Top ESG News-January

Some companies had a heady start to the new year 2020 as is summarised below. Have a look… There were many product recalls in the month of January, right after the festive season, many items suspected to be given as Christmas gifts. Items including children’s clothes and certain hot water bottles were recalled by Matalan, a face…

Top ESG News-December

Christmas season means a lot of festive cheer and joy but not so much for some of them mentioned in this article. In this month’s article, we will talk about how a little girl in England discovered a “help plea” inside a Christmas card purchased from a British supermarket giant, Christmas food recalls and a…

Top ESG News-November

Brace yourselves, because there’s a lot for this month. This month, multiple news about the aviation industry did the rounds. Other news were regarding a major IT tech firm accused of union-busting, low standard honey production, high injury Incidence rates at online retailer warehouses, a data breach leaving customers exposed and a lot more. Read…

Top ESG News-October

In this month’s article, we see how Johnson and Johnson’s asbestos nightmare is not over yet, a waste recycler fined for violating waste export norms . Read on to know more. A portion of the Keystone 1 pipeline (owned by TC Energy company) was shut after it leaked around 383,000 gallons of oil in North Dakota….

Top ESG News-September

This month’s article highlights employee issues like gender discrimination, insufficient pay, and bad leave policies and long working hours. Read on to know more. Three employees with activists from “Forum Against Corruption” filed a PIL against Accenture and Cognizant Technologies Ltd. in the state of Telangana in India. The charges against the two tech giants are said to be…

Top ESG News-August

In this month’s article, we will talk about banking blunders, landmark settlement cases of Drug giants and how all of the big fours have failed to deliver quality and landed in thick soup. In a landmark ruling, a US state judge slapped Johnson & Johnson with a landmark opioid settlement with regard to Oklahoma’s opioid crisis. The…

Top ESG News: July

ESG news not only helps inform analysts and investors about potential red flags before making investment decisions but also provides evidence of companies’ claimed policies and programs. This month’s article talks about lawsuits and settlements of the three big software and tech giants, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, a quick health and safety emergency response by…

Top ESG News: June

This month’s article talks about double red flags for Rio Tinto and an in-depth follow up of Boeing’s 737 Max planes’ tragedies. Please note that only ESG-relevant controversial news has been discussed here in this article. An investors class-action lawsuit, filed in 2017 against mining giant Rio Tinto was dismissed recently. The lawsuit was filed over Rio’s…

Top ESG News: April & May

It was reported by Business Standard that Wipro was affected by an advanced phishing campaign and few of its employee accounts were affected. Following the incident, the company took remedial steps to contain and mitigate any potential impact. It was also speculated that Infosys and Cognizant Technology Solutions were also affected but both denied any…

TOP ESG News-March 2019

1. Norway’s GPFG, world’s largest sovereign wealth fund (of USD 1 trillion) approved the removal of 134 companies which were classified as Oil Exploration and Production companies by FTSE Russell. However, the bigger integrated oil and gas companies were spared (for now) and allowed to remain in the fund, which included Shell and Exxon Mobil….