Employers boosting efforts to create respect and dignity at work
Yahoo highlights William Towers Watson’s 2019 Workplace Dignity Survey. One insight? 8% of employers believe their workforce is treated with dignity and respect, but only 65% of employees feel the same.
10 Reasons Every Company Should Offer Paid Paternity Leave (And Every Father Should Take It)
Catalyst offers up 10 reasons why companies should offer paternity leave. One? Nearly two-thirds of men would change jobs to have more time to spend with their kids.
We Are Nowhere Near Stakeholder Capitalism
Academics writing for Harvard Business Review shine a light on the challenges around operationalizing stakeholder capitalism, including the need for “integrated reporting.”
State Street Joins BlackRock in Pushing ESG Forward
Today, State Street CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced that they would be using their proxy voting power to ensure companies were identifying material ESG issues.
Wider Equity Markets Lose Investment, But ESG Continues to Grow
EPFR, Informa Financial Intelligence, released a staggering chart this week, showing that as wider equity markets have lost investment, ESG funds have only seen their investment levels increase.
Big Business Says It Will Tackle Climate Change, but Not How or When
The New York Times writes that despite the energy around climate change, few business leaders at Davos gave specific details on how they’d actually improve their environmental practices.
Bloomberg Data Dash: A Live Climate Scoreboard for the World
Bloomberg launches a live Climate Scorecard for the world, tracking everything from total global emissions to the most polluted place on earth each day.
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer is out and it paints a stark view, with 56% of respondents believing that capitalism as it stands now does more harm than good in the world.
The January Quarterly JUST Call: Talking Environmental Sustainability with HPE
On January 31st, we’re proud to host our 3rd Quarterly JUST Call, featuring Antonio Neri, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprises.
Sustainable Impact Investing – A White Paper in Collaboration with Argus Research
This month, Argus Research published a white paper featuring their incorporation of JUST Capital’s company ranking and scoring methodology into their Sustainable Impact Investing Trust
Here’s Where Workers are Getting a Pay Raise this Year
The new year begins with a record number of states, cities and counties boosting their minimum wage.
Dear C.E.O.: Before You Give to Charity, Look at Your Own Workplace
Many business leaders commendably donate to charity. But they don’t do enough to support their employees and the less fortunate they work with daily.
State Street CEO Takes the Long View on Shareholder Activism
Ronald O’Hanley discusses the investing giant’s push to target all-male boards and whether index funds can own too much of the stock market.
How Edwards Lifesciences Manages to Treat Patients, Employees, and Shareholders Equally
Our CEO Martin Whittaker joined Edwards Lifesciences CEO Mike Mussallem on Yahoo Finance for a deeper look at the policies and beliefs that have made it such a successful organization for workers, customers, communities, the environment, and it’s shareholders.
JUST at the Bloomberg Global Responsible Investing Forum
On Tuesday December 5th, JUST CEO Martin Whittaker sat down with Carol Massar at Bloomberg’s Responsible Investing Forum to discuss what it means to build a purpose-driven company.
Our December Quarterly JUST Call
On Friday, December 13, we’re proud to announce our December Quarterly JUST Call featuring featuring Dr. Tom Leighton, co-founder and CEO of Akamai Technology, and our CEO Martin Whittaker.
3 Ways Corporations Are Stepping Up on Climate
Even with the absence of federal leadership on climate change and key environmental issues, many in corporate America are stepping up to drive change. Here are three encouraging ways companies are taking responsibility for mitigating climate change.
Introducing the Quarterly JUST Call
It’s time for a new kind of earnings call. On November 13th join Paul Tudor Jones and Paypal CEO Dan Schulman to learn how their company not only does right by shareholders, but by their workers, customers, communities, and more!
The Business Case for More Diversity
Wall Street Journal research analysts rank industries and companies for diversity and inclusion—and find a link to performance
Why JPMorgan Chase Wants to Give More Former Criminals a Second Chance
JPMorgan today is announcing several major steps to encourage second-chance hiring for those with criminal records.
Marc Benioff: We Need a New Capitalism
It’s time for a new capitalism — a more fair, equal and sustainable capitalism.
The future of work in black America
The challenges are daunting, but our research reveals opportunities for improvement within the African American workforce through strengthening local economies, shifting education profiles to align with growing sectors, and…