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Workforce and Employment
4 ways to create productive and committed teams
We use three reciprocation styles: giving, taking and matching. Organizations can encourage a giving culture by assessing and incentivizing this behaviour
Climate Change
Here's why comparable ESG reporting is crucial for investors
Investors are increasingly challenging companies to take more action on climate change. A new framework will give them the clear, comparable data they need.
Artificial Intelligence
How to build AI that society wants and needs
Organizations must take steps to enable and showcase trustworthiness to all stakeholders and build the reputation of the artificial intelligence they use.
Corporate Governance
Meet the New Champions of stakeholder capitalism
Leaders committed to stakeholder capitalism may face two challenges: incorporating ESG metrics and embedding stakeholder governance into decision-making.
Governance for Sustainability
Sustainability reporting: five ways companies should prepare
New regulations will oblige companies to provide more detailed information about their environmental and social impact. How can they prepare themselves?
Future of Work
How can we make careers in corporate social innovation popular among young people?
As the climate around consumerism and impact has shifted, so too has the push to encourage more students to embrace corporate social innovation as a viable career path.
Climate Change
It's time for investors to take a lead on climate policy
Wall Street firms must start to integrate public climate policy into their business objectives. Here's why this is so important - both for planet and profit.
Climate Change
How to spot greenwashing – and how to stop it
Greenwashing could slow our progress towards meeting our climate and social goals. Here's how policy-makers and organizations can identify and prevent it.
Workforce and Employment
How companies are stepping up efforts to build ethical cultures during COVID-19
According to new research on building ethical cultures, organizations relied on their values and exceeded their obligations during the COVID-19 crisis.
Mental Health
Mental wellbeing is not just beneficial for you – it can also lead to lower healthcare costs
Mental wellbeing is essential for a country’s sustainability. Further investments in treatment and prevention could have huge economic and social benefits.
Leadership
How to be a courageous leader, according to the president of Microsoft U.S.
Kate Johnson, president of Microsoft U.S., explains what courage means to her and how harnessing empathy and hope is key to successful leadership.
Corporate Governance
5 ESG concerns for corporate boards with a social conscience
COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have pushed ESG issues to the top of the corporate agenda. New research reveals how corporate boards are responding.
Climate Change
4 questions CEOs must answer this year to achieve net zero
CEOs have a particular responsibility in the shift to net-zero - and they must act now. Here are 4 questions to consider as they set out on this path.
Institutional Investors
Investors must travel a winding road to net-zero. Here's a map
For institutional investors, the path to net zero can be tricky – but it is navigable. Here are 3 areas for investors to consider as they make this journey.
Better Business
Women in boardrooms: there’s been a jump forward, but the job is only half done
A report by the independent Hampton-Alexander review shows that boards of the UK’s largest 350 listed companies were at least 33% female on average.