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  • 7 July

    Amazon In-Depth: Work, Rights and Risks at Amazon.com, Inc.

    Amid Amazon.com Inc.’s (“Amazon”) rapid growth, worrying patterns with respect to employee health and safety, infringement of international labour standards, and aversion to collective bargaining have emerged. This investor report provides an overview of Amazon and describes workforce risks in its (...)

  • 29 June

    Investor Brief: Grupo México

    This investor brief summarizes environmental, social, and governance risks at Grupo México, the third largest copper mining company in the world. Grupo México’s wholly-owned subsidiary ASARCO operates copper mines, a smelter, a refinery and processing plants in the United States.
    Approximately (...)

  • 2 June

    Principles from the Global Unions Committee on Workers’ Capital on Asset Manager Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic

    The Principles lay out the investment stewardship principles that the CWC expects the asset management community to adopt as the world recovers, reinvests and rebuilds from the global pandemic over the coming months and years.
    The letter was sent to the following 10 global asset managers (...)

  • 26 April

    Investor Brief: Amazon.com, Inc. and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Amazon’s explosive growth has accelerated as a result of COVID-19 public health restrictions, creating new stress on the company’s operations. The company faces challenges in keeping its workforce, its customers, and the communities it serves safe - challenges that are amplified under increased (...)

  • 25 April

    Workforce Best Practices for COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for companies to adopt best practices to protect their workers, their customers and the communities they serve.
    We encourage companies to adopt a set of recommended policies and practices that were developed in consultation with occupational and (...)
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Documents

  • 26 April

    Investor Brief: Amazon.com, Inc. and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Amazon’s explosive growth has accelerated as a result of COVID-19 public health restrictions, creating new stress on the company’s operations. The company faces challenges in keeping its workforce, its customers, and the communities it serves safe - challenges that are amplified under increased (...)

  • 21 April

    Labour risks at Amazon’s operations in Spain

    An update on Amazon’s operations in Spain by Mario Sanchez Richter, Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CS CCOO).
    After several people developed symptoms in Amazon centers, management unilaterally implemented a protocol for prevention and action in response to the pandemic. The (...)

  • 28 August 2019

    2019 CWC Conference: Important travel and event information

    This page contains information on registration, the schedule and hotel options for the 2019 Workers’ Capital Conference in Paris, France. Please note that this conference will take place in two different venues: The AG2R LaMondiale on Sunday, September 8 and the OECD Headquarters and Conference (...)

  • 31 July 2019

    2019 CWC Conference Agenda

    The 2019 CWC Workers’ Capital Conference draft agenda is live. Please continue to check back regularly as the agenda is updated.
    The agenda is available here.
    The agenda for the Trustee Leadership Workshop is available here.
    Photo: Pixabay | (...)

  • 21 June 2019

    Keynote Speaker: Ludovic Phalippou

    Keynote Speaker for 2019 Worker’s Capital Conference: Ludovic Phalippou
    Author of the bestseller ’Private Equity Laid Bare’ and professor of Financial Economics at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
    We are delighted to announce that Ludovic Phalippou, Professor of Financial Economics of (...)
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