- Unmatched Data: Access the most comprehensive benchmarking analysis and suite of tools on employee engagement, societal investment, and sustainable business performance.
- A Strategic, Trusted Partnership: Tap into expert, dedicated in-house counsel for actionable direction aligned with your company’s purpose, strategy, and goals.
- Executive Network: Join confidential, off-the-record conversations with global corporate leaders in sustainability and social impact.
CECP is the only nonpartisan business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose.
Affiliate Benefits:
Benchmarking
- Through our Fast-Track Consulting, access benchmarking data analysis through the largest and most historical data set in the field, shared by more than 600 multibillion- dollar companies, representing more than $439 billion in corporate social investments over more than 20 years
- Industry-defining tools and frameworks to build and revisit strategy
- Affiliate directory and peer connections
- Custom presentations for finance teams, Board of Directors, CEOs, and more to make data-driven cases for the value of corporate purpose
- Company-specific analysis to identify gaps in sustainability reporting and target setting
- MyCECP online Data and Knowledge Centers, with new Power BI tools
- Opportunities for deep dives with Advanced Advisories
Insights
- Annual Giving in Numbers™, an unrivaled leader in benchmarking on corporate social investments, drawing on insights from 200 companies such as Citi, Travelers, Microsoft, Google, PayPal, DuPont, and more.
- Timely research on leading issues in CSR and sustainability
- Opportunities to showcase company case studies with network and in media
- Thought leadership opportunities for corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals, and CEOs, to highlight responsible businesses’ innovative role linking corporate purpose with business performance.
Community
- Facilitated peer discussions and roundtables
- Annual CECP Summit for corporate responsibility and sustainability leaders
- Virtual learning opportunities for professional development
- In-person roundtables by industry, issue, and geography
- Annual Board of Boards event and roundtables for CEOs
- Speaking and brand awareness opportunities
CEO Engagement
- Strategic Support for CEO Leadership on Corporate Purpose
- CECP offers a discreet, high-impact platform to refine and lead their companies’ corporate purpose strategy and build effective brand equity. Through one-on-one calls with CECP’s CEO, tailored insights, and the CEO Purpose Weekly brief, we help CEOs stay ahead of evolving expectations from investors, boards, employees, partners, suppliers, and other key stakeholders.
- Amplifying Reputation and Purpose at the Highest Levels
- CECP elevates CEOs as visible champions of corporate purpose through premier, closed-door, invite-only convenings, like the Board of Boards and CEO Roundtables, where past speakers have included Hans E. Vestberg, CEO, Verizon; Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA; Roger Ferguson, Immediate Past President & CEO, TIAA, and more. From media placements in top-tier outlets to co-authored thought leadership and Trend Talks, we help CEOs strengthen reputational leadership, define their legacy, and enhance brand equity by showing they operate a responsible business—at a time when it matters most.
Testimonials

“I helped to start CECP with the belief that corporations could be a force for good in society.”
Paul Newman
FOUNDING CO-CHAIR, CECP; FOUNDER, NEWMAN’S OWN (1925–2008)