Companies Using Shared Value To Drive Impact | Shared Value Initiative

The corporate social conscience is on display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society are assembled for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be committed...

Business today is reconnecting with its core purpose of addressing society’s needs in profitable ways. Some companies are forced into rethinking their “reason for being” from crisis and loss of trust (e.g. Volkswagen Group in the auto sector redirecting...

In response to pressure from employees, customers, and communities, hundreds of companies have announced a purpose. But upon closer examination, the vast majority of these “purposes” have little to do with the companies’ business strategies. It’s not...

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...