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14.03.22

BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose

Claim that windfall tax would hurt clean energy investment shows the change in mentality towards purposeful business isn’t taking root, writes Luke Hildyard for Board Agenda

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21.02.22

The failure of ‘shareholder democracy’

With concentrating shareholder wealth, voice, power and better pay is what really gives workers a stake in society writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper

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22.12.21

2021 in review

Read our review of 2021, and a summary of our reports, articles and events

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29.11.21

Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay

Incentive plans, share awards and bonus payments have become almost a guaranteed part of a chief executive’s pay package. Deborah Hargreaves writes for Board Agenda

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21.09.21

Do we need to do more to reduce very high top incomes?

A blog by Luke Hildyard on our 2021 CEO pay report featured as a LinkedIn talking point

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20.09.21

Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a reduction in overall CEO pay levels. Is this an opportunity for further equalisation of pay ratios?

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12.05.21

Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality

In order to truly bring about ‘levelling up’, workers must be allowed to share in the wealth they have helped to create. Newly-elected local and regional politicians must work to make this a reality.

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10.05.21

Equal pay is new mayor’s top priority

What can Tracy Brabin and other metro mayors do to tackle inequality and strengthen worker voice?

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19.04.21

The race report uses class inequality as a smokescreen but has no plan to fix it

The report's recommendations won't really promote racial or class equality.

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25.02.21

The bankers are bluffing, don’t scrap the bonus cap

There's no shortage of people wanting to be senior bankers. Luke Hildyard writes for Left Foot Forward

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14.01.21

CEO pay incentives reflect board priorities—and it’s still shareholder returns

While there are signs of change, our research shows that shareholder primacy continues to underpin performance-related CEO pay. Luke Hildyard writes for Board Agenda

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05.01.21

High Pay Day 2021

Our research suggests that the median FTSE 100 CEO's earnings for 2021 will surpass the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK by around 5:30 pm on Wednesday 6 January.

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09.10.20

How can we change public opinion about the super rich?

HPC Director Luke Hildyard wrote for The Correspondent, in response to author and anthropologist Jason Hickel's article on billionaires and climate change

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23.07.20

To ‘build back better’, we must tackle executive pay

New research has revealed how much CEOs earn compared to their colleagues – and the results aren’t pretty

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30.06.20

Executive Compensation: Covid-19—A “New Normal” Or Back To The “Old Normal” by 2022?

A guest blog from Iain Stark, international HR leader and reward expert, on the future of executive pay post COVID19. Executive compensation, especially CEO pay, is often a flashpoint, especially in times of a crisis,…

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30.06.20

COVID19 and corporate resilience

The pandemic is highlighting the deep flaws in the UK’s corporate governance system. Will this prompt listed companies to rethink their priorities? - A blog by Rachel Kay, a researcher at the High Pay Centre…

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09.04.20

We can’t do more for low-paid workers without tackling excess pay at the top

recognition of low-paid workers is welcome, but for things to change, we need tough choices not warm words. Changes to corporate governance structures, stronger trade union rights and more progressive taxation There’s a growing recognition…

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27.02.20

Billionaires and poverty should not coexist

It's ludicrous to suggest that we need billionaires to incentivise work and wealth creation. A billion pounds is an almost incomprehensible amount of money. One of the most successful tricks that the rich and powerful…

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