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Amazon’s biggest, hardest-to-solve ESG issue may be its own workers
Todd Wasserman, CNBC, 29 August 2021The US National Council on Occupational Safety and Health has included Amazon in its “Dirty Dozen” list of the most dangerous employers in America. Earlier this year New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon for inadequately protecting workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Workplace issues are being factored into...
corporate responsibility
socio political environment
corporate reputation
The truth behind corporate climate pledges
Jocelyn Timperley, The Guardian, 26 July 2021Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges. More Fortune 500 companies have adopted emissions targets and one in five have science-based targets. At least one fifth of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies have now made some kind of “net zero” pledge to...
corporate reputation
corporate narrative
socio political environment
BlackRock throws its weight around
Lorraine Woellert & Catherine Boudreau, POLITICO, 20 July 2021Investment giant BlackRock Inc. has more than doubled its support for shareholder proposals this year, throwing its weight behind efforts to oust corporate directors and force reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, lobbying and diversity. BlackRock's 2020-21 Investment Stewardship Report reveals the investment firm sided with...
advocacy
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NAB chief ‘taking into account’ landmark climate report on oil and gas policy
Charlotte Grieve, The Sydney Morning HeraldNational Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan pledged to consider the findings of the International Energy Agency’s climate report in the bank’s upcoming September policy on oil and gas. A coalition of climate groups claiming to represent one million Australians sent a letter to each of the Big Four banks,...
corporate reputation
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In Conversation: Corporate Activism, Reputation, Trust & Climate Targets
Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 06 May 2021On this episode of In Conversation, Llew Gartrell, Senior Manager Government Relations at Stockland, and Melanie McMillan, Senior Associate at the Centre for Corporate Affairs, join the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns to discuss the top news stories from March and April 2021.
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TIME reveals its inaugural top 100 most influential companies
TIME Magazine, 27 April 2021TIME has, for the first time, has revealed a list of the top 100 most influential companies in the world, which includes Apple, Twitter and Pfizer. The list coincides with the launch of TIME Business, a new TIME editorial initiative focused on the global impact of business and the ways it intersects with our public and personal lives. Companies...
corporate reputation
2021 Global RepTrak 100 revealed
RepTrak, 12 April 2021RepTrak has released its Global 100 list for 2021, ranking the top 100 most reputable companies to celebrate global reputation leaders. The Global RepTrak 100 showcases how people feel, think, and act towards companies globally. This year, Lego topped the list, with Rolex and Ferrari coming in at…
corporate reputation
Chairman & CEO letter to shareholders
Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase & Co, 07 April 2021JP Morgan Chase’s CEO and chairman, Jamie Dimon, released a letter to shareholders this week in parallel to the company’s annual report being published. He writes that in a year that challenged everyone around the world, “if you look deeper, you will find that our success and accomplishments are founded on our commitment to our shareholders....
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‘Silence not an option’: ANZ refuses to sign letter condemning Myanmar violence
Charlotte Grieve, The Sydney Morning Herald, 05 April 2021ANZ has declined to sign a letter condemning the violence in Myanmar, despite calls from local and international activist organisations for global companies to publicly align themselves with pro-democracy protesters. The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business launched a letter almost three weeks after the coup, signed by...
socio political environment
corporate reputation
Rio Tinto executives say goodbye to 2020 with chunky payouts
Reuters, 22 February 2021It has been revealed three executives responsible for leading a review into Rio Tinto's Juukan Gorge disaster received enormous payouts. Former CEO, Jean-Sebastien Jacques received a 20 per cent pay increase, even though he, and other executives, were forced to leave the company after...
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