foods, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Coop Group (Switzerland) have attained the highest marks in the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare report, published...
Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, NIKE, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Salesforce, Starbucks, Steelcase, Voya Financial, and Walmart have today joined RE100, pledging to source 100% of...
The European Commission has said that it will push ahead with an investigation into Amazon’s past conduct in relation to tax, despite changes being announced by the...
A crackdown on multinational corporations by Australian authorities has been described as “the first of its kind in the world”, with Google, Apple and Microsoft firmly...
Collaboration could allow organisations to tackle problems far greater than themselves, and work together for more sustainable and transparent supply chains, writes Martin Chilcott, founder and...
Chinese police have detained five people in an investigation into allegations that expired meat was supplied to chains including McDonald’s and KFC – a disturbing incident that...
Joining Apple, Fiat and Starbucks, the online retail giant Amazon is next in line to be investigated for tax avoidance, where countries like Luxembourg are used...
European regulators have launched a full inquiry into tax deals brokered between tax officials and multinational corporations including Apple and Starbucks. The higher rates of corporation...
The majority of Americans would support new government guidelines to cut pollution from power plants, unveiled on Monday, even if they raise their energy bills, according to...
A group of 128 companies and 49 investors, worth $800 billion in assets, has sent letters of support to Barack Obama, backing the president’s new guidelines...
The world’s first organisation dedicated to accrediting businesses that are fully open and transparent about the tax they pay is seeking to grow its operation by...
The world’s first Fair Tax Mark has been launched in a bid to address the issue of responsible tax. Businesses that have been accredited by the...
Since the first ethical investment fund launched in 1985, screening out so-called ‘sin stocks’ such as tobacco, arms, alcohol and pornography, sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...
The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion in the UK has more than doubled in the last tax year, figures have revealed. However, it has...