{"id":6955,"date":"2010-05-26T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2010-05-26T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T13:02:05","slug":"christian-aid-wants-ftse-100-to-endorse-transparency-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/05\/26\/christian-aid-wants-ftse-100-to-endorse-transparency-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Aid wants FTSE 100 to endorse transparency drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountancyage.com\/accountancyage\/news\/2263696\/christian-aid-grills-ftse-100\">Christian Aid wants FTSE 100 to endorse transparency drive - Accountancy Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the Age reports:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<blockquote><p>Christian Aid has asked thousands of its supporters to lobby the FTSE 100 as they continue pressuring multinationals&rsquo; on their tax practices.<\/p>\n<p>The body would like to see country-by- country reporting introduced, to shed light on how much tax is paid on profits generated in poor countries.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have written to all the FTSE100 companies, seeking their views on questions such as whether<a class=\"iAs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accountancyage.com\/accountancyage\/news\/2263696\/christian-aid-grills-ftse-100#\" target=\"_blank\">businesses<\/a> have a social responsibility to pay tax in poor countries and whether they would support the introduction of a new, more transparent accounting standard,\" said Judith Cavanagh, Christian Aid&rsquo;s Campaign Manager, Economic Justice.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\">On Wednesday, the development agency says it has contacted \"thousands of its supporters,\" asking them to encourage leading firms such as Marks &amp; Spencer, Rolls Royce, BT and Barclays to respond to a Christian Aid survey about tax and development.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\">Great move on Christian Aid's part - and another step in the demand for country-by-country reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Aid wants FTSE 100 to endorse transparency drive &#8211; Accountancy Age. As the Age reports: Christian Aid has asked thousands of its supporters to<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2010\/05\/26\/christian-aid-wants-ftse-100-to-endorse-transparency-drive\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-by-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}