Companies Archives - Page 4 of 7 - Sustainable Value Investors

Companies, Coronavirus, Corporate Governance, Fashion, Tech / 21.07.2020

International supply chains have been linked to Uighurs forced labor and human rights violation

Suppliers of international tech and fashion companies, such as Apple, Nike and Calvin Klein, have been exploiting forced labor from ethnic minority groups, mostly Uighurs, detained in the Xinjiang region, China. Organizations have already started to take action. Several investigations carried out in the last year by The...

Companies, Corporate Governance, Financial Institutions, Racial and Gender Diversity / 17.07.2020

Morgan Stanley sued by former Head of Diversity for racial discrimination and retaliation

Ms. Booker, former Global Head of Diversity at Morgan Stanley, has pursued legal action against the bank claiming that she was fired last December after having pushed a plan aimed at helping black financial advisors. Last June, Marilyn Booker has pursued legal action against Morgan Stanley for...

Climate change, Coronavirus, Food and beverage, Oil and Gas / 14.07.2020

Covid-19 has led to a surge in consumption of single-use, virgin plastic

Consumption of plastic destinated for single-use items, especially personal protective equipment, has grown dramatically in the last months due to COVID19. This phenomenon has been worsened by lockdown-driven behaviors and the oil price crash which has made recycled plastic more expensive. While overall plastic demand is expected to...

Companies, Coronavirus, Economics / 08.07.2020

Companies are receiving financial State aids aimed at accelerating economic recovery

Many companies worldwide have been receiving financial state aids to counteract the effects of the economic crisis brought by COVID19. Different rules and limitations apply to approved aids and beneficiary firms in Europe and the US. Since the advent of coronavirus, businesses have been receiving state...

Climate change, Industrials, Mining, Oil and Gas / 06.07.2020

Trump continues to weaken environmental regulations during Covid-19 pandemic

Since he became president, Trump has dismantled 100 environmental rules. A drastic accelerator to this law reformation has been put in place during the COVID19 pandemic [caption id="attachment_2625" align="aligncenter" width="892"] Credits: AP Photo/Evan Vucci[/caption] Since the beginning of his mandate as president of the United States, Trump has...

Big Four, Corporate Governance, Criminal Transactions, Financial Institutions / 04.07.2020

Wirecard scandal: a story of fraud and auditing negligence

Wirecard’s share price has collapsed after the exposure of its fraud scheme. On Thursday, June 18th 2020, Wirecard’s auditor, EY, stated that, when carrying out its 2019 audit of the firm, it could not find $2 billion in the company’s accounts, funds that the German firm later...

Companies, Corporate Governance, Racial and Gender Diversity / 30.06.2020

Adidas’ top executive resigns due to employees’ complaints about racial issues

Adidas has received complaints from employees about the lack of diversity in the workplace for years. The recent resignation of the company Global HR chief follows employees’ criticism about her approach to addressing racial diversity issues and is among the highest-profile executive changes that happened after...

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 25.06.2020

Covid-19 and Energy Transition. What’s next for Big Oil?

The COVID19 pandemic had a huge impact across the whole energy sector, particularly in terms of demand and supply. Read more on how this time the pandemic’s impact on the oil and gas industry is expected to endure. The COVID-19 pandemic had, and it is still having, a huge impact across...

Corporate Governance, Financial Institutions / 25.06.2020

How a whistleblower exposed the corporate word – the Danske Bank case

In 2018, the Danish bank, Danske Bank was accused of suffering a “near-total process failure” in a whistleblower report, which reveals that up to USD 3.3 billion linked to the President and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation had been laundered through its...

Coronavirus, Food and beverage / 23.06.2020

Poor working conditions in the meat industry have led to a rise in Covid-19 infection rate

Slaughterhouses worldwide have gained attention as they have become COVID19 vectors, with plants forced to close due to significant infection breakouts among workers. The Covid-19 pandemic has been linked to food since the very beginning. In the last months, slaughterhouses worldwide have gained attention as they have...

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 17.05.2020

Fossil fuel reserves: the high cost of stranded assets

What are the implications of climate change mitigation on the market value of coal, oil and gas companies? To assess how much market value these companies might lose as governments are increasingly eager to impose stricter measures on the hydrocarbon industry, analysts must consider the reserves...

Automobiles and Parts, Coronavirus, Fashion, Good practices, Industrials, Pharma / 30.04.2020

Manufacturing companies are converting production plants in response to Covid-19

During the coronavirus pandemic, corporations have been contributing to the health crisis. A worldwide phenomenon of companies reconverting production facilities and R&D capabilities to support the fight against COVID19 has been witnessed across industries. During the coronavirus pandemic, corporations have been reacting to ensure business continuity,...

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 01.04.2020

COVID-19 and the Energy Crisis

The COVID19 pandemic is having a huge impact across the whole energy sector, particularly in terms of demand and supply. After healing from coronavirus, the world might face an energy crisis. When the world heals from the coronavirus it may face an energy crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a...

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 16.03.2020

Coronavirus reducing CO2 emissions

The global health crisis, COVID-19, is reducing carbon emissions more than any policy as ever done before. The COVID-19 viral disease that has swept into at least 114 countries, killing approximately 30,000 people and infecting more than 600,000, is now officially a pandemic. According to a study by...