Tag: employment
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Deloitte: Organisations should reinvent themselves around a human focus
According to Deloitte’s 219 Global Human Capital Trends survey, involving almost 1, respondents in 119 countries, an intensifying combination of economic, social, and political issues is, ... -
Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK): Millennials love CSR
Based on the findings of relevant surveys, the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) identified a number of key behaviour patterns in millennial consumers (18- to 34-year-olds) ... -
Harvard Business School study: Companies implementing sustainability policies outperform those who fail to do so
Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim carried out a study exploring the impact of corporate sustainability on a company’s organizational procedures and performance, using ... -
A company’s environmental protection initiatives have a positive impact on its employees
Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting and outsourcing firm, in the context of the 2010 Best Employers in Canada and Best Small & Medium Employers in ... -
Harvard Business Review: Diversity Fosters Innovation and Market Growth
According to new research, based on a survey of 1,800 professionals, as well as on 40 case studies and many interviews and focus groups, . The ... -
MIT News: Gender diversity across a company increases productivity
A new study on workplace diversity, co-authored by MIT economist Dr. Sara Ellison, indicates that . According to Ellison, “a more diverse set of employees means ... -
BSDC: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will create, for businesses, opportunities worth US$12 trillion
The “Better Business, Better World” report by the Business and Sustainable Development Commission (BSDC) presents a sustainable business model, focused on the 17 UN Sustainable Development ... - case studiesCase studies - positive impacts on the economy and societyGRI StandardsGRI-203SDG1SDG10SDG17SDG2SDG3SDG8SDGs categorySector: Retailers
Case study: How Marks & Spencer helps young people into work by opening up vocational training and work placement opportunities
As a global retailer with over 1,300 stores worldwide, employing 83,000 people, M&S is well-placed to address the issue of youth unemployment, creating, through Plan A ...
