by Mike Rowlands | Jun 16, 2022 | Social Purpose
Our client had needed to downsize by about 30% in the year before the pandemic, due to a ‘perfect storm’ of issues. We of course spent time unpacking those issues and discussing how the right strategy post-pandemic could make the firm more resilient to such shocks,...
by Coro Strandberg | May 20, 2022 | Social Purpose
Too many companies still understand their purpose — or fundamental reason for existence — as maximizing profits or shareholder wealth. How can they move beyond that narrow definition of purpose, towards defining how their businesses help address society’s challenges?...
by Coro Strandberg | May 6, 2022 | Social Purpose
Purpose in Canada just entered the ring. Corporate Knights, the famed Canadian publisher that annually ranks the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations, recently released its rating of 34 Canadian companies with a social purpose (a report I co-authored). It found...
by Coro Strandberg | Apr 8, 2022 | Social Purpose
With a growing number of companies adopting a social purpose beyond profit, Corporate Knights and I weigh in on the leaders and laggards in this report. You will know Corporate Knights for their annual ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations and...
by Mike Rowlands | Nov 4, 2021 | Social Purpose
The rapidly growing movement toward social purpose in business holds the promise of better ways of doing business, leading to healthier communities, restoration of our shared environment, and better outcomes for companies’ staff, customers, and other stakeholders. In...
by Coro Strandberg | Feb 23, 2021 | Social Purpose
Expectations of business and its role in society are changing. As society faces challenges including rising inequality, pandemics, recognition of systemic racism, accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss, stakeholders increasingly look to business to play a...
