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Corporate philanthropy becomes a renewed focus for leadership companies

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Corporate philanthropy becomes a renewed focus for leadership companies. As companies direct more of their money to external charitable causes, internally decision-makers are assessing how the companies' philanthropic efforts tie into their values, corporate responsibilities and sustainability strategies. Myisha Majumder.

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Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress

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Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress. Ways to measure social and environmental impact would become more rigorous, accurate and widely accepted. . That's the argument I make in an article that Harvard Business Review has just published, "Overselling Sustainability Reporting: Don’t Confuse Output with Impact.” .

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When it comes to social and environmental justice, words don’t cut it

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When it comes to social and environmental justice, words don’t cut it. The vast majority of corporations happily functioned according to the doctrine of economist Milton Freidman, who believed a company’s sole responsibility was to make gobs of money for its shareholders to roll around in. Wed, 04/28/2021 - 00:05.

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Paul Polman: 'Businesses cannot succeed in societies that fail'

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As people across the United States and the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for racial justice, the business community has an integral role to play in both the dialogue and the solutions to these social issues. Last week, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman urged business leaders to be courageous in their response.

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How ESG issues can become even more relevant in times of market crisis

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billion in assets under management and $168 billion in assets under advisement, recruited Ingram in 2017 as part of an effort to expand its ESG and socially responsible investing capabilities. Previously, Ingram was head of responsible investing for BT Pension Scheme, the United Kingdom’s largest corporate retirement plan.

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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

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When the Business Roundtable updated its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation a year ago this week, its members surely didn’t anticipate a global pandemic, a recession of historic proportions and a movement for racial justice becoming mainstream. The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on. Joel Makower.

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Coca-Cola on board with emphasizing human impact

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The importance of setting science-based corporate strategies to address climate change is irrefutable. But corporations need to think far more about the human impact of their business decisions. Companies that don’t act decisively on issues of equity and social justice at the same time will fall short of their ambition.

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