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What is driving change: the role of stakeholder management
While the concepts that sit behind ESG are certainly not new - and have been at the centre of corporate strategy for decades - the growth and formalisation of ESG as an explicit mission have been catalysts for change. The impacts of this change are far reaching including how companies define, prioritise and manage their stakeholders. This is demonstrated by the rise of stakeholder capitalism, the notion that businesses no longer exist to create profit for shareholders/owners, but instead have a responsibility to create value for a much broader set of stakeholders.
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Building an integrated ESG strategy
When it comes to creating an end-to-end strategic shift in the alignment of ESG with commercial objectives, business leaders have many considerations to take into account. How to ensure ESG feeds into the business planning and value creation process? Do the ESG commitments truly deliver on the ‘North Star’ that is corporate purpose. What are the expectations of stakeholders (both inside and outside the organisation), and how do you balance competing priorities and expectations? How do you ensure the goals you set are ambitious and impactful, and that your reporting addresses the needs of double materiality (financial and ESG data)?
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Doing well by doing good: resilience, risk and the reputation value of ESG
ESG creates opportunity, in particular, it helps to drive innovation. Its ‘sustainability lens’ forces businesses to think critically about the long-term value they create, and to identify new trends, business opportunities and partnerships. More broadly, ESG is an increasingly powerful tool to strengthen corporate reputations.
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The future of ESG?
In light of a recent backlash against ESG investing, we take a critical look at the ESG framework and explore its future relevance for CSOs and organisations.
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ESG – a time for leadership, focus and communication, but above all action
Concluding from the latest Ipsos ESG Council report, it's increasingly clear ESG's role as an agent for positive change.
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AI is making the world more nervous
One in three workers expect AI to lead to the loss of their current job.
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Lives on hold: Understanding the experience of Ukrainian refugees and IDPs - July 2023
This research, conducted by Ipsos in Switzerland for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), explores the plans, perspectives and intentions of Ukrainian refugees across Europe, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Ukraine.
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Do and don’ts for understanding generations
Darrell Bricker, Global CEO, Public Affairs, Ipsos highlights the importance of seeing the trees in the data forest.
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Real-World Evidence (RWE) Centre of Expertise
The RWE Centre of Expertise, part of Ipsos’ global healthcare business, consolidates Ipsos’ extensive capabilities in capturing and analysing real-world data with our deep understanding of compliance and regulations to create robust real-world evidence, an area of increasing priority for healthcare companies.
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Global perspectives on inequality: What does it mean, who are we worried about, and how much do we care?
Around the world, inequality is a more salient issue for younger generations, who are also less likely than older people to believe they live in a society that rewards merit and hard work. But there are some important differences between different groups in how inequality is defined, and who is thought to suffer because of it.