The JUST Report: The 32 Companies That Lead Their Industries on Workers
This coming Monday marks Labor Day in the U.S. – an occasion to celebrate workers and honor their contributions. Ahead of the holiday, we took a look at the 32 companies that top their industries on worker issues in our 2021 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies.
The JUST Report: Communities Are A Stakeholder, Not A Box To Check
Some companies have been used to “checking the box” of DEI with philanthropic donations and community investment, but that isn’t where real change happens.
The JUST Report: It’s Been Two Years Since the BRT Statement, How Are Things Going?
Yesterday was the two-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable’s embrace of a stakeholder approach in its revised Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. The question everyone is wondering is – has it just been for show?
The JUST Report: How Americans Feel About Corporate Vaccine Mandates
This week we and our partner The Harris Poll fielded an update to the question on vaccine mandates in the private sector that we first asked Americans back in mid-June – here are the results.
The JUST Report: Reality Hits ESG
How do you know an ESG fund is really making an impact? How can you be sure a company is doing what it says it’s doing, and truly delivering stakeholder value?
The JUST Report: Special Forces
How can companies do better for women and people of color?
The JUST Report: “The Clock is Ticking”
A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, fatal flooding in western Europe and China, and more have brought fresh urgency to tackling the climate crisis.
The JUST Report: ‘The Only Sustainable Competitive Advantage’
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman and Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to explain what they see as the most important step for attracting and retaining talent post-pandemic.
Amazon has a new CEO, Andy Jassy, as of July 5, and top of his agenda is to “Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer.” That’s a big statement – lets unpack it.
The New Blueprint for Business
The majority of Americans believe in capitalism but want to see it improved, especially through treating workers with respect and equal opportunity.
As shareholder demand for action on human capital and DEI metrics rises, we may be entering a new worker paradigm.
The JUST Report: We Need To Talk About Wages
As the debate rages over why millions of jobs, especially low-wage ones, have been left unfilled, the idea of lifting wages and providing good jobs has gotten relatively little attention.
The JUST Report: Healthy Workers = Healthy Returns
Don’t be fooled. Long-term value creation for all stakeholders is best for shareholders too.
The Just Report: No Turning Back
On Wednesday, an investor firm owning 0.02% of ExxonMobil stock gathered enough support to win at least two seats on the oil and gas giant’s board. The shockwaves of this outcome will reverberate throughout every boardroom in America.
The JUST Report: It Starts And Ends With Authenticity
PolicyLink hosted an event this week that shed light on a critical lesson that all C-suite executives need for leading through this era of stakeholder capitalism: authenticity is everything.
Can The Stakeholder Model Give American Business a Global Competitive Advantage?
“How can the stakeholder model lend American corporations a competitive advantage on the world stage?” The more I ponder this, the more I realize it is in fact a defining proposition.
The JUST Report: Can Two New Corporate Alliances Deliver Real Solutions?
Companies are starting to hold each other accountable for their actions, and many of the underlying issues have distinctly bipartisan support. Take a look at two important corporate alliances coming out this week.
Corporate Climate Pledges Proliferate
For corporations, bold action on climate is already a must. Net-zero commitments – essentially, a promise to balance GHGs emitted with GHGs removed and/or avoided – are everywhere.
The JUST Report: Why Corporate Action on Racial Equity Matters
The role of business in advancing racial equity isn’t about politics. It’s about building a bridge to a better economy and a more just society.
The JUST Report: Silence Is Not An Option
“The problems that are tearing at the fabric of American society require all of us – government, business and civic society – to work together with a common purpose.”
The JUST Report: Georgia On My Mind
CEOs of some of America’s largest corporations have begun to voice their opposition to what they say is restrictive legislation that makes it harder for Americans to vote.
The JUST Report: These Are The Companies That Are Best For Women
Pay equity mattered a lot to the public before the pandemic, and it matters even more now.
The JUST Report: Did Stakeholder Capitalism Get the Pink Slip?
This week, Emmanuel Faber, one of the world’s foremost proponents of stakeholder capitalism, lost his job as CEO and chairman of Danone. The easy reaction would be to see this as a blow for proponents of the stakeholder cause. That would be a mistake.
A Year Into the Pandemic, Hope in the C-Suite and Concern on the Frontlines
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.
The ESG Enforcers Come to Town
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
