The future of business? Purpose, not just profit

Jan 17, 2019

An employee of tech start-up Sendy, which offers online logistics services, works on her computer at their office in Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1FE1B5F060

Forty-percent of millennials polled for one survey believe the goal of businesses should be to ‘improve society’. Image: REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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