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Knowing and investing in your company’s culture is a must for any business leader today.  

A “printing press moment” is how Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, framed the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Senate testimony on Tuesday. 

Sunday is Mother’s Day and so we wanted to highlight how the business community can better support mothers in the labor force. 

In recognition of Mother’s Day, here are the top three companies that go above and beyond on paid parental leave, dependent care, and more.

The business case for reducing inequality is a compelling one, and the WBCSD’s report shows how to do it.

Americans across party lines want greater transparency from companies on political spend. But only 31% of the Russell 1000 currently disclose lobbying and political contributions.

JUST polling shows that 72% of Americans say CEOs have a responsibility to protect the country’s democracy. But what exactly does that mean? Leadership experts Daniella Ballou-Aares and Rhett Buttle shared how executives can promote democratic values without getting caught in the political fray.

By expanding paid parental leave benefits, companies have an opportunity to generate outsized impact for workers and their bottom line.

Our own Tolu Lawrence, JUST Capital’s Managing Director of Programs and Partnerships and Head of Corporate Impact, is launching our new Corporate Care Network to help company leaders dedicated to advancing access to and awareness of care benefits.

From utilities to tech, these companies are leading their industries on reducing their environmental impact.

Amid changes in legislation and regulation, these 10 companies are leading on managing environmental impact.

Necessity breeds invention. Invention results in impact, opportunity, and growth. We’re seeing that play out right now in the climate world. 

Using a tool developed by a JUST-convened working group, investors can now access information on how municipalities are addressing racial equity through the Bloomberg terminal.

Bank of America, NVIDIA, Intel, and Intuit are setting a leading example for how corporate America can support working women through the continued impacts of the pandemic.

Deloitte’s U.S. Sustainability and ESG Services Lead speaks to how the political and regulatory environment can be a catalyst for companies to focus on rigor and discipline in data.

From a markets perspective, ESG is about understanding and capturing emerging risks and opportunities. It’s not a dogma, or a monolith. And it isn’t – or shouldn’t be – about politics

Sustainability leaders from JUST 100’s Nike and AEP share why a transparent, people-based approach is needed to build a more renewable, equitable future.

JUST 100 leaders share how they’re prioritizing JUST jobs as economic uncertainty continues and JUST, and Two Sigma Impact speak to how a focus on job quality is helping build better companies.

ESG has become politicized, but the truth is it was never about politics. It’s about smarter investing and better business. Government and industry need to work together to get it right rather than use it to advance narrow political agendas.

Accenture, Intel, and Starbucks are leading the Russell 1000 on key diversity disclosures on metrics including pay gap analyses and ratios and workforce demographics.

Companies that publicly disclose the intersectional demographic data found in an EEO-1 report outperformed their peers by 7.9% over the trailing one-year period ending in 2022.

Speaking with CNBC’s Dominic Chu, KKR’s Pete Stavros dives into what’s behind the success of the firm’s and his nonprofit Ownership Works’ employee stock ownership programs.

Watch the full 2023 JUST Leadership Summit featuring insights from JUST 100 leaders, including Verizon, American Electric Power, Mastercard, Hershey, and Nike.

Words matter. Especially, as our recent focus groups show, when it comes to how the public thinks about ESG, “woke-ness,” and corporations’ role in society.

After years of stalled progress, we found 32% of the largest U.S. companies report conducting gender pay gap analyses – but only disclose results when at or near parity.