French bonds and stocks rocked by political turmoil – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Regional U.S. Banks Sharply Expand Lending to Oil and Gas Projects How a semantic twist gave a major bank a loophole to keep financing fracking. Capital & Main · Apr 22, 2024
KitKat owner Nestlé fights off push to cut back on unhealthy products Investor proposal to reduce levels of fat, salt and sugar in products is backed by only 11% of shareholders The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024
Proposed labor rule defining requirements for investment advisers receives more than 5,000 comments Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. Ballotpedia · Dec 12, 2023
Government urged to back mandatory reporting over ethnicity pay gap The two organisations also recommended legislation to require employers to publish an action plan to combat any disparities. The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023
Deliveroo riders paid ‘£2.90 per delivery’ protest outside AGM in London Riders who work 50 hours a week are calling for better pay and conditions Evening Standard · May 24, 2023
Deliveroo riders to confront bosses over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs Riders will challenge the company’s board at its annual general meeting on Wednesday. The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Deliveroo riders to challenge board over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs The takeaway firm has defended 'flexible work, attractive earning opportunities and security' it offers employees Wales Online · May 23, 2023
Big food brands struggling to kick junk addiction, survey finds The bulk of food and drinks sold by four out of five global producers across three major markets are unhealthy, according to a survey, with Kraft Heinz Co. faring the worst. Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023
Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023
HSBC pulls funds for new oil and gas fields in “green” victory GREEN campaigners targeting big banks won a victory today, when HSBC said it will no longer lend cash or provide other finance to new oil and gas fields. Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022
Living wage campaigners claim progress after vote at Sainsbury’s AGM One in six shareholders back resolution to extend living wage to indirectly employed cleaners and security guards The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022
Singling out Sainsbury’s over the living wage may not be that pragmatic A shareholder resolution at one retailer is an imperfect weapon for a scrap over pay that really relates to sector-wide issues The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022
Sainsbury’s under new pressure to pay living wage for all workers Queen’s bank Coutts plus Coal Pensions Board join others such as L&G and HSBC backing resolution for £9.90 an hour The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2022 Shareholder group to challenge Sainsbury’s on living wage Legal & General and savings trust Nest have tabled a motion through investor body ShareAction
Benzinga · Apr 26, 2022 Investors Push Food Manufacturers Like Kellog, Kraft Heinz To Set New Health Targets: FT Investors are pushing food manufacturing multinationals including Nestle S.A. (OTC:NSRGY), Danone (OTC:DANOY), Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC), and Kellogg Co (NYSE:K), to set out new disclosures and targets on well being, Financial Times reported. The move comes after Unilever Plc (NYSE:UL) mentioned it would publish diet scores for its meals portfolio towards exterior metrics. The report noted that traders, along…
Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022 Sainsbury’s introduces London Living Wage for staff amid investor pressure — but cuts jobs The supermarket has becomes the latest big employer to increase pay for front line workers
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022 Investors call for Sainsbury’s to pay workers ‘real living wage’ Campaign launched to make company first supermarket group to pay milestone figure of £9.90 an hour