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/ 25 October 2007
The United Kingdom’s three biggest supermarket groups, which are battling to be viewed as the most environmentally friendly, are all searching for new directors of corporate social responsibility to lead their green crusades. The vacancies are the result of resig-nations at Sainsbury’s and Asda and a decision by Tesco to recruit a new specialist to work with the grocer’s government affairs director, who is responsible for improving Tesco’s green credentials.
Investors angry about a golden goodbye for BP’s chief executive, Lord Browne, were planning to reject the company’s remuneration report at the annual meeting. Some of the biggest institutional investors in the City of London, the British capital’s financial district, are understood to have contacted the oil company about its plan to allow Lord Browne to join a three-year reward scheme.