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We look at why, as PwC’s US chair Tim Ryan put it, now is an ideal time for corporate leaders to disclose EEO-1 Report data to accompany their recent commitments to racial equity.

CEOs are a notoriously optimistic bunch. But even so, their views contrast sharply with those of their workers, who have a decidedly different take on the situation.

Yesterday, acting SEC Chair Allison Herren Lee – who at the beginning of the week had said at a conference that voluntary ESG disclosure wasn’t cutting it – announced the creation of a Climate and ESG Task Force in the Enforcement division

Walmart has seen both sides of the stakeholder vs shareholder debate over the last seven days, losing $25 billion off its market cap after a mixed earnings call.

We are celebrating the achievements of some of the most important Black women leaders in business, including Rosalind Brewer and Thasunda Duckett, who will be the only two Black women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

If we’re looking at what Americans want, and what our biggest corporations can provide them, the bar has to be set higher.

investors are becoming sophisticated enough to tell the difference between greenwashing and value creation…and this Exxon case proves it.

We wrote in the opener of our 2020 Year In Review, released yesterday, that “Stakeholder capitalism has gone beyond being merely an idea.” Boy did this week prove that out.

2020 was a year that exposed a simple truth – that society’s shift to stakeholder capitalism is now an urgent necessity.

The change in administration opens up a new frontier for stakeholder capitalism. The first 100 days will be critical. 

Business and politics collided this past week – here is what the American people thought of it.

Here are five of our most viewed ESG-focused features from 2020.

As we kick off the new year, we revisit our most popular features from 2020.

At the end of August 2020, we fielded a voluntary demographic survey of our workforce, which included questions about age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, disability, and veteran status. Now we’re unpacking the results.

Both workers and shareholders benefit from a company’s focus on paying a living wage.

It’s time that the priorities of Black Americans, who have been disproportionately affected by the crises and challenges of 2020, take center stage.

Companies with overall lower environmental impacts outperform their peers.

84% of Americans believe worker health and safety is more important this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

How companies and investors can lead in building a more just and inclusive economy that works for all Americans.

As I write this, the outcome of the Presidential election is still on a razor’s edge. Whoever emerges victorious will face a divided Congress and a country riven by political discord and scarred by an electoral process that has pushed us to the limit.

Many companies have already stepped up to support their workers, customers, and local communities – here’s what they’re doing.

How do you create an economy that works for all? Martin joins “Unfinished” to discuss the path forward with Angela Glover Blackwell (Founder in Residence, PolicyLink) and David Leonhardt (Senior Writer, New York Times).

A celebration of the 2021 JUST 100, and a series of discussions around how corporate America can and must lead during this time.

These are the corporations at the forefront of stakeholder-driven leadership.

Last year, the BRT released a commitment to all stakeholders over shareholder primacy. We take a look at how the companies performed against our annual Rankings metrics.