Wednesday newspaper round-up: Channel 4, Jaguar Land Rover, Thames Water

(Sharecast News) - European companies are increasingly lobbying for strong climate action, research has found, in a "profound shift" that analysts say challenges the narrative that businesses see green rules as a threat to profits. The share of companies whose corporate lobbying is "aligned" with pathways to meet global climate goals rose from 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025, according to an analysis of 200 of the largest European companies by InfluenceMap, while the share of companies who were deemed "misaligned" fell from 34% to 14%. - Guardian Thousands of migrant workers are likely to die in Saudi Arabia as a result of a building boom fuelled by the 2034 World Cup and other major construction projects, human rights groups have warned. The Gulf kingdom has seen a surge in demand for cheap migrant labour, with a significant increase in foreign workers since 2021, as it starts preparations for hosting the World Cup and drives forward projects including the futurist megacity Neom. - Guardian

The former boss of broadband provider TalkTalk is bidding to become the first woman to chair Channel 4. Dame Tristia Harrison is among the contenders to replace Sir Ian Cheshire, The Telegraph has learnt. She served as chief executive of TalkTalk from 2017 until late last year. - Telegraph

The boss of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has refused to rule out producing cars in America in an effort to avoid tariffs. Adrian Mardell, JLR's chief executive, said the company had no plans to move production across the Atlantic but could not dismiss the possibility for the future amid lingering questions about how the UK-US trade pact will work in practice. - Telegraph

Thames Water's chairman has apologised to customers while insisting it is "not a failing company" and saying that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of recent bonuses for bosses were justified. Sir Adrian Montague told MPs on Tuesday that he wanted to apologise for "letting customers down" in recent years and at times causing people "real hardship". - The Times