Tag: Alphabet
News round-up: this week in governance
Sustainability reporting assurance is on the cards; leaders gain status through humility; the biggest bonuses; older CEOs cut less carbon.
Ethical investor Trillium issues warning to Alphabet over whistleblowing
The asset manager has filed a shareholder resolution calling for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, to review its whistleblowing policies.
Vanguard takes big names to task over pay and climate policies
Uber, Ocado, Alphabet and Rio Tinto are among the companies named in the global asset manager’s report into governance concerns.
How the Google walkout was no ordinary employee protest
Google staff staged a walkout in their thousands over the handling of sexual misconduct cases, possibly one of the first such actions where highly paid workers protested over company values.
Eric Schmidt steps down as chairman of Google owner
Boardroom leadership for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is set for change after it was announced that chairman Eric Schmidt is to leave his post to become a “technical adviser”.