Good & Poor Practice

On the firing of Timnit Gebru and the clueless Google execs who can't help stepping in it

Amazon supports the Raise the Wage Act, which will increase hourly wages for 32 million hard-working people, pump money into local businesses and boost our economic recovery.

Companies that don't pay their workers well need to take up more debt (i.e. more risk) to have the same returns on equity as those that pay their workers well.

Some employers must complete the annual EEO-1 report. Find out what an EEO-1 report is and whether you're responsible for filing one.

McDonald's will tie executive pay to diversity goals and aim to hit gender parity in management by the end of 2030 as the company tries to overhaul its workplace culture.

Walmart (WMT), the nation’s largest private employer, is raising wages for 425,000 of its nearly 1.5 million employees.

IKEA recently bought an 11,000 acre forest in Georgia to keep it from being developed as part of its carbon reducing strategies.

The fast-growing anti-slavery chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely has been dropped from a list of ethical makers because of its links with a large manufacturer that admits it benefits from child labour

The Next Normal's future of sustainable fashion: Consumers will increasingly expect—and demand—an emphasis on sustainability. Circular models won’t be optional.

Sustainable business – in action. View a full list of best-practice sustainability and energy case studies from businesses that are leading by example.

Tech giant IBM, supermarket Iceland Foods and food supplier Cranswick are among the 20 new signatories of Amazon and Global Optimism's Climate Pledge, which requires members to target net-zero by 2040 at the latest.

"Climate change is an existential threat, and we need to transition to clean energy as quickly as possible," says Pennsylvania's lt. governor.

"We're seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the U.S. government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply."