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Fall 2022/Leadership

Patagonia made Earth its sole shareholder. Will other companies follow suit?

by Toby Heaps

Owner Yvon Chouinard and his family are giving US$3 billion of assets and $100 million in annual profits to a trust and

Business schools embrace social purpose
Education/Winter 2022

As corporate leaders pledge to embrace purpose beyond profit, are business schools keeping up?

by Jennifer Lewington

Some MBA programs are reimagining the status quo by weaving social purpose into their curricula

Fall 2021/Leadership

Are companies with purpose-driven pledges accounting for slavery?

by Shilpa Tiwari

We need to do away with business management tools rooted in slavery to create a human-centred economy

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Leadership/Summer 2021

Calgary’s billion-dollar Benevity bets that good deeds are their own reward

by Rick Spence

Bono-backed tech firm says companies that engage their workers in social missions enjoy 57% lower employee turnover

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