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Blackrock boss Larry Fink.

The Republicans declare war on multibillion-dollar Wall Street giants

Things are heating up, even before Donald Trump returns to the White House and the Republicans take control of Congress.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Office drinks

Being sober the new black for big business

Many mining and manufacturing workplaces already have liquor bans in place, and it’s a safe bet that workplace drinking could go the way of the dinosaurs within a decade.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Penrith MP Karen McKeown and Leppington MP Nathan Hagarty.

MPs pocketed $200,000 working for disgraced super fund

The superannuation fund deceived investors about its exposure to coal, gambling and Russian companies, a landmark court case found.

  • Harriet Alexander
Simon Trott, chief executive of Rio Tinto iron ore, at the Rhodes Ridge deposit in the Pilbara.

Rio Tinto unveils $215m ‘green steel’ Rockingham research plant

Australia’s biggest iron ore producer has 16,000 employees, 17 mines, four port terminals and 2000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara. Now it plans to transform their impact.

  • Jesinta Burton
.Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara

Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims

Two years after a damning report into sexual discrimination, assault and bullying at Rio Tinto was released, an investigation into the claims could lead to a lawsuit.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Australians voted No to a Voice to parliament, but businesses have signalled continued commitment to tackling Indigenous disadvantage.

‘Has to be genuine’: Corporate Australia urged to hold firm on Indigenous reconciliation

Despite the defeat of the Voice, Australian companies and their business leaders have been urged to stay the course on Indigenous reconciliation.

  • Jessica Yun
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Companies around the world have been accused of taking advantage of the pandemic and the global supply chain dysfunction to increase their prices.

The fat cat myth: Who should we really blame for high inflation?

The argument that companies took advantage of the pandemic to drive up their prices has been popular. But we may need to point the finger elsewhere.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Melbourne on Australia Day.

Companies shouldn’t do their dirty ‘woke washing’ in public

Corporate support for social and political issues has been called out as woke washing when deemed as tokenistic.

  • Anna Patty
Former Telstra CEO Andy Penn has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia.

‘Even if not everybody agrees’: Australia Day corporate winners call for date debate

Former Telstra boss Andy Penn and leading director Nicola Wakefield-Evans are among the Australia Day honours recipients who think the date for the national holiday should be revisited.

  • Jessica Yun
Netball, football and cricket stars are using their influence to veto sponsors.

Voters want gambling banned from sports sponsorship, not fossil fuels: poll

Only 27 per cent of Australians want to ban coal, oil and gas companies from sports sponsorship despite the stance taken by stars like Test captain Pat Cummins.

  • David Crowe

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/corporate-social-responsibility-1mt9