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A primer on The Social Purpose Company that offers a definition, drivers and a strategy tool for business leaders to foster a discussion on the opportunities of becoming a social purpose company.

Mention the term "corporate social responsibility" and you might hear this: "It’s dead. CSR has stalled. CSR has not fulfilled its potential. It has failed us." Why? Because even at its best, CSR [...]

There’s an urgent challenge for human resources leaders: Ensuring their organizations anticipate and plan for the inevitable effects of powerful sustainability trends.

Under the mainstream radar, businesses are innovating a new industrial paradigm: the closed loop (PDF) company.

This is a free 100-page guide on the Qualities of a Transformational Company, the new business leadership standard, which Coro produced for Canadian Business for Social Responsibility.

In my last article, I explained how transformational companies are supporting social enterprises through innovative buying strategies to diversify their supply chains, unlock creativity and [...]

My last post explored how living wage employers benefit from higher productivity levels, lower hiring costs, better brand recognition and increased customer satisfaction. In this article, I focus [...]

This guide provides how-to information, resources, the business case and case studies to help Chief Strategy and Innovation Officers harness the tools of social innovation to advance social [...]

This guide provides how-to information, resources, the business case and case studies to help Chief Procurement Officers and Buyers develop social buying strategies. Companies that pursue social [...]

I collaborated with Francisca Quinn, a leading sustainability consultant in Canada, in conducting this research and writing this article.We have been collaborating on sustainability research and [...]