Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges
Environmental groups say bosses should ‘hang their heads in shame’ as firm bows to pressure from shareholders to cut costs
March 2024
EU approves watered-down human rights and supply chain law
UK company directors may be liable for climate impacts, say lawyers
November 2023
Let boardrooms look beyond shareholder returns to drive productivity, report urges
Company directors could be held liable and fined over unforeseen nature-related impacts and risks
October 2023
Top ASX firms report improved social and environment performance by revising past data, study finds
Fear of reprisals prevent people calling out employers on climate, says charity
August 2023
The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow
Steven Donziger
Voters won a huge battle with the oil industry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy
June 2023
Big oil uncovered
Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies
The Bruno and Dom project
A look at some of the corporations that dominate the Amazon
April 2023
Meet the Gen Z brand whisperers: ‘I come in and I’m like: don’t make some weird old-ass campaign!’
Fiona Beckett on drinks
What does it mean to be an ethical drinks brand?
January 2023
Other lives
Michaela Bergman obituary
Other lives: Public servant who brought great energy to many projects round the world
March 2022
The age of extinction
Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature
Environmental lawsuits are nothing new but now lawyers are turning their attention to cases that address the loss of biodiversity
November 2021
The Audio Long Read
Why progressive gestures from big business aren’t just useless, they’re dangerous – podcast
From climate crisis to anti-racism, more and more corporations are taking a stand. But if it’s only done because it’s good for business, the fires will keep on burning
October 2021
The long read
Why progressive gestures from big business aren’t just useless – they’re dangerous
The long read: From climate crisis to anti-racism, more and more corporations are taking a stand. But if it’s only done because it’s good for business, the fires will keep on burning
July 2021
Rights groups join forces to call for UK corporate accountability laws
Companies must have human rights and environmental obligations, say TUC and Amnesty International
June 2021
Investors turn ire on firms whose executives are set to cash in
Firms, including some of those that drew heavily on furlough money, now face anger from shareholders over boardroom largesse
May 2021
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Amazon shareholders to vote on revealing retailer’s plastic footprint
Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals
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