21 April, 2020
Government bail-outs indicate ‘shift in mindset’ towards societal purpose
Denmark’s recent statements on bail-outs for companies illustrates a trend seen widely at the moment: if companies want state aid they have to do right by the societies in which they do business. ...
16 April, 2020
Asset managers urge restraint on executive pay during pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed executive pay back on the agenda of asset managers and they in turn are issuing fresh warnings to boards. This week saw two investment managers make a point of highlig...
15 April, 2020
What every business can do to help during this crisis
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barome...
14 April, 2020
Auditing global progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
As the Covid-19 pandemic has tragically brought to the fore, most countries face interlinked challenges of entrenched inequalities, uneven access to public goods and insufficient support for those mos...
22 January, 2020
Why stakeholder capitalism is dominating the global business agenda
Like it or not the debate about “stakeholder capitalism” is coming to dominate discussion of big business around the world. Further evidence comes at this year’s
27 November, 2019
British Academy issues principles to ‘put purpose at the heart of business’
Anglian Water this year changed its articles of association, or constitution, to recognise that its business purpose went beyond profits and benefits for shareholders to include long-term value for cu...
20 August, 2019
US business leaders pledge to ‘redefine corporate purpose’
It’s been a long running debate in recent years but now a group of heavyweight business leaders in the US have chosen a side. Business Roundtable, a body whose members include Julie Sweet, chief exe...
11 June, 2018
Japan’s wave of governance reform is welcomed, and isn’t over yet
The end game is a shared one between companies and investors—preserving and enhancing long-term corporate value, benefiting society as a whole and contributing to sustainable economic growth. [pu...
16 May, 2018
Why boards should be clear about long-term value
Boards are under pressure to demonstrate their commitment to long-term value creation and show how they are delivering it in a balanced way, within a framework that measures their success. Politicians...
24 November, 2017
