"By 2041 we will be lifetime carbon neutral." - @Velux CEO David Briggs. Leading businesses like The VELUX Group are delivering on @sciencetargets and backing bold climate policies: https://t.co/5yl7Q60OYk
Our first piece on the Purpose Project in 2021 looks at the role of value, thinking in systems, and redefining time horizons for success for uncovering and embedding purpose.
Please take a look and let us know what you think!
#purposedriven#socialimpact
https://t.co/uUAVBrq935
The green jobs of the future need to end up in communities that need it most.
West Cumbria has seen years of redundancies and high unemployment after the closure of chemical works and the decommissioning of Sellafield nuclear facility.
https://t.co/dDC5QwhNK0
We're joined by @Voa1234, @NatDCampbell, @Jesse_Norman, @JuliePybus & @juliahobsbawm at the final session of our #FutureoftheCorporation Purpose Summit to discuss how government can support business to become purposeful through partnerships & skills. https://t.co/80VOUoLc0Z
We're excited to launch our second #FutureoftheCorporation Purpose Summit. We're joined by @algore, @aoteh, Minouche Shafik and @gilliantett to discuss the importance of government leadership to promote purposeful business. https://t.co/kWYMC6684Z
"Corporations were historically established with clear, public purposes... It is only over the last half-century that the purpose of business has come to be equated solely with maximising profit."
Read more about the principles behind the #PurposeSummit: https://t.co/bcymDd8NLw
“If we want to have a resilient and inclusive economic system, we need to have companies that have actually made themselves accountable to stakeholders.” B Lab CEO @AKassoy w/ @FT on #BCorp @KingArthurFlour's COVID response as a model for other businesses:https://t.co/Q9vy0qcZPO
Purpose-driven entrepreneurs: we need your voices!
What do you need from investors, government and others to help to make you successful?
It'll take just a few minutes to tell us here: https://t.co/ijboEF7Yzu
#businessgrowth#Entrepreneurship#sustainability
206 companies disclosing new information to the @CDP is an excellent development and evidence of the greater scrutiny investors are asking for. Can this data disclosure lead to better environmental management and more positive impact?
In 2020, 108 investors representing US$12 trillion in assets called on 1,000+ companies to disclose their environmental data through CDP, with a record 20% response rate: https://t.co/NfMhEzWOjF #InvestorAction
Really interesting survey on how the ‘next normal’ for work may be taking shape.
Here’s a link to the original study by @Jose_MariaRD and colleagues: https://t.co/gmHhwl0dBx
Remote work is here to stay. Survey of 15,000 Americans:
The future is hybrid: post-pandemic, 22% of work days will be from home (potential productivity gain: 2.4%)
Flexibility is a perk: people are willing to forgo 7.6% of their income for the opportunity to work from anywhere
We @Oxfam welcome this huge commitment by @Unilever, who we partner with, for living wages & incomes across its global supply chain. A huge step in the right direction to tackle inequality. Let's implement, accelerate systemic changes. Others must follow! https://t.co/IQRhMRHHBZ
Finding your individual purpose: a career plan for the ‘New Normal’? Navigating career decisions in a period of uncertainty is never easy, but identifying your own purpose can help. The latest from the Purpose Project from our Associate, Caitlin Buckley:
https://t.co/aimafwNSBN
What is purpose? And why does starting from purpose matter? Sometimes described as an organisation’s ‘Why’, but we’d argue it’s ‘Why & How’. Here’s our second piece on the Purpose Project on how starting from purpose offers more than the CSR mindset:
https://t.co/jW9m2PM9DV
Today, SASB is pleased to announce its intention to merge with the IIRC into a unified organization, the Value Reporting Foundation. This merger demonstrates significant progress towards simplifying the corporate reporting landscape. https://t.co/HgoyIZMKiu @theiirc
We launched last week, but we have building Impactical for the last 6 months, all while working remotely. In our 1st post to the Purpose Project, our advisor Jack Armstrong highlights 4 key things we learned about creating new teams across continents. https://t.co/TqZGqIFGQZ
Today Impactical launches to the world, starting from the belief that good for the world is good for business. Our aim is to make purpose-driven transformation a simple roadmap of achievable goals for our partners. Please follow us to join us on the journey to put purpose first!