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In 2000, [[Group 4 (company)|Group 4]], a security firm formed in the 1960s, merged with Falck to form Group 4 Falck<ref name="history" /> and by 2000 the company was described as "the world's largest private security systems company".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dancel|first1=Raul C.|title=Group 4 Buys Local Security Firm|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VlM1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3137%2C12558597|access-date=30 May 2016|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=28 April 2000|page=B2}}</ref> In 2002 Group 4 Falck went on to buy [[Wackenhut|The Wackenhut Corporation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED71E30F93AA35750C0A9649C8B63|title=Falck Buys Wackenhut Security|work= [[The New York Times]]|date=9 March 2002|access-date=18 April 2011}}</ref>
In 2000, [[Group 4 (company)|Group 4]], a security firm formed in the 1960s, merged with Falck to form Group 4 Falck<ref name="history" /> and by 2000 the company was described as "the world's largest private security systems company".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dancel|first1=Raul C.|title=Group 4 Buys Local Security Firm|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VlM1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3137%2C12558597|access-date=30 May 2016|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=28 April 2000|page=B2}}</ref> In 2002 Group 4 Falck went on to buy [[Wackenhut|The Wackenhut Corporation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED71E30F93AA35750C0A9649C8B63|title=Falck Buys Wackenhut Security|work= The New York Times|date=9 March 2002|access-date=18 April 2011}}</ref>


===2004 to 2010===
===2004 to 2010===
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====Employee Omar Mateen and Orlando massacre connection====
====Employee Omar Mateen and Orlando massacre connection====
G4S was in the news in June 2016 because of employee [[Omar Mateen]], the gunman behind [[Orlando nightclub shooting|one of the worst mass-shooting incidents]] in United States history (where 49 were killed),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/12/us/why-the-orlando-shooting-was-so-deadly.html|title= Why the Orlando Shooting Was So Deadly|work = [[The New York Times]] |date= 12 June 2016|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> who was employed as a security guard by the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theeventchronicle.com/orlando-shooting/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-not-first-g4s-employee-go-deadly-rampage/|title=Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen Not First G4S Employee to Go on Deadly Rampage|website=Event Chronicle|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819051141/http://www.theeventchronicle.com/orlando-shooting/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-not-first-g4s-employee-go-deadly-rampage/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2006, Mateen had begun working as a recruit for the [[Florida Department of Corrections]], being assigned to the Martin Correctional Institution. In a letter explaining his juvenile record as part of his successful application, Mateen explained the incident of when he was arrested at school when he was fourteen. Following the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] in April 2007, Mateen suggested in a corrections officer training class that he would bring a gun to class. P.H. Skipper, who was the warden at institution, wrote that "in light of the tragic events at Virginia Tech officer Mateen's inquiry about bringing a weapon to class is at best extremely disturbing". Days later on 27 April 2007, Mateen "was involuntarily dismissed" from the program and never became a certified [[corrections officer]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Connor|first1=Tracy|last2=Winter|first2=Tom|title=Orlando Gunman Talked About Bringing Gun to Training Class in 2007|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-talked-about-bringing-gun-training-class-n594786|access-date=21 December 2016|work=[[NBC News]]|date=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/omar-mateen-what-we-know-about-orlando-nightclub-shooter/2281484/|title=Omar Mateen: What we know, don't know about Orlando nightclub shooter|date=13 June 2016|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
G4S was in the news in June 2016 because of employee [[Omar Mateen]], the gunman behind [[Orlando nightclub shooting|one of the worst mass-shooting incidents]] in United States history (where 49 were killed),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/12/us/why-the-orlando-shooting-was-so-deadly.html|title= Why the Orlando Shooting Was So Deadly|work = The New York Times |date= 12 June 2016|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> who was employed as a security guard by the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theeventchronicle.com/orlando-shooting/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-not-first-g4s-employee-go-deadly-rampage/|title=Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen Not First G4S Employee to Go on Deadly Rampage|website=Event Chronicle|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819051141/http://www.theeventchronicle.com/orlando-shooting/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-not-first-g4s-employee-go-deadly-rampage/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2006, Mateen had begun working as a recruit for the [[Florida Department of Corrections]], being assigned to the Martin Correctional Institution. In a letter explaining his juvenile record as part of his successful application, Mateen explained the incident of when he was arrested at school when he was fourteen. Following the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] in April 2007, Mateen suggested in a corrections officer training class that he would bring a gun to class. P.H. Skipper, who was the warden at institution, wrote that "in light of the tragic events at Virginia Tech officer Mateen's inquiry about bringing a weapon to class is at best extremely disturbing". Days later on 27 April 2007, Mateen "was involuntarily dismissed" from the program and never became a certified [[corrections officer]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Connor|first1=Tracy|last2=Winter|first2=Tom|title=Orlando Gunman Talked About Bringing Gun to Training Class in 2007|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-talked-about-bringing-gun-training-class-n594786|access-date=21 December 2016|work=[[NBC News]]|date=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/omar-mateen-what-we-know-about-orlando-nightclub-shooter/2281484/|title=Omar Mateen: What we know, don't know about Orlando nightclub shooter|date=13 June 2016|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>


Mateen then worked for British-based security firm [[G4S Secure Solutions]] in [[Jupiter, Florida]], from September 2007 until his death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/fort-pierce-apartment-building-evacuated-has-ties-/nrfFf|title=Vero Beach bomber tied to Mateen posted anti-gay video on Facebook|date=12 June 2016|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|last2=Morgan|first2=Matt|last3=Mower|first3=Lawrence|last4=Stapleton|first4=Christine|first1=Pat|last1=Beall|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612233449/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/fort-pierce-apartment-building-evacuated-has-ties-/nrfFf/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/vero-beach-bomber-tied-mateen-posted-anti-gay-video-facebook/KZ9zXxKFAC0nKTkm3ApXhM/ |title=A G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. Publication|date=Fall 2012|website=G4S|page=10|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night-club-shooter/story?id=39790797|title=What We Know About Omar Mateen, Suspected Orlando Nightclub Shooter|last1=Katersky|first1=Aaron |last2=Meek |first2=James Gordon|date=12 June 2016|last3=Margolin |first3=Josh|last4=Hayden|first4=Michael Edison|work=ABC News|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> The company said two screenings of Mateen—one conducted upon hiring and the other in 2013—had raised no red flags.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/orlando-shooter-employer-g4s-saw-no-red-flags-1465817844|title=Orlando Nightclub Shooting Puts G4S in Spotlight Again: U.K.-based security giant that employed Omar Mateen said its vetting had raised no red flags|last=Woo|first=Stu|date=13 June 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> Nonetheless, G4S removed Mateen from his job post at a courthouse because of threats he made towards coworkers, including one threat where he claimed he would have [[al-Qaeda]] kill a deputy's family.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Dan|last2=Kovaleski|first2=Serge F.|last3=Blinder|first3=Alan|title='Always Agitated. Always Mad': Omar Mateen, According to Those Who Knew Him|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/us/omar-mateen-gunman-orlando-shooting.html|access-date=21 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 2016|quote=In 2013, G4S removed Mr. Mateen from his security post at the St. Lucie County Courthouse after he had made 'inflammatory comments' about being involved somehow in terrorism.}}</ref><ref name=WPTV.Present>{{cite web|url=http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/pga-village-residents-present-findings-of-investigation-into-g4s-following-concern-of-omar-mateen|title=PGA Village residents present findings of investigation into G4S following concern of Omar Mateen|website=WPTV|date=19 October 2016|access-date=21 December 2016|first=Meghan|last=McRoberts}}</ref> Mateen had claimed that his coworkers and courthouse deputies were making racist comments towards him.<ref name=WPTV.Present/> Despite this, G4S "kept Mateen as an employee" but moved him "to a kiosk at a gated community in Palm Beach County."<ref name=clerical>{{cite news|title='Clerical error' on Orlando killer's psychological eval named wrong doctor|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article84490302.html|access-date=21 December 2016|work=The Miami Herald|quote=The company kept Mateen as an employee, moving him to a kiosk at a gated community in Palm Beach County}}</ref> They never informed the community or its property management company about why he was transferred there.<ref name=WPTV.Present/>
Mateen then worked for British-based security firm [[G4S Secure Solutions]] in [[Jupiter, Florida]], from September 2007 until his death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/fort-pierce-apartment-building-evacuated-has-ties-/nrfFf|title=Vero Beach bomber tied to Mateen posted anti-gay video on Facebook|date=12 June 2016|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|last2=Morgan|first2=Matt|last3=Mower|first3=Lawrence|last4=Stapleton|first4=Christine|first1=Pat|last1=Beall|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612233449/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/fort-pierce-apartment-building-evacuated-has-ties-/nrfFf/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/vero-beach-bomber-tied-mateen-posted-anti-gay-video-facebook/KZ9zXxKFAC0nKTkm3ApXhM/ |title=A G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. Publication|date=Fall 2012|website=G4S|page=10|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night-club-shooter/story?id=39790797|title=What We Know About Omar Mateen, Suspected Orlando Nightclub Shooter|last1=Katersky|first1=Aaron |last2=Meek |first2=James Gordon|date=12 June 2016|last3=Margolin |first3=Josh|last4=Hayden|first4=Michael Edison|work=ABC News|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> The company said two screenings of Mateen—one conducted upon hiring and the other in 2013—had raised no red flags.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/orlando-shooter-employer-g4s-saw-no-red-flags-1465817844|title=Orlando Nightclub Shooting Puts G4S in Spotlight Again: U.K.-based security giant that employed Omar Mateen said its vetting had raised no red flags|last=Woo|first=Stu|date=13 June 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> Nonetheless, G4S removed Mateen from his job post at a courthouse because of threats he made towards coworkers, including one threat where he claimed he would have [[al-Qaeda]] kill a deputy's family.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Dan|last2=Kovaleski|first2=Serge F.|last3=Blinder|first3=Alan|title='Always Agitated. Always Mad': Omar Mateen, According to Those Who Knew Him|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/us/omar-mateen-gunman-orlando-shooting.html|access-date=21 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 2016|quote=In 2013, G4S removed Mr. Mateen from his security post at the St. Lucie County Courthouse after he had made 'inflammatory comments' about being involved somehow in terrorism.}}</ref><ref name=WPTV.Present>{{cite web|url=http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/pga-village-residents-present-findings-of-investigation-into-g4s-following-concern-of-omar-mateen|title=PGA Village residents present findings of investigation into G4S following concern of Omar Mateen|website=WPTV|date=19 October 2016|access-date=21 December 2016|first=Meghan|last=McRoberts}}</ref> Mateen had claimed that his coworkers and courthouse deputies were making racist comments towards him.<ref name=WPTV.Present/> Despite this, G4S "kept Mateen as an employee" but moved him "to a kiosk at a gated community in Palm Beach County."<ref name=clerical>{{cite news|title='Clerical error' on Orlando killer's psychological eval named wrong doctor|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article84490302.html|access-date=21 December 2016|work=The Miami Herald|quote=The company kept Mateen as an employee, moving him to a kiosk at a gated community in Palm Beach County}}</ref> They never informed the community or its property management company about why he was transferred there.<ref name=WPTV.Present/>
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==Controversies==
==Controversies==
{{Main|Controversies surrounding G4S}}
{{Main|Controversies surrounding G4S}}
Controversies involving the company have included use of immigrant-detainee labour in prisons,<ref>{{Cite news |last = Rawlinson |first = Kevin |date = 22 August 2014 |title = Private Firms 'Are Using Detained Immigrants as Cheap Labour' |url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/22/immigrants-cheap-labour-detention-centres-g4s-serco |work = [[The Guardian]] |access-date = 22 August 2014 }}</ref> extreme misconduct in child custodial institutions in the UK and the US,<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/article168011957.html Youth academy steeped in sex, physical abuse, cover-ups, sheriff says], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', Carol Marbin Miller, 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/274634296-story Three former G4S employees arrested on felony charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827172038/http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/274634296-story |date=27 August 2017 }}, ''[[WTVT-TV|Fox 13]]'', 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170819/crestview-youth-detention-facility-director-arrested Crestview youth detention facility director arrested], ''[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]'', Tom McLaughlin, 19 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/21/managers-g4s-medway-youth-jail-paid-bonuses-despite-failings Managers at G4S-run Medway youth jail paid bonuses despite failings], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Eric Allison & Simon Hattenstone, 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=G4S-Run Youth Jail Criticised over Degrading Treatment of Detainees|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/20/misconduct-youth-jail-rainsbrook-ofsted-g4s|access-date=23 March 2016|work= [[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2016}}</ref> allegations of police telephone data manipulation,<ref name="Guardian_Fake999">{{cite news|last1=Travis|first1=Alan|title=G4S Police Control Room Staff Suspended over Claims of Bogus 999 Calls|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/23/g4s-police-control-room-staff-suspended-claims-bogus-999-calls-lincolnshire-force|access-date=28 May 2016|work= [[The Guardian]] |date=23 May 2016}}</ref> its troubled nine-year employment of [[Orlando, Florida]] terrorist Omar Mateen,<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sheryl Gay|last1=Stolberg|first2=Richard|last2=Pérez-Peña|author-link2=Richard Pérez-Peña|title=Orlando Shooting Survivors Cope with the Trauma of Good Fortune|work= [[The New York Times]] |date= 14 June 2016|access-date= 21 June 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/us/orlando-shooting.html|quote=The slaughter early Sunday left 49 victims dead, in addition to the gunman, and 53 wounded ...More than 30 of the wounded remained in hospitals on Tuesday, including at least six who were in critical condition.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Orlando Shooting Victims Arrived by 'Truckloads,' Doctor Says | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= 14 June 2016 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-story.html |access-date= 21 June 2016 |quote=The slaughter early Sunday left 49 victims dead, in addition to the gunman, and 53 wounded ...More than 30 of the wounded remained in hospitals on Tuesday, including at least six who were in critical condition.}}</ref> the escape of [[Thabo Bester]] from [[Mangaung Prison]] in South Africa,<ref>{{cite news |title= Did the Facebook rapist die in his cell? Or did he escape from prison? | work = [[GroundUp (news agency)]] |date= 15 April 2023 |url=https://www.groundup.org.za/article/did-the-facebook-rapist-die-in-his-cell-or-did-he-escape-from-prison/ |access-date= 13 April 2023}}</ref> and the 2016 riot at [[Birmingham Prison]] in Birmingham, England.<ref name="parliament">{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Alan |last2=editor |first2=Alan Travis Home affairs |date=2016-12-19 |title=G4S must pay for cost of Birmingham prison riot, says Liz Truss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/19/g4s-must-pay-for-cost-of-birmingham-prison-riot-says-liz-truss |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Haddad"/>
Controversies involving the company have included use of immigrant-detainee labour in prisons,<ref>{{Cite news |last = Rawlinson |first = Kevin |date = 22 August 2014 |title = Private Firms 'Are Using Detained Immigrants as Cheap Labour' |url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/22/immigrants-cheap-labour-detention-centres-g4s-serco |work = [[The Guardian]] |access-date = 22 August 2014 }}</ref> extreme misconduct in child custodial institutions in the UK and the US,<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/article168011957.html Youth academy steeped in sex, physical abuse, cover-ups, sheriff says], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', Carol Marbin Miller, 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/274634296-story Three former G4S employees arrested on felony charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827172038/http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/274634296-story |date=27 August 2017 }}, ''[[WTVT-TV|Fox 13]]'', 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170819/crestview-youth-detention-facility-director-arrested Crestview youth detention facility director arrested], ''[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]'', Tom McLaughlin, 19 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/21/managers-g4s-medway-youth-jail-paid-bonuses-despite-failings Managers at G4S-run Medway youth jail paid bonuses despite failings], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Eric Allison & Simon Hattenstone, 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=G4S-Run Youth Jail Criticised over Degrading Treatment of Detainees|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/20/misconduct-youth-jail-rainsbrook-ofsted-g4s|access-date=23 March 2016|work= [[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2016}}</ref> allegations of police telephone data manipulation,<ref name="Guardian_Fake999">{{cite news|last1=Travis|first1=Alan|title=G4S Police Control Room Staff Suspended over Claims of Bogus 999 Calls|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/23/g4s-police-control-room-staff-suspended-claims-bogus-999-calls-lincolnshire-force|access-date=28 May 2016|work= [[The Guardian]] |date=23 May 2016}}</ref> its troubled nine-year employment of [[Orlando, Florida]] terrorist Omar Mateen,<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sheryl Gay|last1=Stolberg|first2=Richard|last2=Pérez-Peña|author-link2=Richard Pérez-Peña|title=Orlando Shooting Survivors Cope with the Trauma of Good Fortune|work= The New York Times |date= 14 June 2016|access-date= 21 June 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/us/orlando-shooting.html|quote=The slaughter early Sunday left 49 victims dead, in addition to the gunman, and 53 wounded ...More than 30 of the wounded remained in hospitals on Tuesday, including at least six who were in critical condition.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Orlando Shooting Victims Arrived by 'Truckloads,' Doctor Says | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] |date= 14 June 2016 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-story.html |access-date= 21 June 2016 |quote=The slaughter early Sunday left 49 victims dead, in addition to the gunman, and 53 wounded ...More than 30 of the wounded remained in hospitals on Tuesday, including at least six who were in critical condition.}}</ref> the escape of [[Thabo Bester]] from [[Mangaung Prison]] in South Africa,<ref>{{cite news |title= Did the Facebook rapist die in his cell? Or did he escape from prison? | work = [[GroundUp (news agency)]] |date= 15 April 2023 |url=https://www.groundup.org.za/article/did-the-facebook-rapist-die-in-his-cell-or-did-he-escape-from-prison/ |access-date= 13 April 2023}}</ref> and the 2016 riot at [[Birmingham Prison]] in Birmingham, England.<ref name="parliament">{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Alan |last2=editor |first2=Alan Travis Home affairs |date=2016-12-19 |title=G4S must pay for cost of Birmingham prison riot, says Liz Truss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/19/g4s-must-pay-for-cost-of-birmingham-prison-riot-says-liz-truss |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Haddad"/>


G4S has also been a target of the [[Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions]] movement for its involvement in Israel. In June 2023, it was reported that G4S would be divesting completely from Israel in response to years of campaigning pressure and “reputational damage”.<ref name=RPSFG>{{cite news |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230602-report-private-security-firm-g4s-to-divest-from-israel/ |title=Report: Private security firm G4S to divest from Israel |publisher=Middle East Monitor}}</ref> G4S’ parent company, [[Allied Universal]], was also said to have divested from Israel.<ref name=RPSFG/>
G4S has also been a target of the [[Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions]] movement for its involvement in Israel. In June 2023, it was reported that G4S would be divesting completely from Israel in response to years of campaigning pressure and “reputational damage”.<ref name=RPSFG>{{cite news |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230602-report-private-security-firm-g4s-to-divest-from-israel/ |title=Report: Private security firm G4S to divest from Israel |publisher=Middle East Monitor}}</ref> G4S’ parent company, [[Allied Universal]], was also said to have divested from Israel.<ref name=RPSFG/>
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