JUST Capital Insights to Impact Virtual Event – Defining a JUST Job for Today’s Economy
On September 28, JUST Capital convened corporate and nonprofit leaders for an Insights to Impact virtual event – Defining a JUST Job for Today’s Economy.
The JUST Report: Don’t Believe the Hype, Americans Agree on What Companies Should Do
Across every demographic group we surveyed, whether political affiliation, race, gender, age, or income group, Americans are united in wanting companies to prioritize workers and pay a fair, living wage.
JUST Companies Tend to Outperform Their Peers
Even in challenging economic headwinds, companies performing well in JUST’s Rankings are demonstrating that following through on values does not mean sacrificing returns.
Our latest analysis finds an increase in the number of climate commitments from Russell 1000 companies alongside a dichotomy between emissions and ambition levels within industries.
Despite rhetoric that the country is incredibly polarized, there is broad consensus across all demographic and political cohorts that workers should be corporate America’s top priority.
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JUST Capital Launches the Multi-Year JUST Jobs Program
The JUST Jobs program will build on in-depth survey research on what Americans across all demographics value most in jobs today and robust job quality frameworks, with the goal of strengthening businesses, the economy, and the livelihoods of people around the country.
The JUST Report: Is the ESG Backlash Stopping Companies From Being More Just?
In the face of the backlash against ESG and stakeholder capitalism, have companies eased off in their actions to become more just? Our latest corporate engagement data suggests not.
JUST Capital Has Most Corporate Engagement Yet With Its Rankings Data Review
Our Data review period with corporate representatives is an essential aspect of our annual Rankings, and this year participation is up 373% over 2017.
The JUST Report: On Labor Day Weekend, How is Labor Really Doing?
Ahead of Labor Day, let’s take stock of where things stand for the American worker.
Republicans, Independents, and Democrats alike agree that it’s a company’s responsibility to pay its frontline workers enough to make ends meet.
The JUST Report: “This Just Ain’t Working Out. Something’s Got To Give.”
It’s a story that captures almost every aspect of the business zeitgeist in America today – workers’ quest for fair pay, good jobs, and better conditions; unions; community support and survival; COVID; health and safety; climate change; ESG; shareholder activism; the corporate profit imperative; and, of course (inevitably), politics.
We heard from Mastercard Chief Inclusion Officer, Randall Tucker, on how the company made diversity a priority for its 25,000 global employees.
How American Electric Power Successfully Made Diversity and Inclusion Core to Its Business Strategy
American Electric Power DEI managers Kimberly Hughes and Alyvia Johnson share key lessons from the energy company’s journey to increase equity and career mobility.
JUST Capital’s 2022 Workforce Equity and Mobility Ranking
With support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, JUST Capital has highlighted the top 100 companies in the Russell 1000 prioritizing DEI, career development, local employee pipelines, fair pay, and quality worker benefits.
The JUST Report: 3 Years in, a Report Card for Business Roundtable Companies
On the third anniversary of the Business Roundtable’s embrace of stakeholder value creation, we’ve taken a closer look at how that statement’s signatories have performed over that time across our key stakeholder categories.
Our latest analysis shows that stakeholder performance by BRT signatories in our Rankings has in fact trended upward in the last three years.
Americans are hesitant to agree that the nation’s largest companies are truly moving away from the shareholder-centric model.
Despite widespread support for increased disclosure, when we analyzed the state of human capital disclosure among America’s 1000 largest public companies, we found that overall they are currently lagging.
The JUST Report: Mobility and the American Dream
The ESG blowback is here, and it’s real.
Bank of America Chief Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Acquisition Officer, Cynthia Bowman, shares how the company’s taking a data-driven DEI approach to tackle systemic barriers to hiring and mobility.
