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What Is Corporate Purpose? No, Let Me Rephrase That. What Is a Corporate Purpose Worth Having?

Everyone is talking about purpose these days. Customers and employees are asking about it. Millennials are particularly insistent about seeing evidence of purpose. At FSG, we’re encouraged that companies are thinking and talking about purpose. We have been working with companies to strengthen... Read more

Colombian Companies Embrace Shared Value to Build Peace

Over the last couple of years, FSG has supported Colombia’s National Industry Association (ANDI) in its work helping companies address social... Read more

Hospitals are Aspiring to Play a Big Role in Social Change

I have a greater appreciation for the ambitious and multi-faceted role the hospitals and health systems are playing in advancing health equity after attending the Association for Community Health Improvement’s (ACHI) recent... Read more

How Companies can Advance Racial Equity and Create Business Growth

As businesses across the nation vie to increase revenue and market share, they are seeking not only to retain customers but also to continually expand into new markets. Much has been written about the demographic change engulfing the American market: by 2045, a majority of people in the U.S.... Read more

Engaging Executive Leaders in Building a Culture of Health

FSG’s Co-CEO, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH is a faculty member for a new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health executive education course, “Driving Business Performance: Culture of Health for... Read more

How to Create a Corporate Culture that Supports Shared Value

Many of the world’s leading companies are adopting strategies that have shared value at their center. These companies recognize that there are opportunities to increase competitiveness and profitability by solving social problems. As is the case with all business, shared value strategies are... Read more

New in Harvard Business Review: 12 Practices for Advancing Women in Retail Jobs

Even though the women comprise half the workforce, they are overrepresented in frontline positions and consistently underrepresented in higher-paying management roles. Over... Read more

The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest investor with $6 trillion under management, evoked heated controversy with his remarks last week that his company would change its hiring and potentially its compensation structure to advance diversity and ensure that five years from now the... Read more

A Conversation on Creating Shared Value at Davos

Today we met with 25 investors and corporate leaders in Davos to discuss the changes needed to get more investors to allocate resources to shared value companies.

As highlighted by Michael Porter at the May 2018 Shared Leadership Value Summit,... Read more

Three Lessons for Creating More Sustainable Smallholder Supply Chains

The sustainability of smallholder supply chains is top of mind for corporate leaders in the food and agriculture sectors, whether they are consumer-facing companies or suppliers and exporters of tea, cocoa, coffee, hazelnuts, meat, dairy, palm oil, and many other crops and products. Ensuring the... Read more

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