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Is Employee Critical-Thinking Training the Next ESG Frontier?
1 year ago - Can businesses do anything to mitigate their employees’ vulnerability to fake news? And should they? Corporate schooling might be an uncomfortable idea, but it could be essential to the future of US capitalism and democracy.
SB’21 Trend Watching: Brands’ Role in Reshaping the World in 2021 and Beyond
1 year ago - At SB’s latest Trend Watching event, experts across a variety of fields and industries offered insights into how purpose-driven brands can effectively activate on everything from marketing to effective leadership to climate justice in our post-pandemic world.
White Supremacy: What’s a CEO to Do?
5 years ago - If you’re a U.S. business leader, this week likely threw you into a professional conundrum: Should you take a public stand against white supremacy knowing you’ll jump into treacherous political waters?
How to Calculate SROI for Traditionally Overlooked Social Impacts
7 years ago - While quantifying and valuing the true costs and benefits of environmental impacts has matured, doing the same for social impacts remains elusive.
How Job Purposing Can Convert Your Sustainability Practices Into Superb Management
7 years ago - “I hate my job.” It’s a sign of a warped world that most of us have heard friends, family or our own lips make this gloomy statement. Chances are that four out of every five people working for you right this minute would rather be not working. This is the percentage of global workers who are not “involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to work” — in other words, not engaged — according to Gallup. Why does this matter? Disengaged workers produce less and turn over more. As a result, companies and teams with largely disengaged workers underperform financially by more than 50 percent compared to those with mostly engaged workers.
Strong, Flexible Leadership Drives Sustainability at Caesars Entertainment
9 years ago - Amidst the wanton extravagance of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Entertainment is making notable strides in reducing its environmental impact. Estimates find that for every $10 million in revenue earned, Caesars produces fewer than 1,300 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which monetize at less than $28,000 in environment costs (compared to an average 3,800 metric tons for S&P 500 companies, which monetize at over $80,000 in environmental costs).