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Church pressures firms on tax and with no women directors
Source: BBC
Church pressures firms on tax and with no women directors
4 March 2019
A group of Christian church investors is planning to put pressure on companies which have no women directors or a questionable record on tax.
The Church Investors Group has pension fund members with £21bn in assets.
It says it will vote against chairmen and women of boards of big companies which have poor policies on tax transparency and climate change.
It will also vote against pay reports which do not disclose the ratio of pay between top bosses and workers.
The Church Investors Group (CIG) has 67 members including the pension funds for the Church of England and the Methodist Church.
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4 March 2019
A group of Christian church investors is planning to put pressure on companies which have no women directors or a questionable record on tax.
The Church Investors Group has pension fund members with £21bn in assets.
It says it will vote against chairmen and women of boards of big companies which have poor policies on tax transparency and climate change.
It will also vote against pay reports which do not disclose the ratio of pay between top bosses and workers.
The Church Investors Group (CIG) has 67 members including the pension funds for the Church of England and the Methodist Church.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47436197
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