Are corporations serving their purpose?
With a growing number of companies adopting a social purpose beyond profit, Corporate Knights and I weigh in on the leaders and laggards in this report. You will know Corporate Knights for their annual ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations and Canada’s top 50 corporate citizens.
Social Infrastructure: Construction Projects as a Force for Good
Society is at an inflection point. The intersecting crises of climate change, rising inequality, and systemic racism are driving organizations to rethink their roles in society as they mobilize their resources, reach, scale, and influence to help put humanity on a sustainable course.
Corporate social purpose: the podcast!
I pivoted to thinking about social purpose for the corporate world five years ago and have been championing it ever since because I truly believe it is essential for organizations, humanity, and our planet, to survive, and thrive, in the long term.
Do you know the Role of your Business in Society?
Lethal heat waves. Incinerated town in a global hot spot. Mass Indigenous graves. A roiling pandemic. Rising recognition of systemic racism. It’s hard to take it all in as an individual. And harder still to consider how your organization might respond. Until now.
We need a vaccine for business, as well
With global COVID-19 vaccinations underway, there is hope for another kind of vaccine to inoculate society from the path we are on — which sees environmental and social indicators spiraling out of control.
Best foot forward: Could the fashion industry be the next big thing in corporate social purpose?
In today’s – and even more importantly tomorrow’s – world, businesses that succeed will need to re-engineer their operating models, reinvent strategies, and engage in disruptive innovation. Foresighted businesses are developing a social purpose as the reason they exist to navigate the turbulent times ahead – and be part of the solution to society’s challenges.
CSR: Death or Rebirth?
Is corporate social responsibility (CSR) dying? Many think it is. Leading companies who practiced CSR over 10 and 20 years ago believe CSR, which largely operated on the side of the company, is outdated and no longer reflects how they operate their companies.
Marketing’s Purpose Pivot
In a purpose-driven business, the role of marketing changes. It shifts from advertising products or services to building a social purpose brand ecosystem.
The Social Ripple Effect: The Reach of Business Decisions in the Time of COVID-19
A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards.
Building Back Better after COVID: The Future We Want
Months before COVID-19 struck I was one of 14 thought leaders and business representatives imagining a thriving future for all.
COVID KNIGHTS: Corporate Social Purpose in the Time of COVID-19
The global spread of COVID-19 is deeply affecting each of us. It’s taking a devastating toll on lives, businesses and communities. It’s upending how companies operate and is shattering supply chains around the world.
CSR and Social Purpose in The Roaring Twenties
One hundred years ago, the decade of the “roaring twenties” opened, ushering in a spirit of novelty, associated with modernity and a break with tradition.