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When and How to Speak Up: How Companies Can Communicate their Corporate Purpose

Few of today’s CEOs earned their jobs because they were socially responsible and spoke out on hot topics. Yet now more than ever, key stakeholders want to know where companies...

CECP Announces Deutsche Bank CEO Christiana Riley to Join Board of Directors

January 12, 2021, New York, NY—As part of its continuing efforts to empower companies to drive long-term business success through positive societal impact, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced...

New Report from CECP’s Global Exchange Confirms Deeper and Ongoing Engagement of Multinational Companies on ESG Issues

Research project offers distinctive global view of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts from leading multinational corporations. Read more here...

CECP's 2020 Look Ahead: Corporate Purpose Defining Stakeholder Capitalism

Anyone with the idea that CEOs and companies can now stand down with a new Administration has sorely underestimated corporations. They will still fill the role of CEO statespeople Yet,...

CECP data offer a unique look at social investments before and after 2020

The 2020 edition of Giving in Numbers is here! As always, this year’s report covers trends in corporate social investment and includes a brand-new section on corporate purpose. Given the...

Looking Ahead to the 2020 Elections

On September 29th, CECP sent a Pulse Survey to our companies asking if they would be providing support around casting ballots for the general election in November. We are proud...

Philip Morris International’s Statement of Purpose Moves a Step Closer to Action & Sets Example for Others

The Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation in August 2019 elicited many “nice start, what’s next?” reactions. In their article, “3 Ways to Put Your Corporate Purpose into Action,” Professor...

Company Priorities Drive the Agenda for CECP Accelerate Communities in 2020

Over the past twenty years, and particularly in the midst of challenging times, companies have turned to CECP as a trusted advisory to provide necessary company connection and discussion as...

Becoming the Biggest B Corp

In an interview on the Leadership Next podcast with Alan Murray of Fortune, Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber reaffirmed the company’s ambitious goal of becoming one of the first multinational companies...

Reflections from Conversations with CEOs – Part 2

Throughout these turbulent few months, business leaders, and more specifically CEOs, have been looked to by their stakeholders to communicate, support, and strategize in real-time throughout this dynamic corporate ecosystem....