Watch JUST Capital & NYSE’s Investor Event: Business & Markets as a Force for Good
How companies and investors can lead in building a more just and inclusive economy that works for all Americans.
Companies increasingly face the prospect of needing to incorporate carbon emissions and emission reductions when doing internal cost-benefit analysis for new projects. The chart from Bloomberg Green goes deeper.
The JUST Report: As the Country Holds its Breath, Business Leadership is Needed
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.
Nadella explains how Microsoft is working to make stakeholder capitalism a reality, in light of COVID-19, our national reckoning with racial injustice, and challenges to American democracy.
Watch the Forbes JUST 100 Virtual Summit
A celebration of the 2021 JUST 100, and a series of discussions around how corporate America can and must lead during this time.
The JUST Report: Americans Want Business Leaders to Protect Our Democratic Process
With Election Day less than a week away, we built upon our recent polling and asked Americans what role they think companies and corporate leaders should play in upholding and protecting democracy.
Chart of the Week: JUST Businesses Have a Higher Return on Equity
We revisit a past Chart of the Week to show that the companies that support their workers continue to outperform the market.
The JUST Report: Raising Wages Doesn’t Destroy Value – Here’s Why
Last year, before COVID-19 rocked our world, we looked at three myths of sustainable – or “just” – investing. Myth #3 was that raising wages will kill share price and destroy value for investors (spoiler alert: this is not true).
Why Facebook Is “Under Review” and Not Awarded a JUST Seal in the 2021 Rankings
Until we better understand Facebook’s performance and alleged shortfalls, we are withholding JUST’s highest honor.
This week saw the release of our new annual rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies and our celebration with Forbes of the new JUST 100 list.The event did not disappoint.
The JUST Report: Making Worker Financial Wellness a C-Suite Priority
Investing in workers is a strategic investment to your bottom line, and a down payment on future growth.
Chart of the Week: JUST Industry Leaders Maintain Their Performance Upside Through the Recovery
In this week’s Chart of the Week, we take a look at the JUST Industry leaders across our universe to examine their strong outperformance in this economic recovery.
We take a closer look at a key point from the CEO Blueprint for Achieving Racial Equity, which we developed with FSG and PolicyLink.
Have Business Roundtable Companies Really Underperformed on Stakeholder Promises This Year?
What we measure for stakeholder capitalism is as important as how we measure it.
Chart of the (Climate) Week: Low Carbon Intensity Is Correlated With Higher Returns
Companies should use the opportunity that climate week represents to consider extending their engagement on limiting their carbon emissions across their whole value chain.
50 Years After the Introduction of the ‘Friedman Doctrine,’ It’s Time to Create a New Capitalism
Milton Friedman and his peers set America on the course of shareholder primacy. Business leaders and academics are considering what must be done for a stakeholder-driven alternative.
We sat down with two of the ESG’s most prominent leaders –John Goldstein, the head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs and Megan Starr, the Global Head of Impact for The Carlyle Group, to discuss the future of ESG.
Companies that support customers by producing non-harmful and quality products, emphasizing privacy, using fair pricing, offering equal treatment, and more, outperform their competitors by 20.7% .
Introducing the Imperative 21 Campaign to RESET Capitalism
JUST Capital is joining with Imperative 21 coalition partners B Lab, The B Team, CECP, and Conscious Capitalism, to call for a reset of our economic system.
The JUST Report: An Unprecedented Back to School Season Is Revealing a Child Care Crisis
Whether they are working from home full time or part time, or are on the frontline, they have to – in an unprecedented way – find a balance between supporting their families and ensuring their kids are learning.
As back-to-school season begins, companies must support working parents with expanded child care benefits to fill new, critical gaps in a child care system that’s already been in crisis for years.
As Americans Embrace ESG Investing, the Challenges Against It Feel Less Valid Than Ever
Arguments in support of shareholder primacy and against stakeholder capitalism are out of sync with the voice of the American public, institutional investors, shareholders, and corporations themselves.
Chart of The Week: Companies That Prioritize Their Workers Continue to Outperform the Market
In light of Labor Day this past Monday, we revisit a chart from early June to evaluate how companies’ treatment of their workers continues to affect financial performance throughout 2020.
The JUST Report: Your Business Is Only As Good As Your Workforce
As we head into Labor Day, six months into a pandemic that has caused us to revisit our assumptions about what it means to be a resilient business, its time to discuss the most important business stakeholders in our society – workers.
Will companies empower their workers to help define the future of work in America?
