Tag: World Economic Forum
Unilever CEO defends company’s focus on sustainability
Alan Jope tells Davos that consumer habits, costs and recruitment mean that Unilever has to put ESG ‘at the heart of our business model’.
World Economic Forum issues business guidance on human rights
Launched this week at Davos, the WEF report contains five questions for boards to consider regarding their conduct towards stakeholders.
Experts highlight cybersecurity risk amid the pandemic
World Economic Forum report says cybersecurity is “an economic and strategy issue crucial for boards to address given the current environment”.
Covid-19 is forcing us to rethink responsible approaches to business
How companies respond to a range of corporate responsibility issues will have repercussions for their productivity during the recovery.
WEF launches coalition to ‘put racial equality on the board agenda’
AstraZeneca, Unilever, BlackRock and IKEA are among the companies taking part in a project to improve racial equality in business.
‘A systemic risk’: investors demand greater ethnic diversity in boardrooms
State Street’s CEO says ethnic diversity on boards is “material to long-term sustainable returns”. It’s a reminder that businesses do not exist in a vacuum.
Can business leaders be more effective human rights advocates?
Businesses are increasingly expected to engage with societal issues. Boards will need new skills to meet the challenge.
Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
The performance of women leaders in the Covid pandemic offers a global experiment in crisis management. Why has gender made a difference?
Three cognitive biases perpetuating racism at work—and how to overcome them
While many companies are doing more to tackle racial inequality, unconscious biases can undermine these efforts.
Lessons from CEOs: leading through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond
Many CEOs have found their crisis management frameworks inadequate, requiring more dynamic approaches that are better at “sensing and responding”.