Creating Shared Value

A shift in business thinking is creating new opportunities for competitive advantage, corporate profitability, and social impact, according to FSG co-founders Michael E. Porter and Mark Kramer in The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value, the featured cover story in the January/February 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review (January/February 2011). 

The creating shared value approach will change the face of business. FSG works with global corporations across all sectors to implement shared value strategies. Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Eli Lilly, Medtronic, Merck, Microsoft, Nestlé, Pfizer, Shell, TNT, and UBS have already started using the this approach to achieve new levels of social impact while improving corporate profitability.  

Learn with FSG as we develop new case studies, articles, and tool kits that will help companies map out their shared value journey. 

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Key Insights From Reuters Responsible Business USA 2023
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Corporations have a historic opportunity to invest in equitable place-based development through a wave of new federal programs.

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Diversity & Inclusion

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

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Environment

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Diversity & Inclusion

Climate Change and People: Working Toward Environmental Goals With Just Transitions
This panel will explore how companies can redefine their business purpose to better connect climate goals and their people-centered mission statements.

Diversity & Inclusion

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Sustainable Development Goals

New Study From FSG Examines the Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance
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Research, Reports & Publications

The Business Imperative of Enabling Peace and Prosperity
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