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Solutions to pollution require lenders and regulators to work in tandem

Oct, 2024 | Article

Environmental regulations work best when coupled with covenants from private lenders, new research shows.

How does race influence entrepreneurial success?

Sep, 2024 | Article

On top of facing higher borrowing costs, Black-owned businesses are often forced to charge up to 41 per cent less than their neighbouring white counterparts, and consumer discrimination may be to blame.

There is no planet B: How organizations can bring sustainability to life

Apr, 2024 | Article

Brazilian cosmetics group Natura & Co. is demonstrating the vast potential of stakeholder-oriented corporations in addressing climate change. Here's what organizations can learn from it.

What happens when companies are mandated to report and spend on CSR?

Mar, 2024 | Article

New research shows that compulsory spending on corporate social responsibility might not translate into ROI.

How to be a change agent

Mar, 2024 | Article

The path to diversity, equity and inclusion isn't an easy one. A pair of financial market execs share their organizational and personal roadmaps for leading change.

Social progress isn't linear, but people believe it is

Nov, 2023 | Article

There is a disconnect between reality and how Americans view the march to equality and social justice, new research finds. What does that mean for organizations?

A leader's guide to the Indian Act

Oct, 2023 | Podcast

Author Bob Joseph joins the Visiting Experts podcast to explore how the legislation continues to impact Indigenous people of Canada, and how organizations can help address the long-standing inequality it creates.

Outsourcing ESG responsibility: How and why companies are doing it

Oct, 2023 | Article

As mandatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance practices spread globally, it's important to ask: are companies living up to their obligations, or are they finding loopholes?