Oxfam and the Bureau for the Appraisal of Social Impacts for Citizen information (BASIC) have analysed the activities of CAC 40 companies since 2009; one of the most striking findings of this research is the unequal sharing of profits.<\/p>\n
This report reveals how France\u2019s biggest companies, including global brands such as AXA, Carrefour, Danone, L\u2019Or\u00e9al, Michelin, Orange, Peugeot, Renault, Sanofi, and Total, are contributing to the growing inequality crisis in France and across the world. The 40 companies included on France\u2019s CAC 40, one of the world\u2019s main stock market indices, announced record profits for 2017 of more than \u008093bn and a turnover in excess of \u00801,300bn, equivalent to over half the GDP of France. They have restored their pre-financial crisis profitability, with a 60% increase in profits since 2009, yet these vast riches have not been shared equitably with the people who helped create them.<\/p>\n
These companies could not have achieved such high levels of profit without their employees, who are at the heart of value creation; or without public investments \u0096 paid for by taxes \u2013 in quality infrastructure and public services which ensure a steady supply of healthy skilled workers. Under pressure from wealthy shareholders and led by CEOs whose pay is linked to the companies\u2019 stock market ratings, corporations are increasingly focused on maximising profits and shareholder returns at any cost \u0096 whether that\u2019s driving down wages, squeezing their suppliers, or avoiding taxes.<\/p>\n
As a result, the distribution of wealth between the various stakeholders in CAC 40 companies has never been so uneven. While rewards for shareholders and CEOs have rocketed since the financial crisis, workers have seen their pay stagnate; investments in the long-term future of the companies have often been cut; and tax revenues which governments need to invest in vital public services have dwindled.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Report and appendices (in French):<\/strong><\/p>\n Oxfam and the Bureau for the Appraisal of Social Impacts for Citizen information (BASIC) have analysed the activities of CAC 40 companies since 2009; one of the most striking findings of this research is the unequal sharing of profits. This report reveals how France\u2019s biggest companies, including global brands such as AXA, Carrefour, Danone, L\u2019Or\u00e9al, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[456],"tags":[625,626,627,628,629],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication-en","tag-cac-40-en-2","tag-profit-distribution-en","tag-tax-evasion-en","tag-tax-revenues-en","tag-wage-inequalities-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6933,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/6933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nIn the French press:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nOn the French radio:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nOn French TV:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n