The Time of Novel Utility
In August of 2019, 181 CEOs committed to lead their companies to benefit all stakeholders—customers, employees, suppliers and communities, in addition to shareholders. These businesses determined, rightly, that investing in workers and communities was the only way they could ensure being successful over the long term.
The announcement was noteworthy. It was a big shift from businesses being fully committed to shareholders to making the commitment to invest in benefiting stakeholders to build their businesses’ value over the long-term and into the future.
Today and over the next year, that commitment will be put to the test.
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