29 April, 2019
Risk hotspots: a global roundup
Economy — South Korea Unemployment in South Korean hit a nine-year high of 4.4% in January, offering more bad news as the economy slows. Manufacturing and retail have seen the worst of the...
10 October, 2018
Global warming: business on the front line
Sometimes it takes a blast of cold air to wake someone up. Policymakers and business leaders received such a shock this week with the publication of a report, which demanded drastic action if the worl...
7 June, 2018
Why serious investors demand more than just climate disclosure
In 2014, when I first started engaging pension funds on the issue of climate change, a worrying number would respond that they could not take savers’ “ethical concerns” into account. Not only a ...
6 March, 2018
Remuneration issues under scrutiny after gender pay gap reports
One in three organisations that have gone through the process of writing gender pay gap reports are also looking to confront pay imbalances, a survey has found. The poll found that 32% of companies...
23 February, 2018
Barclays International reveals its gender pay gap of 48%
Barclays International, the investment bank, has revealed it has an average gender pay gap of 48%, a hefty differential illustrating the challenge facing financial services on equal pay. The figure...
1 December, 2017
Shell reports gender pay gap of 22.2%
Energy giant Shell has revealed it pays women 22.2% less on average than its male staff, according to its
13 August, 2015
