Social / CSR in Spain
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SPAIN, 2016/03/20
Women presently occupy nearly 20 % of board positions for the 35 public companies that make up Spain’s benchmark IBEX 35 index. The 2.5 %-point climb from last year brings Spain additional in line with Europe’s average of just over 21 %. Spain’s gains are even additional notable at the same time as considering that in 2010 women represented less than 11 % of the IBEX 35 board seats.
This change is documented by the 4th annual statement on women on IBEX 35 boards of directors, produced by IESE’s International Center for Work and Family (ICWF) and Atrevia.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20
The richest 1 % are likely to control additional than half of the globe’s total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. The warning about deepening world inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The 80 wealthiest people in the world all own $1.9 trillion, the statement found, nearly the same all shared by the 3.5 billion people who occupy the bottom half of the world’s gain scale. (Last year, it took 85 billionaires to equal that figure.) And the richest 1 % of the people, who number in the millions, control nearly half of the world’s total wealth, a share that is as well increasing.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2014/04/22
Uzbekistan and Spain have signed a memorandum of cooperation program between the foreign ministries of the two nations for 2014-2016.
The document was unedrsigned by Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Manuel Garcia-Margalit, who paid an official visit to Tashkent, and Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov on April 21.
The document primarily envisages holding of the regular political consultations between Uzbekistan and Spain.
During the talks the sides exchanged views on a whole range of bilateral relations, inclunding on issues of international and regional security, inclunding the situation in Afghanistan.
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SPAIN, 2014/01/13
Eight in 10 Spaniards aged 18-24 believe they will be forced to work menial jobs in spite of their qualifications, and 60% are willing to emigrate in search of work, according to a Reina Sofia Center survey released Wednesday
As well according to the survey of 1,000 respondents, 80% said they are being supported by their families in spite of their job training, 70% blamed the length and severity of the recession on government and politicians, 20% said the situation won't improve for the next two years at least, and 36% said the situation will only get worse.
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SPAIN, 2013/10/28
Spanish unemployment declined at a faster-than-expected pace in the third quarter from the previous three months as the economy exited recession that lasted additional than two years.
The jobless rate dropped to 25.98 % from 26.26 % in the second quarter, the statistical office INE said on Thursday. Economists had estimate a figure of 26.1 %.
The unemployment rate eased for the second straight quarter and was the lowest since the third quarter of last year, at the same time as it was 25.02 %.
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SPAIN, 2013/08/24
Prolonged recession and record unemployment rates are forcing 72.9% of Spaniards aged under 30 to live with their parents, according to a new study by the Youth Council of Spain (CJE).
With 55% youth unemployment (against an in general jobless rate of 26%), eight out of ten people aged under 30 are financially unable to fly the nest, according to the study released by the CJE's Observatory on Emancipation.
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SPAIN, 2013/08/02
TANZANIA is part nations earmarked by Barcelona to unearth next generations of African talent which they hope can one day follow in the footsteps of Samuel Eto'o, Yaya Toure and Alex Song.
Under plans unveiled by the Spanish champions coaches from their world-famous La Masia academy will visit a number of southern African nations, as part of a sponsorship transaction with an African beverage company. The coaches will pass on their techniques to local coaches in nations inclunding Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
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SPAIN, 2013/06/05
The number of unemployed workers in Spain fell by 98.265 units over the last month, reaching 4.890.928 people registered in unemployment lists, the labour and social security ministry said on Tuesday. This is the third consecutive month during which the number of jobless in Spain has decreased though the in general percentage remains part the highest in the European Union at 26,5%. On an annual basis, however, unemployed workers have risen by 3,75% - 176.806 units.
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SPAIN, 2013/02/08
The economic crisis in Spain has led to a sharp increase in those using Red Cross centres, 71% of whom are unemployed and 33% of whom lack any source of gain at amount. Spain's Red Cross (CRE) currently assists almost 2.4 million people, a 163% increase since the beginning of the crisis.
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SPAIN, 2013/01/03
A reform of pensions approved by the Zapatero government in 2011 which brings the retirement age to 65 is coming into force this year. The limit will become 67 by 2027. Pensions will be calculated on the basis of workers' contributions in the last 16 years; by 2027, these will be calculated on the last 25 years of work.
