Stories from the Community
Now Even Investment Firm BlackRock Favors the Philosophy of Benefit Corporations
The movement is growing. It started as a grassroots effort with small and mid-size companies, but this business model of contributing to the greater good is catching on with more influential supporters including, yes, Corporate America.
Last week, a New York Times article reported that “Laurence D. Fink, founder and chief executive of the investment firm BlackRock, is going to inform business leaders that their companies need to do more than make profits — they need to contribute to society as well if they want to receive the support and backing of BlackRock.”
Yes, you read that correctly...
How To Be Green at the Office in 2018
We love Benefit Corporations and Benefit Companies who make a commitment to People, Planet, Profit. It’s a philosophy that is good for your company, the environment and the people we serve.
Yet, sometimes it’s hard to deliver on supporting the Planet and being sustainable in our day-to-day operations. There may even be a perception that being efficient and cost-effective may deter us from going green at the office. But there are simple things that we...
Liberating the "Spirit"of Business: Benefit Corporations
There is a game-changing movement underway. It is one that has been building over the past 20 years, and it’s moving forward with energy, excitement and mass adoption.
It is the force of “Benefit Corporations."
Put simply, they promise a more authentic, honest and transparent business culture. One that delivers...
3 Ways To Measure Your Company's Soul
As the world moves at warp speed and things change in mere seconds, how do you plan for success?
How do you really know if your organization will survive in the 21st century?
Are there clues?
Metrics?
Trends?
Why Become a Benefit Corporation Now
Hope.
Hope for the environment.
Hope for social justice.
Hope for business.
And hope for the world.
You see, we believe we are at that proverbial crossroad where there is no more time. Either we stay...