Royal Bank of Scotland announced it will cut 3500 jobs in the UK in 2011 and 2012. A spokesman for the Unite trade union described this decision as a “horror story”. Following the global financial crisis RBS has axed more than 20’000 jobs.
On Thursday and Friday Covalence EthicalQuote database has integrated several news items from [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 1 September 2010
French version
The ethical reputation of banks shows a smaller progress than other sectors, according to the Covalence Banking Sector Report 2010 released today. The reasons are a low volume of positive news regarding products, as well as criticisms related to remunerations and gender discriminations.
After two years of sharp [...]

Communiqué de presse | Genève (Suisse), 1 Septembre 2010
English version
La réputation éthique des banques progresse moins que celle des autres secteurs, observe la société genevoise Covalence dans son Banking Sector Report 2010. En cause, un faible volume d’informations positives sur les produits, ainsi que des critiques sur les rémunérations et sur le statut des femmes [...]