Research & Reports

CEOs Who Take Stands on Issues Seen as Future Leaders: New Survey

A just-released report, “CEOs Speaking Out on Social Media,” adds yet more numbers to the argument for brands taking stands, and to the growing assumption that chief executives should take the lead. Authors Ann Charles, founder and CEO of BRANDfog, and Susan McPherson, founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, set out to examine “social media as an effective tool that enables CEOs to amplify their positions on key social issues.”

Environment

GRI Podcast September Edition: Focus on Water

GRI’s latest podcast episode focuses on water stewardship and how reporting can help companies manage their impacts better. Interviews with GRI's Chief of Standards Bastian Buck, Paul Reig from the World Resources Institute, and GRI Standards Manager Anna Krotova, explaining what exactly has changed in GRI's newly launched Water and Effluents reporting standard.

Events

End of Summer Discount on 3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands™

3BL Forum is the pivotal event in fall 2018 to examine the Brands Taking Stands movement from the perspective of executives from CR, Sustainability, HR, Marketing, Communications, Human Resources, Foundation, Investor Relations and the C-suite.

Environment

World Water Week: Companies Must Look Beyond Own Operations to Enhance Water Stewardship

The cornerstone for effective water management is to know one’s impacts. GRI has released an updated standard on water and effluents, with an emphasis on water stewardship. Developed with a working group of highly accomplished water experts, the standard has a basis in the Sustainable Development Goals and represents the best practice in reporting on water across the value chain.

Corporate Responsibility

The Next Resource Frontier: 5 Strategies to Improve Your Company’s Water Security

Water is arguably our most precious resource. It is requisite for the survival of all life on our planet. It is also finite. While water is endlessly recyclable through the hydrologic cycle, there’s only so much of the stuff, and only about 1% of it is freshwater that is usable for human consumption.

Research & Reports

HPE CEO Antonio Neri Addresses Sustainability in Living Progress Report

In his first sustainability report as CEO, Antonio Neri shares HPE's approach to corporate citizenship in this age of digital disruption.

Research & Reports

HP’s Sustainability Criteria Helped Generate $700M in New Revenue

HP Inc. says that sustainable impact was a key differentiator for more than $700 million in new business last year. The company’s newly published 2017 Sustainable Impact Report shows a 38% year-over-year increase in sales bids with sustainability requirements.

Research & Reports

eBook | Stand or Sit: Changing Roles of Companies & CR Directors in Politically Divisive Times

Learn how to approach potentially divisive issues, when to weigh in and why remaining neutral is not always the best option.

Corporate Responsibility

New Guidance for Companies to Report Their Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals

The Global Reporting Initiative and the UN Global Compact released today a “Practical Guide” to enable companies to better measure and report on their impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new publication helps companies of all sizes to prioritize SDG targets to act and report on, set related business objectives, and measure and report on progress.

Corporate Responsibility

Taking a Bite Out of Student Loan Debt

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