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Top Companies Say They’re Working to Help the Environment. Now the CEO of Food Giant Danone Is Funding a Un-Backed Tool That Will Keep Them Accountable.
It has partnered with the United Nations and a team of researchers to develop a tool that allows companies to set up customized plans for meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber is among the funders.
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Viewpoint: Why CEOs are still missing the point on social impact
According to the survey, while American business leaders feel more pressure than ever to speak out on social issues, they still would rather not. Instead, they’d prefer to focus on the bottom line: a plurality say their most important communications goal this year is to sell their products and services.
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JPMorgan Ends Financing of Private Prisons After Criticism
The shift comes after increased scrutiny. Protesters have been urging JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon to stop backing the sector as part of a growing chorus of critics who have been following the CEO around the country to get the bank to join their fights over a slew of social issues.
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After Rana Plaza – Do Consumers Care About Supply Chain Transparency? Our Research Shows They Do
The Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh killed over 1,100 people and revealed the horrific conditions that many garment workers endure. Yet it's difficult for apparel makers to create transparent supply chains, and the benefits to their bottom line are not always clear. Do customers really care – and are they willing to reward a company for socially responsible efforts? According to research from Tim Kraft and Yanchong Zheng at the Sloan School of Management, the answers are yes and yes.
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Viewpoint: Is the Business World All About Greed?
What’s driving the rethink isn’t a tingling of the tycoon conscience but brutal self-interest. Millennials want to work for ethical companies, patronize brands that make them feel good and invest in socially responsible companies.
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Why you can expect to see more businesses embrace social missions in 2019
While methods and motivations can vary greatly, businesses that go this route share a common tenet: Working for social betterment is probably a good investment — financial or otherwise.
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An Island Crusader Takes On The Big Brands Behind Plastic Waste
In 2015, a paper in Science magazine shocked the world with extraordinary revelations about the extent of the plastic tide. Jenna Jambeck at the University of Georgia, an engineer and waste expert, calculated how much plastic waste was going into the ocean every year. She is the one who came up with the 8 million-ton figure.
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Corporate Responsibility: What To Expect In 2019
It’s a shift that has been accelerated by the current political climate, in which companies have had to publicly stand up -- both individually and collaboratively -- for values like inclusion, empathy and environmental preservation in the face of questionable policy decisions.