In this CECP CEO Trend Talk, Kevin Ali, CEO of Organon discussed how a new healthcare company developed and launched an ESG strategy—all while keeping an eye towards globalization, governance, and equity. The company developed the ESG strategy simultaneously with its corporate purpose to accelerate the overall impact. Ali explores the challenges and opportunities companies are … Continue reading

Take a look at CECP’s 2022 Celebration Booklet, which includes CECP highlights, as well as company stories and case studies that demonstrate excellence in applying the skills and resources of the business to solve societal challenges.

Mike Gianoni, President & CEO, Blackbaud discussed ongoing risks in cybersecurity and the CEO’s role in building a security infrastructure.

The research that contributed to CECP’s annual GX report, Global Impact at Scale: 2021 Edition suggests that the triple crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ensuing economic downturn, and the global reckoning with racial injustice made 2020 a landmark year for external pressures on a company’s performance, bringing the management of ESG issues and community response even … Continue reading

CECP, in partnership with the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable, hosted its first-ever virtual, sector specific Biopharma CEO Investor Forum. The 2021 Biopharma CEO Investor Forum featured nine CEO presentations representing $850 billion in aggregate market capitalization to a virtual audience of over 1,000 institutional investors, analysts, company executives, and others. 

Kelly Grier, US Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner, EY discussed with CEOs potential environmental, social, governance (ESG) disclosure requirements from the SEC. 

Roy Weathers, Vice Chair of Policy & Societal Engagement, CEO of CEO Action for Racial Equity, PwC; and James White, former CEO of Jamba Juice discussed with CEOs and C-Suite executives about advancing corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts.

Throughout this report, CECP, with the support of the Ford Foundation, explored the recent challenges faced by frontline workers employed in manufacturing, processing, and warehousing in these U.S. consumer staples sectors, as well as the response of the private sector to those challenges.

Martin J. Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Labor and Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation discussed CECP’s latest research into how the workforce was impacted by COVID-19. Read the Executive Summary of CECP’s Frontline Worker Well-Being in a Time of Crisis report, with support from the Ford Foundation.

In October 2020, we published a study called “The Return on Purpose: Before and During a Crisis” that explored corporate approaches to purpose and their effect on financial performance and value.1 In this paper, we expand on that study with additional data and deeper analysis of the relationship of purpose to higher performance on financial, … Continue reading