Launching Investing in Society, a Sector-Wide Insights Collection

By André Solórzano Manager, Data Insights, CECP
Jul 31, 2018 10:30 AM ET

As originally posted on CECP's Insights Blog

Companies issue an annual report every year but where can you find information about the corporate sector as a whole? Sure, indices can tell you lots about stock price, market cap, and EBITDA. In this modern age, expectations of companies go much further beyond financial performance. CECP is thrilled to launch Investing in Society, a digital collection that endeavors to focus on the most crucial insights of how the sector is faring beyond where the Dow closes.

Investing in Society will be updated over the coming months so set a reminder to check back. Investing in Society organizes insights in five areas – Priorities, Performance, People, Planet, Policies. Each section offers multiple compelling and practical examples of business at its best.

Giving in Numbers Remains, Investing in Society Covers More Topics

Giving in Numbers will remain the authoritative resource on benchmarking corporate giving and employee engagement programs gathered from over 250 of the world’s largest companies. Investing in Society offers a holistic perspective of the corporate sector with a particular focus on the “S in ESG”. What we mean by that is how companies fold social value creation into their business strategies, form coalitions to ensure sustainable sourcing of materials, and even stand up against regressive legislation. To reflect the scope and depth of this recent activity, CECP pulled from myriad sources including CECP’s original research, thought leadership, findings from the 2017 Giving in Numbers Survey, hundreds of monthly discussions with more than 200 of the world’s largest companies, and conversations with leading experts and on-the-ground practitioners. 

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