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Across all economic sectors and geographic areas, companies face increasing pressure to adopt more socially sustainable practices. This pressure is coming from multiple sources and directions, including investors, regulators, activists, news media, social media, and the general public.

Scope

This report provides an overview of social sustainability, one of the most important themes for companies across all industries.

It includes a comprehensive sustainability framework, covering environment, social and governence factors, to help CEOs identify all potential sustainability risks and implement mitigating actions that can improve their company’s ESG performance.

It sets out the reasons why companies must invest in social sustainability, analyzes why 2019 was a turning point in social sustainability, and looks at how the twin shocks of 2020 (COVID-19 and the social justice movement) have forced an unexpected reckoning.

Taking each aspect of social sustainability in turn, this report provides examples of companies that are leading by example, and companies that have room to improve. It also assesses the impact of social sustainability on share price performance.

Key Highlights

For decades, many businesses were guided by the theory advanced in 1970 by free-market economist Milton Friedman, who said companies should be managed solely to maximize shareholder value.

The last decade has seen a sea change in attitudes about business management. In 2019, the influential Business Roundtable adopted a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, signed by 181 CEOs in the US. The statement said corporate leaders have a duty to manage their companies for the benefit of customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and the environment, as well as shareholders. In other words, leaders have a responsibility to manage their companies sustainably.

Reasons to Buy

In 2020, sustainability will be one of the most important themes discussed in corporate boardrooms worldwide. Over the coming decade, it will transform the way that business is conducted. Customers, voters, and politicians will demand greater action is taken on environmental, social, and governance issues. Companies that take sustainability seriously now will be better placed to succeed in the future.

This report will help you understand what social sustainability is, why it is important, and what your business can do to become more socially sustainable.

Accenture
Adidas
Amazon
Apple
Bank of America
Boohoo
Cisco Systems
Comcast
CVS Health
Facebook
Glencore
Goldman Sachs
Google
IBM
JPMorgan Chase
Marathon Oil
McDonald's
Microsoft
Prudential Financial
PVH
Salesforce
SAP
Stryker
Tesla
Toyota
Unilever

Table of Contents

GlobalData's ESG Framework

Why companies must invest in social sustainability

The four main factors within social sustainability

Timeline

Glossary

Further Reading

Appendix: Our thematic research methodology

Frequently asked questions

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