Integrating sustainability values, demonstrating innovation and fostering transparency will be defining characteristics of leading organizations in the next ten years, according to the findings of the 2017 Sustainability Leaders Survey by GlobeScan and SustainAbility in partnership with Sustainable Brands.
Full Report: 2017 Sustainability Leaders: A GlobeScan / SustainAbility Survey
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GlobeScan co-CEO Chris Coulter on the ‘Evolving Nature of Sustainability Leadership’
What India’s Poor Have to Say about Poverty and Aid
The GlobeScan Foundation, in partnership with Oxfam, released initial results from its initiative to conduct the first-ever survey of the poor across the world. The pilot survey of 1,021 people living below the poverty line was conducted in-person and by mobile telephones in India during 2016. The results demonstrate it is possible to survey the poorest of the poor, and also reveal provocative findings that will challenge those working to reduce poverty in India and beyond.
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Sharp Drop in World Views of US, UK: Global Survey for BBC World Service
Negative views of US influence in the world have increased in the majority of countries surveyed in the latest GlobeScan global country survey for the BBC World Service. Compared to 2014, when the survey was last conducted, double-digit increases in negative views of the US, rising to majorities, are now found in several of its NATO allies, including the UK (up from 42 to 64%), Spain (44 to 67%), France (41 to 56%), and Turkey (36 to 64%).Read the full press release, including country-by-country results
GlobeScan Dialogues are our ongoing series of interviews with leaders in business, civil society, government and academia to shed light on how to navigate and succeed in a changing world.
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Michelle Edkins is a Managing Director at BlackRock and Global Head of its Investment Stewardship.
GlobeScan Director Femke de Man spoke with Michelle about corporate sustainability as perceived by the investment community.