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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?

4 reasons to put an ESG lens on your supply chain now

Jul, 2023 | Article

Massive value and opportunity lie in educating teams about how to properly manage environmental, social and governance impacts in the supply chain, says professor Greg Distelhorst.

Dollar for dollar: How a growing number of dollar stores negatively impacts food security

Jul, 2023 | Article

The rapid expansion of dollar chains in the U.S. is causing neighbourhood grocers to shutter, impacting low-income households most, new research finds.