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California considers tax on companies with large pay gaps between CEOs and their workers →

February 25, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

In response to growing income inequality, some California lawmakers are looking at the possibility of tying tax rates for corporations to the gap between how much they pay their CEOs and what their average employees take home. FAST COMPANY

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February 25, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
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Touching a nerve →

February 11, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

How a peoples’ campaign at the United Nations is challenging corporate rule. THE TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE

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February 11, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
peoples campaign, UN, activism, corporations
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The end of the corporation? →

February 06, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

It’s time to make the profit-maximising, shareholder-controlled corporation obsolete. In the perilous moment we face, with the crises of the climate emergency and spiralling inequality, the time is up on corporations acting as though serving financial shareholders is their highest duty. THE TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE

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February 06, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
corporations, corporate reform, business
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Can global corporations meet 2020 no-deforestation pledge? →

November 20, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

The Thomson Reuters Foundation asked international companies that make consumer goods for an update on their progress. PLACE

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November 20, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
corporations, deforestation, consumer goods
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Climate activists urge corporations To 'give a s**t' about amazon deforestation →

October 01, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

Protests are targeting companies that haven't met their own pledges, demanding they "step up" in the climate change fight. THE HUFFINGTON POST

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October 01, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
climate activism, corporations, amazon, companies, deforestation
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