Research & Reports

New Accenture Research Shows Support for Brands That Take Stands

Highlights of Accenture's new report detailing outcomes of their survey of 30,000 consumers.

Events

Brands Taking Stands | Consumers Like Brands That Take Stands

In this week's newsletter: New Accenture report says consumers like brands who take stands; trailblazing CEO Paul Polman retires; Ford does internal human rights check; Michael Bloomberg donates $50M to fight the opioid crisis; CEO Action for D&I to hold Day of Understanding.

AI & Technology

Ensuring Business Innovation While Protecting Data Privacy: A Balancing Act

How can U.S. companies continue using data to provide better products and services, while ensuring privacy and transparency? The Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) has drafted a framework to address this question.

Corporate Responsibility

How Mosaic Is Working to Help Feed a Growing and Hungry World

The UN estimates that the global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050. The Mosaic Company is helping farmers to replenish nutrients in their growing soil in a sustainable way, to keep up with the growing demand.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Univision Wants Everyone to Be Seen, Heard and Counted

Univision – the leading media company serving Hispanic America with two broadcast networks, 11 cable networks and 15 mobile apps along with its television and radio stations – says it is doing all it can to use its position of trust to ensure Hispanic voices in communities around the country are seen, heard, and counted.

Research & Reports

Stock Market Reactions to Long-Term Plans Measured for First Time

Institutional investors act when they hear how companies will create value over the long-term. In a new study, The Economic Significance of Long-Term Plans published by KKS Advisors and CECP’s Strategic Investors Initiative (SII), an abnormal change in market returns and an increase in trade volume is observed after that company’s CEO presented a long-term plan to institutional investors. This is the first time the reaction to a CEO-presented long-term plan has been quantified and is early evidence that the audience of institutional investors find the information in these presentations decision-relevant.

Research & Reports

Companies Now Required to Speak Out on ESG Issues: New Research

The report defines the Brands Taking Stands movement succinctly: “A growing roster of Blue Chip companies are using their powerful voices to urge continued U.S. support of the Paris Climate Agreement, to strengthen gun control laws, to fight immigration laws that would negatively impact Dreamers, to champion diversity and inclusion, and to protect LGBTQ rights, among other hot-button and often political issues.”

Events

Get the Practical Knowledge You Need to Overcome Sustainability Reporting Challenges

Join GRI's 3rd annual Reporters' Summit in February 2019, in Arizona. Take advantage of the early fee and register now!

Corporate Responsibility

Join GRI's Live Stream on Meaningful Reporting at the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights

GRI is hosting a session at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, focusing on meaningful reporting and the challenges associated with it.

AI & Technology

5 Best Practices of Design Thinking Companies Can Use to Ensure Data Privacy

As online security and user experience simultaneously become two of the most important topics for modern companies, GDPR compliance by companies is a must. There is an art to creating a high-quality user experience while also adhering to this new regulation, and it begins with design thinking.

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