Driving Impact: Reflections on JUST Capital’s Summit on Workforce Innovation and Well-Being
Two weeks ago marked significant milestones for JUST Capital: we hosted a week-long Workforce Innovation and Well-being Summit for executives driving vital initiatives at some of America’s largest companies. Here is what happened.
JUST Capital Welcomes Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman as New Board Chair
Schulman was the CEO of PayPal for more than nine years and previously held leadership roles at American Express, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Priceline Group, and AT&T. He is a board member of Verizon, Cisco, Lazard, and the Cleveland Clinic.
The Top 10 Companies That Treat Employees Best
These companies lead in our 2024 Rankings on the core worker issues that matter most to the American public.
The JUST Report: CEO Confidence and Stakeholder Value Creation Go Hand In Hand
A major survey on Global CEO Confidence released by EY last week provides some fascinating insights into the way corporate leaders around the world view the competitive and economic landscape right now.
The JUST Report: Is Warren Buffett a Stakeholder Capitalist?
Analysis released by Bain this week, which notes that his portfolio companies are predominantly in the top half of a global universe of 1,300 companies measured on employee, community and customer performance criteria, with one-third in the top quartile. I
To understand the financial security of employees across America’s largest publicly traded companies, JUST Capital and Revelio Labs analyzed the amount employees’ wages exceed the local living wage necessary to cover basic budgetary needs. Here’s what we found.
The JUST Report: Five Years On, BRT’s Restatement Matters More Than Ever
Hardened by a cycle of embrace and backlash that continues to evolve, the stakeholder approach – in which the overarching goal is doing right by workers, communities, customers, suppliers, the planet and, yes, shareholders too – offers a clear blueprint for action which benefits everyone.
A Guide for Corporate Leaders on Paid Leave Policies
In collaboration with Dayforce, this paid leave policy benchmarking toolkit connects corporate performance with evidence-based leading practice to help companies smartly invest in worker well-being.
The JUST Report: Should America Be Run Like JPMorgan?
on Post Op-Ed this week, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon laid bare the challenges facing the country but also offered a persuasive leadership vision for meeting them. If the way Dimon has built JPMC is anything to go by, it could be a powerful template for a more just society.
As businesses continue to navigate the challenges of attracting and retaining top talent, offering quality jobs is one way for companies to maintain a competitive edge in the labor market. JPMorgan Chase is a leader in this category – here’s why.
The JUST Report: Will Gen Z Become The Engine of a Just Economy?
Recent research from Sift, the AI-based fraud prevention platform, has revealed what it calls a “surprising generational divide”. It seems that Gen Zers – those born between 1997 and 2012 – express a significantly higher willingness to engage in online payment fraud compared to other generations Why?
Navigating Business Conduct Risks: Insights from JUST Capital Companies
JUST Capital and RepRisk analyzed trends in risk incidents among companies in the Russell 1000, and whether disclosure of policies to mitigate these risks influenced their incidence. Here’s what we found:
The JUST Report: Living Wage Analysis Spotlights A Key Election Issue
One thing we know from our polling is that Republicans and Democrats agree that companies paying workers fairly and offering a living wage – meaning, enough to afford basic necessities at the local level – is essential to just business performance.
The JUST Report: Latest Returns Data Make Powerful Case For Just Investing
This week, we saw some powerful numbers that support the investment case for just business leadership.
JUST Capital’s Quarterly Review of Stakeholder Performance – Q2 2024
As of June 30, 2024, our flagship index – the JUST U.S. Large Cap Diversified Index (JULCD) – has out-performed the Russell 1000 (Cap-Weighted) benchmark by 1.51% year-to-date and by 13.78% since its inception. Learn more.
The JUST Report: It’s Time For A Real Debate On The Future Of American Capitalism
“America’s political class was in the final stages of self-righteous detachment from the economic and social conditions of the nation it ruled.” So writes Oren Cass, Chief Economist at American Compass, in a NYT op-ed this week.
The JUST Report: A Mid-Year Check on The Corporate Stakeholder Landscape
Americans’ chief priorities remain firmly centered on pay, jobs, and economic security. The debates and discussions around corporations’ role in society continue, but have become markedly less heated and divisive, and more private, measured and–dare I say–meaningful
The JUST Report: Climate Risks Create Big Opportunities for Corporate Leadership
According to researchers, “under current climate conditions, lost labor productivity due to heat in the U.S. could reach $100 billion a year [and] that loss could reach $200 billion by 2030 and $500 billion by 2050.”
The JUST Report: The Big Question Facing Social Media
This week’s call by the U.S. Surgeon General for tobacco-style warning labels on social media products is the latest chapter in one of the defining corporate justness narratives of our time: the impact of social media on the mental health of children and teens.
From Bereavement Leave to Sabbaticals, Emerging Worker Well-Being Trends from Leading Companies
Nine years of polling has shown that paid leave policies are a key way for companies to differentiate themselves as a JUST employer. Here are some of the most unique paid leave policies companies are implementing, and the results for their employees and their business.
The JUST Report: “Corporations have but one value: Shareholder value. That’s all.”
June can be a tricky month for corporate leaders. Between Pride, Juneteenth and Father’s Day, there’s a lot for companies to stake out a position on, support, or – in an era of backlash – potentially stay silent on.
Levi Strauss’s CHRO Details Why the Company Expanded Family Leave
Why did Levi Strauss & Co. expand their paid family leave plan, and how did they make it happen? We speak with CHRO Tracy Layney to get the details.
The JUST Report: Will This Business Decade Be Turbulent, Tepid, or Transformational?
Hi – it’s Alison Omens, President of JUST Capital, filling in for Martin with a dispatch this week from Washington D.C., where JUST Capital’s media partner, CNBC, hosted their second annual CEO Council Summit. Given our location and the upcoming election, much of the conversation centered on how CEOs can navigate the political environment to lead in transitional and turbulent times.
The JUST Report: Corporate Reputations Are Sliding…Here’s How To Respond
According to the annual Axios Harris Poll 100 Corporate Reputation Survey, there has been “a systemic loss in corporate reputation” over the past year.
How Will Predictive AI Reshape Business? Our Conversation with Igor Tulchinsky
We sat down with the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of WorldQuant to discuss the benefits and dangers of predictive AI for America’s business leaders and workers.