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Leeds Building Society’s Harrison: ‘Tax transparency is a clear reflection on how businesses conduct themselves’

February 14, 2025 | | Tags:

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here, in a special edition of this series for Good Business Fortnight’s Fair Tax Friday, Leeds Building Society Director of Finance Operations Andrea Harrison discusses corporate governance reform, customer trust and being a mentor. Leeds Building Society are the fifth largest building society in the UK …

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GRI report finds low pCbCR uptake but Fair Tax Foundation can help

February 13, 2025 | |

As tax transparency continues to rocket, interest in Public Country-by-Country Reporting from businesses and legislators is growing. But multinationals might be unsure of how to take the first steps. A recent survey from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) found that even among those multinationals committed to tax transparency and adopting GRI 207 – the tax standard from the Initiative – …

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Leeds Building Society and Fair Tax Foundation champion Good Business Charter’s Fair Tax Friday

February 11, 2025 | |

We are delighted to be partnering with the Good Business Charter and Leeds Building Society this Friday 14 February to celebrate Fair Tax Friday as part of Good Business Fortnight. This awareness-raising fortnight (3-14 February) organised by the Good Business Charter celebrates the efforts of businesses across the UK in championing responsible practices and making a positive impact on society …

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Sector special: ‘Fair payment of tax is a key element of responsible investing’

January 28, 2025 | | Tags:

In this series for the Fair Tax Foundation, our accredited organisations tell us how the Fair Tax Mark has helped open opportunities or overcome challenges specific to their sector.  Here, Mike Head, Director of Ethical Investors and Andrew Harper, Executive Director and Chief Responsibility Officer at Epworth Investment Management, discuss demonstrating ESG and standing out from the crowd. As we explored in …

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Bayesian Shift secure Fair Tax Mark

January 21, 2025 | |

Pioneering financial trading business Bayesian Shift have achieved their first Fair Tax Mark, adding another string to their bow of using finance for good. Bayesian Shift bring together financial trader Mark Waddoups and machine learning expert Tennessee Hickling to use their trading skills to redirect profits to social causes. Between 2019 and 2023, the business made more than £2mn in …

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Vattenfall’s Tegelberg: ‘The tax transparency journey will continue’

January 14, 2025 | | Tags:

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here, Vattenfall’s Head of Tax, Anders Tegelberg, sets out how collaboration has brought the tax and sustainability teams together and helped build Vattenfall’s status as a fair tax exemplar. The first business to be accredited against the Fair Tax Mark Global Multinational Business Standard, Vattenfall …

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Repsol become largest tax contributor to secure Fair Tax Mark

December 18, 2024 | |

Global energy company Repsol have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, indicating their corporate tax conduct is operating at a gold standard. The Fair Tax Mark is a label demonstrating responsible corporate tax conduct. It is awarded by the Fair Tax Foundation, a trusted third-party accreditor, and is assessed on a set of high-bar criteria. Spanish multinational Repsol are the …

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Unity Trust Bank’s Hogan: Fair Tax Foundation crucial in fostering culture of accountability

December 10, 2024 | | Tags:

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here, Unity Trust Bank CFO Penny Hogan reflects on 10 years of being Fair Tax Mark accredited, how she would encourage other businesses to apply for the Mark and the importance of the G in ESG. Unity Trust Bank are a specialist bank for social economy …

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20Questions commit to responsible tax with first Fair Tax Mark

December 9, 2024 | |

UK consultancy firm 20Questions have achieved their first Fair Tax Mark, demonstrating their commitment to responsible tax practices. 20Questions provide independent consultancy services for artificial intelligence in the drug industry, including drug discovery, drug design and cheminformatics. The Fair Tax Mark is the gold standard accreditation for responsible tax conduct and has been awarded to more than 250 distinct trading …

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Fair Tax Foundation surpass investment raise target 

December 2, 2024 | | Tags:

Propelling us into the next phase of our ambitious growth plans for the Fair Tax Mark label We are thrilled to announce that investors, both big and small, have responded passionately to the community share offer we launched in September, ensuring that the future is bright for the Fair Tax Foundation’s ambitious expansion plans and our mission to end the …

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