CECP Insights Blog

CECP's CEO Daryl Brewster, other CECP staff, members of CECP's Board of Directors, and other industry thought leaders provide timely insight into trends and developments on the role of business in society.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Collaborative Action to Combat COVID-19
In CECP’s 2020 Look Ahead blog, our annual examination the corporate social engagement field, Collaborative Action was one of five themes for the upcoming year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Adapting and Leading: How Companies Are Responding to COVID-19
Many of the lessons learned from 9/11, the 2008 recession, SARS, natural disasters, and other times of crisis have provided companies with a strong foundation for the response to COVID-19.

Education

Power of Change When K-12 and Business Collaborate
I have been reflecting on the changes that have occurred in education over the last decade. In my previous role, as executive director of education and skills within a multinational company, I was in the center of various reforms.

Diversity & Inclusion

Be a Problem-Solver: On a Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ask yourself: how are you contributing to solving today’s problem? It could be something small, specific to just today, or conceptual and large with a longer time frame.

Research, Reports & Publications

Young Americans Face Early Challenges to Financial Security
More than half of Americans under the age of 30 have already hit financial rock bottom spurred by mental health challenges, job loss and debt.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Future of Corporate Foundations
In CECP’s 2019 Giving in Numbers survey, roughly 80% of companies reported having a corporate foundation, and of those companies, the average number of foundations a company operated was 3. It is clear that companies view having their own corporate

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CECP’s 2020 Look Ahead
As companies settle in this world of “corporate purpose”, 2020 will focus on what those purpose statements mean—moving from words to action.

Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing Equity Through Culture and Strategy
CECP, over the past few years, has been advancing practices related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) both inside companies and with our companies’ external partnerships and community programs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Launching Investing in Society 2019: The Current State of Corporate Purpose
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of CECP. Corporate Purpose became part of our name over the past year, marking how more than ever CECP believes companies can create a better world through business

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mind the Gap: Business Impact
For data-lovers, too many metrics is still not enough. That said, no matter how many ways you run the numbers, each day has 24 hours, each week 7 days, each year 12 months.

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